Comments on: Less Letters, More Action http://www.1115.org/2007/07/11/less-letters-more-action/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: matt http://www.1115.org/2007/07/11/less-letters-more-action/comment-page-1/#comment-58167 matt Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:43:23 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/07/11/less-letters-more-action/#comment-58167 i apologize for my mis-characterization. i apologize for my mis-characterization.

]]> By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2007/07/11/less-letters-more-action/comment-page-1/#comment-58165 sarabeth Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:41:32 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/07/11/less-letters-more-action/#comment-58165 <blockquote>...as long as the responses consist of, as they have for six months now, harshly worded letters with later and later deadlines ...</blockquote> Not even particularly harshly worded, actually. For all the bare-faced lying Buttercheeks has done to Congressional committees, Leahy (or the committee chairman of record) has never once mustered up even the balls to call it a lie. His <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071001992.html?hpid=moreheadlines" rel="nofollow">response</a> to the latest Gonzo lie revelation: <blockquote>This inconsistency is <em>a disturbing addition to a growing list of misleading answers</em> by the attorney general to questions from the Judiciary Committee, and it is unacceptable.</blockquote>

…as long as the responses consist of, as they have for six months now, harshly worded letters with later and later deadlines …

Not even particularly harshly worded, actually. For all the bare-faced lying Buttercheeks has done to Congressional committees, Leahy (or the committee chairman of record) has never once mustered up even the balls to call it a lie. His response to the latest Gonzo lie revelation:

This inconsistency is a disturbing addition to a growing list of misleading answers by the attorney general to questions from the Judiciary Committee, and it is unacceptable.

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