Gene Lyons

[mooseandsquirrel]

Why am I so convinced of the short-term memory of most Americans and their ignorance in the way our political landscape is currently operating on?

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In short, Willey was at least as shaky a source as Bill Burkett, the retired Texas Air National Guard officer who leaked the now infamous memos to "60 Minutes" supposedly documenting President Bush’s dereliction of duty in 1972. Even if it took Starr two immunity grants and a failed criminal prosecution to admit (in a final report) that Willey was a bad witness, CBS should have been leery of her from the start.

So why didn’t "60 Minutes" pay the price for its credulousness about Willey? Well, the answer sure ain’t "liberal media bias." Even after prosecutors concluded that Willey had lied under oath, TV talk shows kept booking her to trash Clinton. She’d become a star.

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http://moose-and-squirrel.com/gene/gene.html

m&s

[jmcgowanjm]

1. Google Chertoff and Starr

1996:

Michael Chertoff, the Republican counsel to the
Senate Whitewater committee, said the convictions were
highly significant. "These verdicts establish that there was in
fact a network of cronies in Arkansas who operated the
savings and loan as a criminal enterprise." He implied,
without saying so directly, that Mr and Mrs Clinton were
among the "cronies"

http://nick.assumption.edu/WebVAX/ETnew/wclin30.html

[jmcgowanjm]

2. Another sign that the DNC is out of touch n/t

[MrBenchley]

3. Even more to the point

One of the charges in the trial is that the people convicted had DEFRAUDED the Clintons...and a deposotion from Bill clinton was part of the prosecution's evidence.

And fo course, all of Chertoff's overheated and irresponsible rhetoric turned out to be complete horseshit.

[jmcgowanjm]

4. chertoff-premature aging, can't let go of that power stick

Reminds me of R Cohen from McCarthy era.

[KoKo]

5. A good read...for perspective...seems to me...n/t