'The scariest man in Washington' (Guardian re: Waxman)

[struggle4progress]

Ewen MacAskill meets the Democratic congressman snapping at Republican heels on issues from Iraq to global warming

Monday May 14, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

~snip~ What matters to Mr Waxman is not that the intelligence was wrong and that the CIA had concluded it was wrong, but why Mr Bush chose to cite British intelligence in his speech. "To say British intelligence provided information was almost a way of being technically accurate but attempting to deceive," he said. ~snip~

He is investigating other aspects of the war too, from postwar reconstruction, and in particular the role of the US conglomerate Halliburton, to battlefield misinformation. As part of the latter, Private Jessica Lynch gave evidence to his committee last month that the Pentagon had misrepresented her as a heroine. ~snip~

Mr Waxman feels that the Republicans, who had control of both the House and the Senate during the first six years of the Bush administration, failed in their constitutional duty to hold the administration to account and contrasted the way in which they pursued Bill Clinton when he was in power.

He said that when he issued his subpoena for Ms Rice and two others, a Republican complained it was like living in a Stalinist country. Mr Waxman said that the Republicans had issued 1,000 subpoenas when Mr Clinton was in power. ~snip~

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2079105,00.html

[Hekate]

1. The Waxman cometh -- with powerful cleansing agents!

Run, Publicans, run! Scurry from the shiny Waxman! :evilgrin:

Hekate

[MasonJar]

2. Kudos for Waxman! n/t

[AtomicKitten]

3. Waxman -- Bringing sunshine to a government near you.

n/t

[calimary]

5. He shines like a new penny! I love Henry Waxman!

Don't forget to call him and thank him if you think of it, and urge him to sign on with IMPEACHMENT. Convenient TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line below.

[AtomicKitten]

6. done and passed along

:thumbsup:

[133724]

4. Wax On..... Wax Off....

[ProudDad]

7. Henry Waxman

is a very, very scary guy...

[Forkboy]

8. Yes...but he's OUR scary man.

:)