"Yes, then indeed George Bush is a terrorist."

[Lori Price CLG]

The transcript: "If terrorism means unjustified aggression, illegal wars and torture, international torture, yes, then indeed George Bush is a terrorist." --Michael Rectenwald, on MSNBC's 'Scarborough Country,' 09 Jan 2006. "JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: Is he—is George Bush a terrorist? MICHAEL RECTENWALD, PH.D., CITIZENS FOR LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT: Well, let's define terrorism. If terrorism means unjustified aggression, illegal wars and torture, international torture, yes, then indeed George Bush is a terrorist... SCARBOROUGH: So, who is George Bush terrorizing? RECTENWALD: It was an illegal war, and, therefore, he's a terrorist. SCARBOROUGH: It's not an illegal war. RECTENWALD: Plus, he's torturing more people around the world than al Qaeda, by far. That's a fact... RECTENWALD: Let me ask you a question, Joe. Why was George Bush Sr. sitting with bin Laden's half-brother (link) on 9/11? Can you answer that?"

Lori Price

[mattclearing]

1. Wow.

Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.

[converted_democrat]

Ditto..n/t

[Lori Price CLG]

2. Yup, the Reichwing is angry - we received a death threat. n/t

[glitch]

10. Let me counter it with a life threat: may you live long and prosper! nt

[shance]

20. I second that. May we all keep shining the light of truth on darkness.

Courage and conviction is contagious.

[Lori Price CLG]

23. Here is the death threat:

----- Original Message -----
From: "paul c."
To: CLG
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:25 AM
Subject: TV

Where does this lying coward live?You know the guy who is consumed with
hate.The seditious coward and traitor.
We want to know.
We want to confront this hater.
We will be knocking on your door.
That is not a threat,it is a promise.

[quiet.american]

28. "paul c." calls Rechtenwald a coward, but won't leave his own full name.

He hides behind "paul c." while accusing Mr. Rechtenwald of being a "coward," accuses Mr. Rechtenwald of being a "hater," then threatens an act of hate.

You know, it's sickening to see who our fellow citizens are. I probably would never have served in the military to defend the likes of such if I hadn't been such a naive kid back then.

[Lori Price CLG]

38. BTW, I notice that Scarborough would not call Dr. Rectenwald...

by his title, and kept calling him Mr. Rectenwald. AND YET, when Scarborough had Alan Dershowitz and Michael Rectenwald on the *same show* as guests - both Ph.D.s, both professors - Joe Scarborough continually referred to Alan Dershowitz as 'Dr.' and 'Professor.'

Note: Dershowitz was defending torture on the program, that day. Apparently, that position elicits much respect from Joe Scarborough. :eyes:

Lori Price

[quiet.american]

39. Ah, yes, I should have noted the Ph.D. myself. :)

Well, cheers to Dr. Rechtenwald and jeers to Mr. Joe "I don't want to talk about Lori Klausutis" Scarborough.

[Lori Price CLG]

40. Oh, no - that's Ok, quiet. amer. - I just meant, Scarborough calls...

his *rightwing* (Ph.D.) guests 'Dr.,' and his *leftwing* (Ph.D.) guests 'Mr.' He also supplied the wrong name of our organization, and his booking producer knows us very well. We are Citizens For Legitimate Government, and he (I think *purposely*) called us Citizens for Responsible Government. :puke:

Lori

[quiet.american]

41. Thanks, Lori -- Scarborough, what a travesty --

It's amazing that so many who publicly represent the Republican party have no sense of decency, and a passion for making ass-clowns of themselves. Kudos again to Dr. :) Rechtenwald!

[Arkana]

45. ...that is, he will if his mommy lets him out after dinner, right?

[hootinholler]

48. Perhaps you can leverage the new annoyance law?

There's a link around here somewhere.

-Hoot

[huskerlaw]

3. ...

:wow:



:applause:

[converted_democrat]

4. Wow, just wow..

"Let me ask you a question, Joe. Why was George Bush Sr. sitting with bin Laden's half-brother on 9/11? Can you answer that?"

Good question, and I wish Bush Senior would answer the question.. I also wish we could find out what the terrorists were doing on the gambling boat Abramoff owned a week before 9-11.

[AntiFascist]

46. Also, have you heard....

I believe it was reported shortly after 9-11 that Bush Sr. was partying with Saudis on one of their yachts when the rest of the U.S. was going into shock.

[Lori Price CLG]

47. They were celebrating their 'Pearl Harbor' PNAC action. n/t

[converted_democrat]

50. No, I had not heard about that.... I'm telling ya, something smells really

bad.. The stench is nearly intolerable.

[lonestarnot]

5. Terrorist Serial Killer!

[shance]

6. Good for Michael***

Telling the truth and answering the questions that have not been answered.

Thanks for posting Lori and for all that you all do at CLG!

[Lori Price CLG]

24. Thank you so much, shance!! :) n/t

[meganmonkey]

7. He did a GREAT job!

That is the first time I saw Scarborough, who (pardon my language) is a motherfucking asshole shithead. He changed the subject to Clinton and Kosovo and then when Rectenwald tried to change the topic back to Iraq, Scarborough tole HIM to stop changing the subject! Aaargh! :banghead:

But Rectenwald completely FLOORED him with that comment about papa bush. It was great.

[shance]

8. Is there a video?

n/t

[Lori Price CLG]

9. Good question! I'll check to see if there is one. n/t

[Coexist]

51. that was awesome! They replayed that a couple times

as a promo that day for Joe "Dead Intern" Scarborough.

[Lori Price CLG]

53. Great! Did they show Michael Rectenwald talking, in the promo!

Thanks for letting us know, FLDem5!
:)-Lori

[Coexist]

58. Yes, they did - it was close to a 90 second clip

it was great.

[bee]

11. This is the greatest exchange... ever.

What I wouldnt give to have more people like this...
:applause:

[Lori Price CLG]

27. Thank you SO MUCH - your comment cheered me, bee!!!

:)-Lori

[truth2power]

49. Thank you, Lori, for all you do! n/t

[TomInTib]

12. Read the Guardian article (link) that accompanies this.

Nice little historical reminder.

[understandinglife]

13. K&R!!!! Very well done, Michael Rectenwald; BRAVO!!!

Peace.

[sweetm2475]

14. HOLY JEEEBBBUS!!!! K&R K&R K&R!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[jasmeel]

15. Great exchange!

[Jara sang]

16. Boom!

and on a related note, Joe Scarborough? You Suck!

[TNOE]

17. Beautiful

and very very brave of Mike - how many homes do you think had ole Joe on? This was probably a lightening bolt to them.

[Gregorian]

18. Yep. This doesn't happen often.

[oregonindy]

19. yep I agree!

[QuettaKid]

21. Isin't Joe S. the guy who had

a body show up in his office all mysterious like? didn't she work for him or something?

[arcane1]

35. Lori Klaustis or something like that...

a young-ish girl who allegedly dropped stone-cold dead in his office...

[oregonindy]

22. what date was this... the transcript link isnt the right one

[Lori Price CLG]

25. 'Scarborough Country' for January 9, 2006

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10788615/

Lori Price

[G_j]

26. Go, Go, Go!

truth telling on Corporate TV!! amazing, thank you!

guess he won't be invited back...

[Swamp Rat]

29. SCARBOROUGH: I'll tell you what.

"You and Harry Belafonte, I think you have a lot more in common." :rofl:

What chicken shits these fascists are! Never do they answer a question without resorting to a personal attack!

My question to Scarborough is: why the HELL aren't you fighting in Iraq?

[Lori Price CLG]

30. Swamp Rat: you rock!!! n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

31. He'd Be Dead Already

His own men would have had to shoot him to stop the sobbing noises from giving away their position.
The Professor

[Swamp Rat]

32. Why do you hate America?

:D

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Because Of Joe Scarborough

That's it. It's the whole and only reason. Because of him i hate the whole country. it's all his fault.
The Professor

[Swamp Rat]

34. Gee, we have something in common.

I hate it because of Osama Bin O'Reilly. :)

[Lori Price CLG]

36. 'Osama bin O'Reilly' LOLOLOL!!! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

37. Here's another from the series:

edit: "Osama Bin Robertson"

[nonconformist]

42. Woah.

*jaw hits floor*

[sellitman]

43. Great job CLG!!!

Looks like the family values Intern Killer met his match!

Dr Rectenwald thank you for that!

Lori...Thanks for posting!

Regards,

Kevin

[Lori Price CLG]

44. 'Intern Killer,' LOL!! And, thanks, Kevin!! :) n/t

[DemReadingDU]

52. K&R

hope there is a video, would love to see this

[Lori Price CLG]

54. Thank you, DemReadingDU! n/t

[wtmusic]

55. Go CLG!

That's terrific Lori. Michael did a great job. :thumbsup:

[Lori Price CLG]

56. Thank you, ,wtmusic! n/t

[Sparkman]

57. Since the U.S. government sanctions military action..maybe the club's big,

the terrorist club. In my view, the U.S. military is being ordered to kill for oil, and those orders are illegal, so members are following illegal orders. If that illegality is unclear to individual soldiers, and I'm sure few understand the illegal nature of their mission and orders, then the troops are free from culpability. BUT their generals and Lt. Col's and the politicians directing the operations are responsible.