Anyone watching Rachel's interview of Tom Rainbow Ridge?

[PA Democrat]

Someone threatened him. He is furiously trying to give his own words in his book a VERY different meaning. He is nervous, defensive and now stating that the threat level was NEVER raised due to political reasons.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Darth Cheney got to him.

[PA Democrat]

2. The jacket of the book explicitly states that he felt that the threat WAS raised due to political re

When Rachel read the statement, he said, "Those aren't my words." As if an author has no control over the contents os the jacket of the book.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. Sometimes, the author doesn't -

there are times when stuff shows up on a jacket that the author never even SAW. It's happened to me................

[KittyWampus]

18. that's what I figure. However, I give Ridge a nod for writing the damned book in the first place

We all know he HAS to lie his face off right now to stay alive.

[nini]

3. oh yea

he's backpeddling like a scared little kid.

Let me add, he's not a very good liar.

[PA Democrat]

7. Yes. He is nervous and obviously lying.

He is performing linguistic gymnastics trying to completely change the meaning of his own written words.

[eleny]

4. He looks so nervous

[deminks]

5. Makes you wonder who raised the Tom Ridge threat level.

I think his own level is red right now.

[PA Democrat]

8. LOL. Break out the duct tape.

[KaryninMiami]

6. Yes- and he is blabbering and backtracking in every way possible.

She's so elequent- wish there was a way to caption what she's really wanting to say (and thinking)- probably something like "Are you fucking kidding me? Now you are denying what YOU WROTE and previously stated?". Clearly he was threatened.

[bushisanidiot]

10. You're EXACTLY right. Her repuke counterparts would be lambasting

the interviewee.

Maddow is ALL class and she is still doing a DAMN good job of giving Ridge lots of camera time to make himself look like a complete liar by contradicting his own damn book.

[PA Democrat]

12. She is an excellent interviewer. She lands a lot of big interviews for someone so new

to the scene because she a pro through and through. Rachel always does her homework!

[PA Democrat]

9. Oh dear. Now she is playing footage of Katrina.

"Did everything just go to hell after you left Homeland Security, or do you bear some responsibility?"

OUCH.

Of course, Ridge is blaming state and local govt.

[WeDidIt]

11. Rove and/or Cheney know where the bodies are buried

and reminded him of that fact.

[Parker CA]

13. I was talking with my mom earlier and we were thinking that this drastic change of tone

can only mean he was threatened on a very severe level. It's like a completely different Tom Ridge wrote the admissions in his book. Someone has a gun to his back.

[PA Democrat]

14. Do you remember the 180 degree turnaround done by Paul O'Neill

Bush's first Treasury Secretary after his book was published? He was also threatened. His book painted a VERY unflattering picture of the Bush administration, stating that they planned to attack Iraq long before 9-11, and he was very critical of Bush describing him as "incurious". He tells of how Bush wanted short memos, never asked questions.

[City Lights]

23. Absolutely. Scott McClellan too.

They spill their guts, get threatened and hastily retreat from their own words.

[malaise]

15. Hubby said the same thing

He can't believe the 180.

Rachel is nailing the lying bastard.

[bushisanidiot]

17. That's possible, but I was also thinking that he was going for

a "shock factor" to get people, especially liberals, to fork over the $$ to buy his book.
Could be we were all duped by him.

[Parker CA]

20. Could be, but I'd think he'd seem much more confident and arrogant than he seems to be now. nt.

[Gregorian]

19. Rachel RULES! She nailed Ridge to the fucking wall!

Iraq invasion was about democracy? But it was sold as if they were a threat. And if it was bad intelligence, then it was a lie, and if it was about democracy, then 4000 American soldiers is a hell of a price to pay.

Wow. WOW!

[PA Democrat]

21. And Ridge ends by saying invading Iraq will be justified because

of a "democracy" established there. Good for Rachel for reminding him that we were sold that war due to the threat of a terrorist attack with Saddam's nonexistent WMD and the lies linking Saddam to 9-11.

[alsame]

24. He used all the typical talking points - intelligence failure, the Brits

also thought Iraq had WMD, history will be the judge of success, bringing democracy to Iraq, Saddam used WMD on his people.

[moondust]

22. Liar.

Of course there was no overt mention of politics. By the time Election 2004 rolled around all of Bushco knew what effect raising the threat level had on poll numbers so there was never any need to mention politics.

:thumbsdown:

[wisteria]

25. Yes, he is back away from what he has said. No matter, the time line of the abuse of the alert

system during the 2004 elections proves they abused their power.

[BlueIdaho]

26. Looks to me like somebody didn't read their own book...

Guess Tom should have actually read his book before he signed that check to the ghost writer. Darned inconvenient for him to have to spend his time trying to walk this stuff back instead of selling this piece of fiction. Gosh, if he doesn't agree with what he said in this book, why should anyone else bother buying it?

Poor little dear - Rachel did a masterful job of exposing him for the dopey hack he is. Guess that's how he got his job in the first place - don't think Tom, just follow orders.

[Hissyspit]

27. VIDEO Here:

BEGINNING OF INTERVIEW: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=363305&mesg_id=363305

RACHEL'S GREAT RESPONSE AT END OF INTERVIEW: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=363291&mesg_id=363291

[glinda]

28. Darth's Death squad got to him. I think Cheeeekneeeee is a mobster. Does this man have

a person or two tracking his movements? They really ought to.