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Accused of lying, Nancy Pelosi tries to rescue her credibility

5/15/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

A high ranking official in the Obama administration, democratic house speaker Nancy Pelosi was embarrassed as she was accused of lying. Early on she said she didn’t have any knowledge about waterboarding, an enhanced interrogation technique (EIT) that was used in 2002 during the Bush administration. After many convuluted explanations from Pelosi herself, evidence cropped up to hound her.

“GOP officials secured the release of an unclassified chart by the CIA that describes a total of 40 briefings for lawmakers over a period of several years. Pelosi's name appears once, as having attended a session on Sept. 4, 2002, when she was the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. Former Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., who at the time was the chairman of the committee and later became CIA director, also was present.”---Yahoo News.com/ AP (05/14/09, Espo, D)

“Republicans accused Pelosi of not having her story straight. "The speaker has had way too many stories about this issue," said the top Republican in the House, John Boehner. He said it is "hard for me to imagine that anyone in our intelligence area would ever mislead a member of Congress."---Yahoo News.com/ Reuters (05/14/09, Cornwall, S; Holland, S)

According to former vice president Dick Cheney, the EIT was proven to be effective in protecting America against terrorist attack. There had been strong indications Pelosi knew more about waterboarding than she was prepared to admit. It was politically charged and she would rather not be associated with it.

In her rush to keep her credibility, she accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for “misleading” her and other lawmakers about the use of waterboarding. Instead of accepting that she was aware and therefore complicit in the use of the controversial interrogation technique, she blamed the Republicans of shifting the attention to her. For a thrid ranking official of the Obama administratin to politicize a matter which deals on security of America is grievously wrong. (Photo Credit: Gnotalex) =0=

UPDATE: March 15, 2009---CIA director Leon Panetta stood against Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA lies to members of congress. Panetta said CIA records show its agency's officers truthfully briefed lawmakers on the methods used in interrogation of terrorists.

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Labels: CIA, Democrats, Dick Cheney, enhanced interrogation techniques, lies, Nancy Pelosi, politics, Republican, Totie, waterboarding

Genealogists trace Gov. Sarah Palin's family tree & Brigitte Bardot whips her

10/09/2008 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

Genealogists whose political affiliations are not known have looked into Gov. Sarah Palin’s pedigree, part of the microscopic scrutiny of the VP Republican presidential candidate, a controversial firebrand that brought vim and bemusement to the presidential race.

She has ignited seething anger from her political opponents for raising character issues that cast doubt on Sen. Barack Obama's shady dealings which include avowed terrorist-bomber William Ayers, US-hater Jeremiah Wright, Jim Johnson (believed to be among those who put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into bankruptcy) and ACORN, the infamous grassroots organization which is now being investigated for intimidation and massive electoral fraud which tainted the voters registry in many states. Her questions are certainly valid in the wake of spectacular promises of glib-talking politicians that often fall short of action.

Those who expect dirt or fame in her bloodline aren’t disappointed. She is supposed to be a 10th cousin of Princess Diana and a 9th cousin of WWII president Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) who saw America through the Great Depression. Rev. John Lothrop is their common ancestor who lived in Massachusetts in 1634. She is also reported to be a relative of vice president Dick Cheney (R,) her 8th degree relative.

Perhaps, the Republicans and Palin supporters are relieved because no Charles Manson, David Koresh or Timothy McVeigh came up in her family tree. Otherwise notoriety can be exploited by her enemies like those who look at her as an incoherent fraud with “porno star” looks, a “no nothing” conservative who subsists on mooseburger in Alaska.

Brigitte Bardot, the faded French movie star and fashion model who popularized sensuality and the baring of breasts in tinseltown decades ago couldn't resist herself. The aging angry political and animal activist vehemently castigated Palin for being "a disgrace to women," because she did not espouse her views, among others the support for abortion and anti-oil-drilling that Bardot likes.

This comes on the heels of the indictment of David Kernell, 20, a shortsighted college student-son of a Tennessee democratic state representative who illegally hacked her emails, stole and distributed them for the world to read.

A loose-mouthed partisan Canadian journalist in Ontario Heather Mallick was reprimanded by her company for unfairly labelling Palin as a "white trash." Madonna, the outlandish singer with liberal ideas, swanky secular lifestyle, and anti-Christian sentiments railed on conservative Palin in a recent concert in New Jersey just as most of Hollywood and liberal media had ganged up on her.

In the October 13, 2008 issue of Newsweek, a controversy had been sparked because of the derisive article "The Palin Problem" and the ugly cover picture which accompanied it. One can't help but think if these people who are quick to pass judgement are responsible enough to do it for other people. This has been a growing problem in our world where people hate others for the flimsiest reasons. (Photo Credits: rhilston4u; babet1969; incendiarymin; merch_bot.com; wltx.com; heliocd.com)=0=

Labels: Brigitte Bardot, David Kernell, Dick Cheney, entertainment, family tree, genealogy, Gov. Sarah Palin, Heather Mallick, politics, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Princess Diana, US Elections 2008

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