From Drudge just now…
…Could that be right? Condi’s first testimony was not even allowed to be recorded? By order of the Whitehouse?!
So she not only had to testify under oath, but they wouldn’t even allow the session to be recorded or a stenographer to take a verbatim transcript of the National Security Advisors testimony with the Commission investigating the greatest National Security failure in the history of our nation!
Man…Of course, the pundit echoes continue to the effect of “We’ve heard Condi on every show in the world, clearly she has nothing to hide! She should testify”.
The more I keeping hearing that “Condi has nothing to hide” from the talking heads, the more I begin to wonder if she must!
Keep in mind, all the Whitehouse “precedent” protestations aside, including Condi’s own tortured logic on 60 Minutes, to wit:
…Which is valid only if you disregard Sandy Berger (Clinton’s NSA) and Zbignew Bzerzinksi (Carter’s NSA), both “sitting national security advisors” at the time having testified in the past and consider their testimony to not have been about “policy” but about a criminal investigation. More to the point, though, the precedent being shoehorned into this situation concerns an NSA testifying before Congress. The 9/11 Commission, however, is not “congress”. It was created by a vote of Congress with it’s Head chosen by the President of the United States. A fact conveniently omited by the dubious and ultimately self-defeating explanation from Condi and friends.
As, once again, Josh Marshall so brilliantly put it:
UPDATE: Since writing the above yesterday, when this site was down due to a network outage, the Whitehouse has finalized their “accommodation” with the 9-11 Commission for Condi to testify. Well, that took long enough, huh? More on that shortly….
It all goes back to the "rule of law," something many liberals continue to overlook. There are separations built into the constitution.
Prediction:
Dr. Rice will be credible.
It will not be good enough for the liberals.
I hope it doesn’t turn out to be a "high-tech lynching of an uppity black."
Nice of you to join Robert Novak to find the race card in a deck that I didn’t even realize actually had one!
Anyway, it has nothing to do with "rule of law". There is no "law" about this, only "tradition", which has to do with unconfirmed-by-congress Presidential Advisors testifying to *congress*.
Not only have two former National Security Advisors already done so, but the 9/11 Commission is NOT an arm of Congress.
Go learn the "law", then come back armed with FACTS. It’ll help you not look like such a boob when you post here.
P.S. You may want to actually read the Blog Entries before you reply to them. May also help you be armed with facts before you bother.
Does Condi Rice like porn as much as Clarence Thomas?
Rice was very credible. Was Bob Kerry grandstanding or what?
I understand that Rush didn’t instruct you to say that. That he made the same exact statement moments before you posted your comment here merely by coincidence. None the less, Kerrey was no harder on Condi (less hard in fact) than he was on Albright last week. Didn’t notice either you or Rush complaining about him "grandstanding" on that day.
Totally by coincidence. I wrote that about Kerry immediately after Condi was finished. I get Rush an hour behind. I do not remember him saying that either. Didn’t watch Albright.
She will never ever be credible.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice entered the room wearing only a red satin bra and panties. On her feet wasa pair of black stiletto sandles. I immediately drop to my knees and began to grovel at herfeet.” I love you Condi ” , I whimper. While kissing her toes. I caught her musty scent mixed with Aimez Moi perfume by Caron. I become aroused . I attempt to run my hand up the back of her calf. but Condi instructed me to go to the black leather couch. Condi sat down and I laid face down across her lap andshe began to spank me. At first the slaps were light but after a few moments they came harder and more rhythmic . Her fingers left red welts in my pasty white ass. After a few minutes my ass checks became sore and I began to anticipate the slap before it came. The pain was becoming unbearable and Condi was showing no signs of letting up, she was clearly enjoying inflicting this pain on me. In her slapping frenzy her long red finger nails removed bits of skin from the inside of my ass cheeks making the pain exquisite. About three minutes later the slaps began to waver, clearly Condi’s right arm was getting tired. It was good for me as the pain was becoming almost unbearable . Now my ass cheeks felt red hot and although I felt like crying out, I did not. I could not let Condi see my pain . If she sensed I was in agony this would provoke her to hit me harder and I couldn’t take much more . Shortly after that the spanking stopped altogether, she was exhausted . I looked over my shoulder to see her beautiful black skin covered with sweat and could hear her heavy breathing. I became aroused even further. I sat up and we embraced. I kissed her forehead and could taste the saltiness of her skin. I repeated again ” I love you so much Condi “. We then traded positions , now it was my turn to spank her. “Condi lowered her panties and lay across my lap.”Condi ” I said, “you have been a very bad girl and now I’m going to give that sweetass a properspanking.” I feel Condi’s wetness on my legs. Now she is aroused