McClellan: Conyers "voted against the war, trying to rehash old debates"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Q Scott, on another topic, has the President or anyone else from the administration responded to the letter sent last month by Congressman John Conyers and signed by dozens of members of the House of Representatives, regarding the Downing Street memo? Has the President or anyone else responded?

MR. McCLELLAN: Not that I'm aware of.

Q Why not?

MR. McCLELLAN: Why not? Because I think that this is an individual who voted against the war in the first place and is simply trying to rehash old debates that have already been addressed. And our focus is not on the past. It's on the future and working to make sure we succeed in Iraq.

These matters have been addressed, Elaine. I think you know that very well. The press --

Q Scott, 88 members of Congress signed that letter.

MR. McCLELLAN: The press -- the press have covered it, as well.

Q What do you say about them?

Q But, Scott, don't they deserve the courtesy of a response back?

MR. McCLELLAN: Again, this has been addressed. Go ahead.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050616-5.html

[cthrumatrix]

1. Scotty needs to go clean his pants out..... he is going down

with the others

[htuttle]

2. "Old Debates"?

Then why did 6 more US troops die today as a result of those 'old debates'? They seem rather timely to me...

[Dr Fate]

10. The Iraq war is a CURRENT EVENT. n/t

n/t

[ClassWarrior]

3. Well, the half-wit has it half-right.

Old debates - but ain't never been addressed. That's why we're in the quagmire we're in today.

I like what Jon Stewart said last night about Cheney's comments - something to the effect that "I'm not going to argue with someone who DISAGREES with me." I mean, WTF?? Conyers was against the war in the first place?? I guess then he was...RIGHT??

NGU.

[indepat]

4. So Scott's saying there's nothing here: move on

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. If he had voted for the war, I suppose he would have had an equivalent

zinger for that too. There is no winning with those riverboat gamblers.

[Cha]

6. So scatty is pointing out

how smart Conyers was to "vote against the war"?

Great! And now Conyers is gathering evidence for the crimes against humanity by bush and blair.

[Kurovski]

7. I knew there was something wrong with this DSM thing!

So it was CONYERS who made Bush and Blair lie!

Damn you Conyers, Damn you to Hades you hypnotizing warlock! :eyes:

[Patty Diana]

8. We need to throw this Fascist Liar into Prison too__as enabler

[Dr Fate]

9. "Old Debate?" I thought the Iraq War was a CURRENT EVENT.

Did we pull out and bring the troops home?

Is there a cease fire or somthing?

Has congress agreed to stop throwing BILLIONS of our tax dollars into that hell-hole?

The iraq war an "old debate?"

Nah. It's a CURERENT EVENT.

[Imagevision]

11. MR. McCLELLAN: The DSM matters have been addressed?

Scottie, we haven't begun yet

[ailsagirl]

12. Words aren't going to make it go away, Scottie

What a dumbass moron. How can he look at himself in the mirror
knowing he's enabling this monstrous "administration?"

Or is he so brainwashed he thinks he's being truthful??

[KnowerOfLogic]

13. Maybe the WH should start listening to people who voted against the

war; looks like they knew more than the people who voted for it.