The former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit Michael Scheuer appeared on yesterday’s Hannity & Colmes to give his opinion about what candidate would be best at fighting the war on terrorism.
After airing a clip of McCain criticizing Obama’s plan on fighting terror, Rich Lowry (who was filling in for Hannity) asked Sheuer, “Is either of them right?”
“I think both of them (McCain and Obama) are equally unable to cope with the threat represented by Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and the Islamists,” Sheuer responded. “They really don’t have a clue about what this war is about.”
He continued, “Mr. McCain is very confident, but he’s clueless. Mr. Obama is equally clueless.
“They continue to tell Americans, ‘These people are Islamo-fascists, and they hate us because of our freedoms,’ and ‘they hate us for our liberties.’
“What they hate us for is the unusually virulent strain of obsessive compulsive disorder that’s present in the American governing class, and that’s called interventionism. That’s what the cause of this war is. And neither Mr. McCain, nor Mr. Obama, nor Mrs. Clinton, nor any of the rest of them who are in the campaign—except Mr. Paul, Mr. Kucinich perhaps—had that idea.”
This is what happens when a Republican’s honor cannot allow the ReTHUGlican law breaking to continue. On a side note, I lived in Alabama when Don was governor and from what I remember, he was a good governor and well liked.
As I have said countless times, the stench of guilt is so strong with the Bush Administration and especially Karl Rove’s actions/tactics, that how can anyone EXCEPT a party clown not suspect wrong-doing, or, at least, dubious, political motivation? How can ANYONE (of honor) NOT want this investigated and brought into full view of the public and official evaluation/processing?
I don’t watch much TV, but I’ll turn her on for this.
UPDATE from Glenn Greenwald with additional charges coming:
For months, Harper’s Scott Horton has been following and reporting on the story of Karl Rove’s limitless crusade to destroy Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama about as closely as anyone can follow a story. Yesterday, Scott emailed to say:
You should alert your readers to watch 60 Minutes on Sunday for an extremely important piece. They will learn how at the instigation of Karl Rove, the Justice Department was turned into a political hit machine to destroy the reputation and ultimately imprison AL governor Don Siegelman on accusations which do not constitute, no matter how you parse it, a crime. Rove will be directly linked to the process by the testimony of a Republican political operative (I can tell you that her testimony was corroborated by numerous other witnesses who refused to be named or cited, some of whom where physically present during the operative’s meetings with Rove); and then we’ll see how the Justice Department built a bogus case, shoving aside the career prosecutors who concluded there was no basis to proceed.
Finally, it will show that the prosecutors coerced witnesses to give false testimony, withheld exculpatory evidence, and lied about all of this. In fact, when contacted for comment DOJ asked for a day to look into it before responding. They then came back and admitted that they were not in a position to deny any of the allegations, so they went with “no comment.” It’s an explosive piece. And it’s only the first. CBS has substantial additional data showing how the judge, a George W. Bush appointee and Republican political campaign functionary, was hand picked by prosecutors to run this circus, and how he refused to recuse himself notwithstanding his conflicts. And they have a great deal more information on the US attorney involved, who is the wife of the state’s leading GOP campaign advisor, who managed the campaign against Siegelman, and who is also a long standing friend and business associate of Karl Rove’s. It’s an extraordinary, deep peek into a hopelessly corrupt Justice Department. They’ve been struggling to keep the lid on this story for two years. And on Sunday it is going to blow.Scott is a very smart and savvy commentator, not prone to hyperbole, so this piece will undoubtedly be worth watching. Scott’s latest post on the Siegelman/60 Minutes matter is here.
Why is it that southern people have the knack of electing people who would do and vote against anything that may help their constituency? Why do we desire to “claim” these Bush Lites, as our own, when they represent NOTHING of our interests… but always theirs. How can these people be so out of touch and us STILL be enamored by them?
Let’s face it. The Democratic Leadership Council has never gotten a lot of love around here.
No surprise there. When your philosophy of governance sucks that much ass, and you lose every election you contest on its tenets, you’re just not going to get love from a community that’s come together to find ways for Democrats to win. It’s just not gonna happen.
But through it all, the DLC always at least pretended that the “D” meant something.
When Harold Ford, Jr. walked onto the Quick Center stage for his OPEN Visions forum he knew whose district he was standing in.
“There is not a better Congressman in Washington than Chris Shays,” said Ford, to a crowd of about 600 Fairfield University students and community members.
Yes, that’s right. Harold Ford thinks the guy who thinks Blackwater is “perfect” is the best Congressman in Washington.
Of course, Ford’s perspective isn’t exactly first hand, is it? After all, Ford isn’t actually in Washington, is he? That’s one of the little known side effects that comes from losing your election.
Shays, who was also in attendence [sic], responded, “The reason Harold Ford likes me so much is because when I realized that I wasn’t going to be president, I went up to him and told him that he was one of the three legislator’s that I thought would someday.”
Oh, I think I’m going to be sick.
Me, too. Who else considers Chris Shays the best Senator around? Just a show of hands will do.
