Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA): White House Will ‘Tweak’ The ‘Petraeus Report’

[kpete]

Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA): White House Will ‘Tweak’ The ‘Petraeus Report’

Last week, the media reported — and the White House confirmed — that the so-called “Petraeus report,” which will document the conditions on the ground in Iraq, will not be authored by Gen. David Petraeus, but rather by the White House.

Yesterday, Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) “bravely agreed to attend a meeting of the antiwar Americans Against Escalation in Iraq.” Davis was asked by Iraq war veteran John Bruhns whether reports of the “Petraeus report” being “filtered through the White House” were true.

Davis responded that he assumed that the White House would “tweak” the report:

I just would assume that if it goes through the White House, they will take it and do what they, you know — I’m sure they will probably tweak it.

VIDEO and more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/24/tom-davis-tweak/

[annabanana]

1. Yeah, *snort*. . "tweak" I'm sure.. If by tweak you mean

"run it through the PR office a few thousand times"....

[tridim]

14. Is that anything like "fixing" an intelligence report?

Or "altering" global warming research at NASA?

[mod mom]

2. So why doesn't Rep Davis stand up for the truth. This is a good first step, but Davis has

been a water boy for * all along.

[NI4NI]

5. I seemed to notice

that his usually arrogant wise-ass attitude that he displays during Dem House hearings was missing in front of Virginia voters.

[mod mom]

6. Maybe he's trying the Arlen Specter stance-talk tough but cower in the corner when

action is needed.

[NI4NI]

15. I feel the same about Sen. Warner's recent remarks

I don't think he said anything meaningful, or if he did he will not back it with a vote.
I only got the impression that he was offering weak CYA suggestions, not a change in policy.

[Hepburn]

3. It is soooooooooo bad with the WH spin...

...that even their supporters are coming out and admitting WTF is going on. Unbelievable and disgusting, too.

[demnan]

4. Thank you

I missed that one. My group met with Davis on Monday. He's my Congressman. Very frustrating. I wouldn't call him brave at all. I call him mealy-mouthed. He'll say anything he thinks you want to hear, except for stuff that really matters. He had the nerve to tell us Kucinich was a good friend of his. I don't buy that one for a minute.

[bdamomma]

7. and while everyone is waiting for the big report orchestrated by

the WH, the count is x 3,701....3,722. * and Cheney are murdering our armed forces.

[mod mom]

9. because they have the armed, faithful, blackwater on hand.

:grr:

[wtmusic]

8. Pray do continue with that thought, Tom: "...take it and do what they do

so well--rewrite the living shit out of it until it bears no semblance with the truth."

[DrDan]

10. this thing was written months ago

they knew all along what is going to be said . . .

[jojo54]

12. I think so too.

Just as everything * and his cabal have done all along; plan, twist, distort, then lie, covering their asses all the way down the yellow brick road. Very sneaky and underhanded, these things (I say things 'cause I can't even call them human).

[annabanana]

13. We all knew. . The Freedman unti lives! (Tom's turnaround be damned)

Tell me.. Does ANYone here really thing this magic "Patraeus Report" was ever gong to be anything but BS?

[rodeodance]

11. ha ha

[seemslikeadream]

16. I'm watching it now on cspan

brave :shrug: compared to the soldiers in Iraq.

[Bitwit1234]

17. Some republicans are seeing the light.....................

[burythehatchet]

18. I remember that time the WH tweaked the Iraq intelligence. n/t

[Supersedeas]

19. Nothing to see here--Barbie and Ken archor faces wanna talk about Linday/Nicole