Today Attorney General Gonzales is talking before the Senate committee on NSA Surveillance and Presidential Wartime Powers. However, he is NOT TESTIFYING because he WAS NOT sworn in under oath to tell the truth. Republican Senator Arlen Specter said it wasn't necessary for him to be sworn in under oath. Do you know what I think of this? It is a waste of everyone's time. The Republicans are just letting this entire administration and their friends (like the oil executives who were not sworn in by Stevens) get away with lying. I am extremely disappointed in Specter, but I guess I am not surprised. This is absolutely disgusting.
CHENEY TOLD LIBBY
According to the UPI---A legal opinion in the Valerie Plame leak case includes new information about how I. Lewis Libby learned she was a CIA officer.
Libby, the only person charged so far, told prosecutors he heard about her from his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, the New York Times reported.... (My comment: Told ya!)
OHIO'S SEN. DEWINE
Republican Sen. DeWine might be a nice person, but his "questions" today in the Gonzales talk/hearing were weak, at best. How the hell was this guy elected? I did not vote for him.
SENATOR CLINTON SMACKSDOWN Mehlman
NYT: ..."I would suggest that the Washington Republicans worry about these devastating budget cuts, the confusion and bureaucratic nightmare in the prescription drug benefit — that that's where they should be spending their time and energy, instead of trying to divert attention away from their many failures and shortcomings," Mrs. Clinton said...
...Mrs. Clinton said at the news conference that Mr. Bush's budget, if approved, would force layoffs of teachers and new limits on enrollment of children in Head Start programs like the one she visited today at University Settlement, where most of the 300 children are Asian and Hispanic and live in working-class homes.
"The message to children and families could not be clearer: you're on your own," Mrs. Clinton said.
She said the budget would result in $1.24 billion less money for New York under the No Child Left Behind Program and $404 million less in special education money, which, she warned, could lead school districts to try to raise property taxes to cover shortfalls. At the same time, she assailed giving more money for a small-scale program that would provide government assistance for students to attend private schools...
Right on, Hillary. We have witnessed a smackdown!!!!!
