I really miss out by not watching those right-wing blowhards (and Jon Stewart). According to Democratic Underground, I missed:
On CNN’s Crossfire, Novak asked Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois), “Congressman, do you believe, you’re a sophisticated guy, do you believe watching these hearings that Dick Clarke has a problem with this African-American woman Condoleezza Rice?” Uh, what? Clearly confused by this brazen statement, Emanuel asked Novak to repeat himself. So he did. “Do you believe that Dick Clarke has a problem with this African-American woman Condoleezza Rice?” asked Novak. “No, no. Bob, give me a break. No. No.” said Emanuel. As John Stewart said later on the Daily Show, “I didn’t even know this deck had a race card.” I mean, for goodness sake, is there anything the Republican Attack machine won’t try to pin on Richard Clarke? Look for next week’s NewsMax exposé, “Richard Clarke: I wore women’s clothing while picking up young boys on the Internet.” Seriously, look out for it.
Oh, and:
The White House is going to vet the 9/11 Commission’s report line by line before it is publicly released, to make sure that it doesn’t, you know, “compromise intelligence,” or “jeopardize national security,” or “make them look bad.” So first they try to prevent an investigation into 9/11, then they try to delay it, then they try to prevent its deadline from being extended, then they try to prevent any members of the administration from testifying – and now the last ace up their sleeve is to redact half of the final report. According to Reuters, “Commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton vowed not to let the White House ‘distort’ the report.” Ha, good luck with that. If there’s one thing the Bush administration is good at, it’s distorting. Expect to see a large consignment of black magic markers arriving at the White House sometime this week.
