WHY do Pubs at a hearing ONLY ask questions of the Pubs on the

[napi21]

panel? If they had any credibility, they would push the ones who they object to, to prove their position! To me, that's simply the chicken shit way out!

[blm]

1. Demophobic.

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[helderheid]

2. DUZY!

[proud patriot]

13. don't be a Demophobe

:hi: I love it

[tridim]

3. Because that's what BushCo told them to do.

[iamthebandfanman]

4. you were expecting bipartison

state of mind ?

please. theyve never done it before, why start at the impeachment of their master.

[napi21]

7. No, but I expect an educated argument! If I have one position & you have

an opposite one, I expect to be able to defend mine, you defend yours, and may the best man win!

[iamthebandfanman]

10. well, that was your first problem...

you expected WAAAY to much from republicans.

[DS1]

5. Because they are bottom feeding pub scum

[Donnachaidh]

6. they cannot control the message

From what I've been hearing, they have memes they want to push, none of which even touches on the real issues being discussed. So far all they've dragged out is fearmongering, 911, cherrypicked comments by Al Gore and Margaret Albright. NONE of it even touches on the very real issues everyone else is trying to discuss.

The one I really want to slap is the attack dog (both Presser and what's his name) who wants to label anyone even questioning the president's actions as Bitter or demented. :grr:

[Warpy]

9. Fear of not controlling the message is exactly it

and the rules need to be changed so that the panel is addressed as a whole, with several members responding to a question or point.

Watching these fools and how smug they are while the country hurtles toward disaster is very educational, and not in the way they particularly want. I just hope some of it hits the evening news.

[csziggy]

11. How old are those cherrypicked comments from Gore and Albright

I have a vague idea that those comments could be ten or fifteen years old - does anybody here know?

[Donnachaidh]

12. I was wondering that myself

Of course, he didn't note when the comments were made. :grr:

[csziggy]

14. He probably got them out of this email that was sent around in 2003

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp

Although it is listed as true, Snopes does a good job of putting the quotes in context and setting the time line. So apply those quotes to the situation anytime during the Shrub misadministration is ridiculous and just proves what a total party hack he is.

[EFerrari]

8. Because they're not there to ask questions but to try to control the conversation. n/t