Richard Clarke on Meet The Press Sunday

[RamboLiberal]

Wonder if he'll bitch-slap Timmy? Looks like it's for the full show. From their email:

In an exclusive Sunday morning interview, Richard Clarke, the former White House Counterterrorism Chief whose new book "Against All Enemies" has ignited a Washington firestorm over the investigation into the September 11th attacks, will appear on this Sunday's "Meet the Press with Tim Russert." Clarke, a former White House insider, will explain his charges against the Bush administration's preparation and conduct in the war on terrorism and respond to their numerous counter-charges.

[LibertyorDeath]

1. Excellent!!

He will annihilate them with the TRUTH !

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

2. Yes!

I'm so happy i can cry!:toast:

[Bush_Sucks]

3. Also don't forget...

He's on the Daily Show Monday...

[RoadRunner]

5. HI Bush_Sucks, Welcome to DU!

Gladya' found us! :hi:

[mellowinman]

4. Look, I've got a lot of ground to cover.

This stupid forum won't let me start my own thread, because I don't spend enough time here. Could someone "popular" please cut and paste this as ITS OWN THREAD? It should be titled "Now is the TIME!!!!"

We have to push the hardest we ever have. This is our window of opportunity, and if we let it slip by, we are no better than our oppressors. I am mentally breathless right now, so try to stay with me.

1. They have tried to portray Clarke as a liar.

http://us.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0104/30/ip.00.html

Aired April 30, 2001 - 17:00 ET

The State Department officially released its annual terrorism report just a little more than an hour ago, but unlike last year, there's no extensive mention of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. A senior State Department official tells CNN the U.S. government made a mistake in focusing so much energy on bin Laden and "personalizing terrorism."

still, Secretary of State Colin Powell says efforts to fight global terrorism will remain consistent.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

POWELL: The results are clear: state sponsors of terrorism are increasingly isolated; terrorist groups on under growing pressure. Terrorists are being brought to justice, we will not let up. But we must also be aware of the nature of the threat before us. Terrorism is a persistent disease.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WOODRUFF: The secretary of state did go on to say that South Asia, particularly Afghanistan, continues to be the focal point for terrorism that is directed against the United States.

2. They have never tired of saying "nobody said 'Imminent threat.'"

http://www.moveon.org/censure/caughtonvideo/

That link shows Rumsfeld getting caught LYING on Face the Nation.

Then there's THIS:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/26/translator/index_np.html

A former FBI wiretap translator with top-secret security clearance, who has been called "very credible" by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has told Salon she recently testified to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States that the FBI had detailed information prior to Sept. 11, 2001, that a terrorist attack involving airplanes was being plotted.

Referring to the Homeland Security Department's color-coded warnings instituted in the wake of 9/11, the former translator, Sibel Edmonds, told Salon, "We should have had orange or red-type of alert in June or July of 2001. There was that much information available." Edmonds is offended by the Bush White House claim that it lacked foreknowledge of the kind of attacks made by al-Qaida on 9/11. "Especially after reading National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice where she said, we had no specific information whatsoever of domestic threat or that they might use airplanes. That's an outrageous lie. And documents can prove it's a lie."




We need to get on the motherfuckers, and not let them go. We have GOT THEM! We have GOT THEM!!!

We cannot be fucking around here, people, WE HAVE GOT THEM!!!

Tell our your friends! Scrounge the internet! This is the time to prove that all the Bush Administration has ever done is cover their own asses; enact their own agenda; and lead America down the road to ruin. We cannot back off. We need to fry their asses. We should settle for nothing less than Impeachment, and trial for war crimes.

Remember, this bastard thought 911 was funny from the get-go: "Lucky me, I hit the trifecta." And he thinks the war in Iraq is funny, based on his WMD "joke" the other day.

HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE!!!!!! GET RID OF THESE BASTARDS!!!!!

[buycitgo]

6. make one more post....then you can start your own thread

I've started too many already

this is a great story, btw

NOW

I predict that Russert will GO AFTER CLARKE like nothing you've EVER SEEN!

nothing close

either that, or already knowing it's too late, will treat him with the respect he deserves

my guess is the former

contrast that with how he treats condi

some daily howlers on her

will check

he is the WORST whore of all, cause he has the same BS aura of respectablity that SHE does, amongs dems, even

don't get it at all

he SUX it HARD!

[mellowinman]

15. Thanks!

Hey, by the way, by "stupid forum," I'm only speaking of the mechanics, not DU as a whole.

[calimary]

14. Welcome to DU! Great post! I have no doubt you'll offer more.

ABSOLUTELY HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE!!!! You are so very, very correct. Now is NOT the time to become complacent, and figure that Richard (the Lionhearted) Clarke just slew the dragon. WE have to back him up. And demand that our reps, AND OUR PATHETIC MEDIA, start waking up and going for the jugular, too. When I call in to MSNBC or CNN, I politely remind them that they ALREADY know exactly what to do. They've done it before. Remember Monica?

Here's how to do more:

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NOTE MY SIG LINE. SHEESH, how can you help it by now? I am probably one of the biggest nags around here about this.

Also:

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[koopie57]

7. I have a feeling

that little timmy russert might pee in his pants this Sunday morning. Richard Clarke must be one of the most intimidating, fearless men on the face of the earth and he is mad too boot. He doesn't have to lift a finger to bitch-slap little timmy rusert, just one of those looks!!!

[alcuno]

8. He's not on the full time. The WH gets to respond.

[buycitgo]

10. of course, and he'll SWALLOW it all, sts

here's an example of what an utter tool this fat prick always is

TIM RUSSERT: Ambassador Joe Wilson was sent over to Niger by the CIA to look into this whole matter of selling uranium to Iraq. He came back with a report which was given to the administration. Then there was an article by columnist Robert Novak which cited two administration sources and identified Ambassador Wilson’s wife by name. She was an undercover agent at the CIA. There is now an investigation. The CIA has requested the Justice Department to look into this.

It’s a crime to identify an undercover agent. And in this article in today’s Washington Post, a senior administration official said that White House officials called six reporters to identify, to out, if you will, Joe Wilson’s wife. What can you tell us about that?
RICE: Tim, I know nothing about any such calls, and I do know that the president of the United States would not expect his White House to behave in that way. It’s my understanding that when a question like this is raised before the agency, that they refer it as a matter of course, a matter of routine to the Justice Department. The Justice Department will now take appropriate action, whatever that is, and that will be up to the Justice Department to determine what that action is.

RUSSERT: What will the president do? Will he bring people in and ask them what they did?

RICE: I think it’s best since it’s in the hands of the Justice Department to let it remain there.

That was it! No, Bush wouldn’t question his staff, Rice said. And Russert moved to the next topic.

Amazing, isn’t it, to see the difference between Fox and Meet the Press? At Fox, two conservatives were willing to push and prod about the emerging story. At NBC, by notable contrast, a tough-talker posed two perfunctory questions, then very tamely moved on. But Russert’s weak questions were only one part of a woeful performance with Rice this past Sunday. The fearless tormentor of Candidate Gore rolled over before the Bush White House again. Here at THE HOWLER, we found ourselves wondering: Is it time for Tim Russert to leave?

you must read this page.....FOX news was MUCH tougher on Rice than Timmy Fatprick
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:pWOux55bKw8J:www.dailyhowler.com/dh093003.shtml+++rice+russert+daily+howler&hl=en&start=2&ie=UTF-8

[buycitgo]

12. more on the REAL pigboy

Has President Bush dragged his heels when it comes to exploring intelligence failures? Russert began with that topic last weekend, and it might have provided a good discussion—if the topic had been pursued. But a bulldog was missing in action this day, and we saw the disappointing result. Bush completely avoided Russert’s first question—and Russert let the evasion stand. Moments later, Bush boasted about his cooperation with the 9/11 commission—a commission which has routinely complained about the president’s lack of cooperation. But Russert ignored this odd statement too. What would Bush have said if challenged? The public will never find out.

No, that was hardly a bulldog in the Oval last weekend. Follow-up questions were toothless and few. Those trademark film clips were missing in action. Several times, Bush apologized for “repetitive” answers, but it was Russert’s vague and repetitive questions that defined the meandering, softball discussion. Missing was the lecturing scold who rebuked Howard Dean and falsely accused Gore (see below). The bulldog had left his teeth in a jar. But why in the world had he done that?

For what it’s worth, Russert offered an explanation during his victory tour this week. After the interview, the self-impressed pundit accepted applause for the brilliant work he had done. How brilliant, how great had Russert been? Why, when he went to the dentist on Monday, rubber-gloved workers burst into applause! We know that because Russert told us:

PERGAMENT (2/10/04) (pgh 1): Tim Russert walked into his dentist’s office Monday morning for an appointment and was given a sweeter reception than he gave President Bush over the weekend.
(2) “The dentist, the receptionist and the hygienist started clapping, it was really sweet,” said Russert in a telephone interview the morning after his hour-long interview with the president on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

They couldn’t help it—they just had to cheer! For the record, this was Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News, passing on Russert’s tales of hosannas.
Russert is nothing if not self-impressed. But as he took his victory lap this week—accepting the cheers of admiring colleagues—he explained his toothless session Bush. On Tuesday morning, USA Today’s Peter Johnson passed on the scribe’s explanation:

JOHNSON (2/10/04): If it’s important, Meet the Press host Tim Russert knows to place a call to Buffalo to get advice from the family patriarch, Timothy “Big Russ” Russert.
Big Russ, a retired sanitation man, had this to say before his son’s big weekend sit-down with President Bush, according to Russert: “Remember, you’re going to be in your job longer than he is, even if he’s re-elected, but the Oval Office and the White House are going to be there longer than you, so be respectful."

“That is exactly what I tried to do,” Russert said Monday. “It’s a delicate balance. You want to ask the right questions, the right follow-up, but you also have to realize that you could easily spend the entire hour on one subject.”

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh021204.shtml

[RamboLiberal]

11. Too bad Condi's and the others are typical Repug cowards

who wouldn't dare go head-to-head with Clarke.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

9. Clarke will hold his own

...i loved the way he handled the repub thugs on the commission, especially the guy thompson, who was left speechless!

[librechik]

13. oh boy, will he ever--

I can't wait to see him take down that giant rw slug...

[calimary]

17. He ate Larry King for dinner.

Every answer was better than the last one. Strong, powerful, on point. On LARGER and stronger and more POWERFUL point. The White House ought to get it through their collective hydra heads - every time they try to smack this guy, he comes back with a STRONGER response that makes them look even worse. Larry King looked even more pathetic than he usually does. AND Richard Clarke also got in a "Wag the Dog" reference to a mention of why Clinton didn't do more. That he did act and then was pilloried for it by republi-CONS hot to destroy him for Monica. Then, also, after that, in the follow-up panel, even Joe Biden picked up on that. It was SWEET, SWEET, SWEET. Richard Clarke will MORE than hold his own with Tim Russert.

[mandyky]

16. Let's send Clarke some Mace

or one of those honkers - really loud horn thingies...