The Truth Shall Set You Free....
I watched with interest this week as two events took place:
1) Terri Schiavo's autopsy results were announced.
2) Philip A. Cooney, the White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on global warming, decided to go to work for ExxonMobil in the fall.
I also read the responses to these two events:
1) At first, Frist aides said that he had not had time to review the report. This morning, Frist stated, "I raised the question, 'Is she in a persistent vegetative state or not?' I never made the diagnosis, never said that she was not. I did say that certain tests should be performed to determine that before starving her to death,"
2) According to the NY Times, "The White House, which said Friday that there was no connection between last week's disclosure and Mr. Cooney's resignation, repeated today that Mr. Cooney's actions were part of the normal review process for documents on environmental issues involving many government agencies. 'Phil Cooney did a great job,' said Dana Perino, a deputy White House spokeswoman, 'and we appreciate his public service and the work that he did, and we wish him well in the private sector.'"
And finally, had some thoughts about the responses to the events:
1) Liar. Had the results been different, Frist and the rest of his shrinking army would be on CNN going nuts about how this proved their point many weeks ago. Does this smell like the WMD situation? Had we actually found any in Iraq, Republicans would have jumped up and down like Michael Jackson supporters this week. Instead, these were nothing more than gambles which turned out to be wrong. Upon revelation of the error, the significance of the initial statement is reduced dramatically, with a related aim of looking to a broader goal and painting Democrats as complainers, etc. Classic.
For the record, at the time, Frist stated the following: "I QUESTION IT BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE WHICH I SPENT AN HOUR OR SO LOOKING AT LAST NIGHT IN MY OFFICE HERE IN THE CAPITOL. AND THAT FOOTAGE, TO ME, DEPICTS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE."
2) Liar. Cooney was out of the White House faster than Michael Jackson implemented his new "kids in the bed" rule after the verdict in his trial.
1) Terri Schiavo's autopsy results were announced.
2) Philip A. Cooney, the White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on global warming, decided to go to work for ExxonMobil in the fall.
I also read the responses to these two events:
1) At first, Frist aides said that he had not had time to review the report. This morning, Frist stated, "I raised the question, 'Is she in a persistent vegetative state or not?' I never made the diagnosis, never said that she was not. I did say that certain tests should be performed to determine that before starving her to death,"
2) According to the NY Times, "The White House, which said Friday that there was no connection between last week's disclosure and Mr. Cooney's resignation, repeated today that Mr. Cooney's actions were part of the normal review process for documents on environmental issues involving many government agencies. 'Phil Cooney did a great job,' said Dana Perino, a deputy White House spokeswoman, 'and we appreciate his public service and the work that he did, and we wish him well in the private sector.'"
And finally, had some thoughts about the responses to the events:
1) Liar. Had the results been different, Frist and the rest of his shrinking army would be on CNN going nuts about how this proved their point many weeks ago. Does this smell like the WMD situation? Had we actually found any in Iraq, Republicans would have jumped up and down like Michael Jackson supporters this week. Instead, these were nothing more than gambles which turned out to be wrong. Upon revelation of the error, the significance of the initial statement is reduced dramatically, with a related aim of looking to a broader goal and painting Democrats as complainers, etc. Classic.
For the record, at the time, Frist stated the following: "I QUESTION IT BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE WHICH I SPENT AN HOUR OR SO LOOKING AT LAST NIGHT IN MY OFFICE HERE IN THE CAPITOL. AND THAT FOOTAGE, TO ME, DEPICTS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE."
2) Liar. Cooney was out of the White House faster than Michael Jackson implemented his new "kids in the bed" rule after the verdict in his trial.
posted by mattguiney at 2:02 PM
1 Comments:
Matt, let's write more often. You and your brother are using this law shit as an excuse to work all the time and not blog more often.
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