Sen. Whitehouse Drops the Hammer on Fox and the GOP in Lynch A.G. Confirmation Hearing

[Fred Sanders]

Last edited Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:58 PM - Edit history (2)

"A Sound Bite Factory For Fox News": Senator Highlights Right-Wing Witnesses At Lynch Nomination Hearing

Sen. Whitehouse: Hearing Has Been "Co-Opted" Into A "Sound Bite Factory For Fox News And Conspiracy Theorists Everywhere"


C-Span video: http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/01/29/a-sound-bite-factory-for-fox-news-senator-highl/202324
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Senator Whitehouse's dismantling of the Fox/GOP cult is magnificent, using plain logic and common sense, to expose the Gallery of Fox Fools Republicans called in to compete for Fox airtime. Exposing what it was - a competition for approval from Roger Ailes, all nominated for Best Sound Bite in the coveted Fox Media Propaganda category.

Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior, Rule 89

"Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust"

George Washington, Esq.

[Politicalboi]

1. She's against decriminalizing weed

We don't need to go backwards 30 years with her. I hope they don't confirm her.

[Bandit]

2. She will follow the Law

If the Law gets changed she will adapt. I don't think she will allow any more prosecutions than her predecessor, and probably far fewer..

[Politicalboi]

3. I hope so

It's ridiculous to lock people up for weed.

[lark]

11. Why do you think that?

Has she made any statements that would lead to that conclusion?

[CaptainTruth]

7. Has she said she OPPOSES legalization?

From what I've read so far she's said she doesn't support it, which means she's either neutral (no strong opinion either way, willing to let state laws & the courts guide enforcement policies), or she's opposed.

I believe she's neutral & she's choosing her words very carefully so she doesn't give Repubs a reason to fight her nomination. If she were really opposed to legalization I think she would come out & say it. Saying "I don't support it" leaves open the option of being neutral, respecting state's rights, & NOT pushing drug policies back 30 years.

If I'm wrong on this & she's actually said "I oppose it" then someone please let me know & I'll stand corrected.

[elleng]

9. Yes.

[Stryst]

10. From Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/loretta-lynch-marijuana_n_6565962.html

During her hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) asked, "Do you support the legalization of marijuana?"

"Senator, I do not," Lynch replied.

More at link.

[Ykcutnek]

19. Good thing her position is not in the legislative branch, then.

[cstanleytech]

25. And she is free to have that opinion but in the end its only that her opinion.

What matters is the law on the books and right now its not legal but if and when the law changes as long as she or whoever is holding the office at the time follows the law thats all that matters imo.

[DeSwiss]

26. If she isn't.....

...she ain't gonna be AG. Simple as that.

- BIG PHARMA rulz.



Of the Corporation, by the Corporation, for the Corporation.....

[lamp_shade]

4. That was a joy to watch. He pulled no punches. Bravo to Sen. Whitehouse.

[erronis]

5. +1 absolutely.

Every time I hear of him about some issue, he's always on the correct side.

[Fred Sanders]

14. The muted opening, the slow build up, the clinical cementing of the clueless opinions, and then the crescendo!

It is like watching and listening to a Meatloaf song.

I noticed the paid shill from some RW voter fraud fraud group was the last of the hapless victims of Whitehouse's verbal surgery. She was the first to wake up to the fact Whitehouse was just preparing the battlefield with his soothing talk, just cementing the Gallery of Fools positions individually, but he shut her down quickly, resuming her gum chewing I noticed.

All done in preparation for oral salvo after salvo hurled upon the unsuspecting Fox shills, who only then became aware of how they had all been exposed, by their own words turned against them.

A lesson in cross-examination skills.

[CatWoman]

24. lol -- you took the words right out of my mouth

it must have been when you were kissing me

[JDPriestly]

27. + 100000. Great description.

[msanthrope]

6. Holy shit.....Whitehouse slammed that panel. nt

[elleng]

8. Let us CLONE dear Senator Whitehouse!

[lark]

12. +1

Oh that we could clone him, Bernie and Elizabeth. How much better off would we be with more heros like them?

[winter is coming]

18. +1. A competent, decent guy who takes his job and responsibilities seriously. n/t

[Iliyah]

13. Exposed the propaganda fake news is,

it needs to be more people saying what exactly they are. Obviously corporate media is not gonna do it. Politicians need to do it followed by TRUE journalists.

[Ykcutnek]

15. WHITEHOUSE 2016 nt

[valerief]

16. Bravo, Senator.

[truebrit71]

17. Brilliant.....wish we had a ton more just like him...

...

[albino65]

20. Thank you for this post

It illustrates how special interests will try to co-opt the process to suit their needs. Sen Whitehouse's comment sticks a fork in these asshats to see if they are done.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. Does Whitehouse also support locking up vast numbers of minority youth for a 'crime' that most

Americans do not see as a crime and which several States say under law is not a crime? What is his rationale for such racist policy?

[lamp_shade]

22. The full speech (8 minutes) is even better. Here...

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/senator-calls-ag-hearings-soundbite

[William769]

23. Kick & recommended.

[JDPriestly]

28. Washington's Rules -- just for fun.

http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html

[The Wizard]

29. The Senator belongs

on the Supreme Court to counter the right wing dissemblers.

[heather blossom]

30. My Wish

I wish he would run for President.

[Fred Sanders]

31. My wish is whoever runs starts speaking some simple and obvious truths. Like....

"The Earth is not 6000 years old and even if it is I am not basing any fucking policy betting it is"

"No I was not chosen by God to run for President, my wife made me do it"

"If any media asshat does not understand the difference between speculation and fact, please STFU"

"I may still be caught between science and superstition, but I think I gravitate towards science"

"Cut off sentences in comment headlines with the main body out of sight, what is up with that?"

Shit like that to make ears pop and minds fucking open before the media shuts the door completely.

Very grumpy this morning, sorry....

[BuddhaGirl]

32. Wow!

Well done, Senator Whitehouse!!

[Thespian2]

33. K & R +++

So good to have such an intelligent, articulate senator as Sheldon Whitehouse. Would there were more like him.

[90-percent]

34. Beautiful inspired concise and absolutely airtight!

Brilliant and one of the few Washington politicians that gives me hope not all is lost.

It may come in my lifetime that marijuana prohibition and the prison industrial complex is regarded in the national consciousness in the same place we all put the Salem Witch Trials. A gross injustice a civil and informed society would not allow.

-90% Jimmy