Update: 14,000 People Demand Chris Wallace Ask Rice About The U.S.S. Cole

[CatWoman]

I just may tune into Foxs News this Sunday :rofl:

This morning, we suggested that readers email Chris Wallace and tell him to ask Condoleezza Rice the following question:

Prior to 9/11, you had eight months to respond to the al-Qaeda attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Why didn’t the Bush administration take action and put al-Qaeda out of business?

After all, Wallace asked President Clinton this question last month, even though the “CIA and the FBI refused to certify that Bin Laden was responsible” until early 2001, which foreclosed the possibility of a full response during the Clinton administration.

Also, Chris Wallace said he asked Clinton because “I got a lot of e-mail from viewers.” So far 10,000 people have emailed Wallace and told him to ask this question. Join this effort HERE.

We’ll monitor Fox News Sunday this weekend and let you know how Wallace responds.

UPDATE: As of 9PM, 14,000 people sent emails to Chris Wallace.

http://thinkprogress.org/

[Dinger]

1. Hee Hee - K & R

[proud patriot]

2. We are watching Chris

are you a hypocrite ? Will you ask ?

[lonestarnot]

3. kick'n ass and tak'n names! Right on!

[Richard D]

4. I predict the possibility of . . .

. . . a last minute emergency shoe-buying trip necessitating the cancellation of this interview.

[Erika]

5. W's big project was getting a T-ball court built at the WH at the time

This should be interesting.

[liberalmuse]

6. 14,001!

I can't wait to see the look on Condi's face when Chris Wallace asks the question his viewers want to hear the answer to. Either that, or to prove he is a bald-faced liar and Clinton was right. It's a win-win situation! :)

[Sydnie]

7. 14,002!

:rofl: Eat it Condi!

[rodeodance]

11. 14,002

[CatWoman]

12. er, you would be 14,003

:)

[stella]

29. Don`t hold your breath

you are going to be disappointed.

[Sydnie]

8. Done, kicked and rec'd

Thanks Catwoman.

Watching Condi squirm .... Priceless!

[brentspeak]

9. Ask her why she failed to hold a single meeting regarding al Qaeda

prior to 9/11.

[Tellurian]

10. Tweety, please don't insult us by appearing on Jay Leno..

Trying your utmost best to come across as a good ole catholic boy
who went to parochial school. If you believe the Catholic School and Catholicism is any
kind of credential..as some holy right...you're a fool for fooling yourself.. You've been
in bed for a very long time with the wrong side, 6 yrs is a long time.. admit it Chris,
You were TOO scared to tell the Truth, and to a degree, I don't blame you.

Fear of losing your job because you favor unpopular opinions (The Truth) is dangerous business.

So, get off the fence now and be a real man..

Take a lesson from Olberman; he gets it!

How long is it going to take you to catch up?

Be forewarned..If you jump ship; theres no going back!

If you do, you will be the most hated Catholic boy on msnbc.

[blonndee]

14. Tweety? You're thinking of Chris Matthews.

Chris Wallace is the Faux tool who got his ass handed to him by the big dog.

[Tellurian]

22. Tweety reads us every now and then..

I thought he might be drawn to this thread, an therefore left
him a little note stating everything we know, that he doesn't know we know,
because it never occurred to him how much we know that he doesn't know we know.

You know, in case he drops in, he'll know we know..:)

[Downtown Hound]

13. Heh, heh, done.

[photogirl12]

15. Done

...and I hope he actually has the balls to ask her that question.

[CatWoman]

16. That weasley little coward won't, but I'm tuning in nonetheless

:hi:

welcome to DU!!

[photogirl12]

17. Thank you

...and I guess you are right, one can't grow balls overnight!

[Skittles]

56. male body parts are not required for courage

you must already know that

[photogirl12]

59. Yes,

but it is just a figure of speech. I should have called him spineless.

[razors edge]

18. "Who could have ever imagined

that fox news would ask such a question?"

[OffWithTheirHeads]

19. Done! k&r

Bout time we held their feet to the fire.

[Brundle_Fly]

20. I recomended but

I think you will be disappointed.

[Booster]

21. He may ask, but her answer will most definitely be a lie.

[Jim Lane]

27. No, it will be more sophisticated....

Condi will know in advance that the question is or might be coming, and she'll be ready with a carefully worded combination of half-truths, distortions, evasions, misleading statements, and weasel words. She'll sprinkle in outright lies only when necessary. It may not be necessary, because, as other DUers have pointed out, she can count on Wallace not to follow up her answer with any serious attempt to pin her down.

[Felinity]

35. It's not the question that counts,

it's the followup to her stupid, obfuscating, jingoistic, spread the blame and give the old swatting flies excuse first answer.

My guess: he'll ask the question, then swallow whole those nuclear pellets that she lobs back.

SuperNuclearNanny--Chiding the Nations of the world into good behavior with her Authoritative whining.

[madrchsod]

23. i don`t know about this question...i think it could backfire

"Although American intelligence officials moved quickly after the USS Cole attack, the investigation hit a number of Yemeni officials questioned more than 1,500 people, yet they restricted American officials' access to key suspects. In June 2001, FBI agents were pulled out of Yemen because of credible evidence that there was a terrorist threat against them. The FBI and U.S. State Department disagreed over how to steer the investigation and deal with the uncooperative Yemeni government. The U.S. government still could not prove that al-Qaeda was behind the attack, and they were concerned that several key operatives remained at large, possibly planning more attacks against American interests."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing
USS Cole bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia--check "Consequences and after-effects"


http://www.mipt.org/pdf/usscolecommission01092001.pdf
usscolecommission01092001.pdf (application/pdf Object)

http://www.cargolaw.com/2000nightmare_cole.html
Attack On The USS Cole (DDG-67)--check the "suspects"

bin boys ancestral home is the yemeni plus government just let all those in prison to "escape"! i`m not sure if anything could have been done after they took over the government in january of 2001 but several years later they did get the guys who were responsible.what the whitehouse failed at was stopping the possible 9/11 attack. that should have been the top focus in the whitehouse but saddam was far more important.

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Working on my email now, will post it later. n/t

[brettdale]

25. Kick

Kick and email that weed Wallace.

[brettdale]

26. here is the email link

http://thinkprogress.org/ask-rice

[brettdale]

57. Remember to email before and after

When Wallace doesnt aks her that question, remember to email him and faux and the other MSM, if they think he is still fair and balanced.

[cui bono]

28. done. Also asked him to ask her why she continues to deny the July10

meeting happened even though it's documented. And why she then did nothing.

:evilgrin:

[madokie]

30. what a concept,

but the weisel won't do it.

[Tennessee Gal]

31. Done!

With glee!

:rofl:

[Cooley Hurd]

32. After the shit Wallace (rightfully) got for the Clinton interview...

...I'd be willing to bet he'll ask her many, if not all those questions. And Rice will do what she does best (and often) - she'll lie right thru her gapped teeth.

We should start a Condi Rice drinking game: every time she starts a sentence with "Nobody could have known..." you have to take a drink.:beer:

[jhain]

33. Did zip - it didn't have her name on it

She needs more direct information before she can do anything, you know...seat numbers of terrorists...her name on the big boat...

http://tinyurl.com/byaha

[MiniMe]

34. At this point, doesn't matter. Her answer is already written for her

[Pachamama]

36. Just added my name to the list...

:kick:

[Mr_Spock]

37. Let's see how honest that sniveling RW whore really is...

He has been asked by thousands...

[Subdivisions]

38. I want him to ask her about that July 2001 meeting with Tenet

at which she was told by Tenet that the threat of an attack inside the US was a "10 on a scale of 1 to 10".

[ComerPerro]

39. The question is not whether he asks this or not. The interesting thing

will be in how he follows up.

Will he blindly accept any lie she tells as a legitimate answer (my bet is yes)?

Or will he attack and berate her like he did Clinton (no way in hell)?

[CatWoman]

40. excellent point, ComerPerro

[BootinUp]

41. Done.

[seabeyond]

42. i sent mine n/t

[insanerepubs]

43. The Cole Bombing

...took place on October 12th 2000..just sayin':think:

[CatWoman]

44. what exactly are you saying?

[insanerepubs]

45. I am saying

...that the Cole bombing took place on October 12th 2000, 3 months before Bush took office...No accusations just fact...Why are we concentrating on something that happened 6 years ago? Let's work on today and change what's wrong...

[CatWoman]

46. if you will review your history

the perpertrators of that bombing were not confirmed until Bill Clinton was very close to leaving office.

Why would someone about to leave office launch an offensive against the perpertrators?

And why didn't the present administration follow up? Was it not their job to follow up? Was it not their duty to follow up? The Clinton WH let a plan and an investigation into who the culprit was with the current administration.

Yes, it happened 6 years ago, but why is Bill Clinton being blamed for something that happened five years ago? Something that happened several months into the present administration?

[insanerepubs]

51. The bombers

were arrested in July 2004 and charged, just sayin'

[stray cat]

49. The guilty parties were not known until after Bush took office.

[BootinUp]

47. Have you seen the interview

Wallace did with Bill Clinton? It might shed some light on this for you:

its in 3 parts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaNIBFSMjb8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT7yKfXN4p0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oinw73s-wdo

You see the RW Republicans know that how people view the past determines how they vote in the present. Thats why they have been trying to re-write history. It is important that we do not stand down and let them.

[insanerepubs]

52. I have

seen the interview, several times. Your point is what?

[BootinUp]

53. You say you saw the interview

and you read this effort to get Wallace to be more "fair and balanced" and you still think its a waste of time? So you don't think feedback to the newscasters and interviewers is worthwhile...I submit that you haven't been watching how the system works.

[matthewf]

48. i'll believe it

when i sees it

[Pharaoh]

50. Done !

she'll just lie like she always does but it will be amazing to watch as usual,

[il_lilac]

54. done

lets see how they spin this one.

[volstork]

55. Done, K&R

not that he will pay any attention......

[smoogatz]

58. Done. K/R

But if he actually asks her, I'll eat my guitar.