What a glorious time to be a freeper in America!

[BurtWorm]

To know that the nation now sees exactly what you see: that your beloved "president" is the competent can-do man of action that you have always seen him to be; that Republicanism means smaller, more efficient government; that Saddam was an immanent threat to civilization and taking him out was essential to inaugurating an era of global world peace...

NOT!

http://www.wasingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110301685.html

[bluedawg12]

1. They have to rationalize like crazy to justify this mess.

A good point on Maher last night.

Imagine if a classified CIA Agent was outed during the Clinton/Gore years. Can you imagine the howling from the RW?

Yet, when their own putz buckets do it they almost kill themselves stumbling over every word and parsing "classified" vs "covert."

They revealed the name of a classified agent without authorization and that violates Federal Code.

........

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/50/chapters/15/subchapters/iv/sections/section%5F426.html



United States Code
TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 15 - NATIONAL SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER IV - PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION



U.S. Code as of: 01/22/02
Section 426. Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term ''classified information'' means information or
material designated and clearly marked or clearly represented,
pursuant to the provisions of a statute or Executive order (or a
regulation or order issued pursuant to a statute or Executive
order), as requiring a specific degree of protection against
unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national security.
(2) The term ''authorized'', when used with respect to access
to classified information, means having authority, right, or
permission pursuant to the provisions of a statute, Executive
order, directive of the head of any department or agency engaged
in foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities, order
of any United States court, or provisions of any Rule of the
House of Representatives or resolution of the Senate which
assigns responsibility within the respective House of Congress
for the oversight of intelligence activities.

[BOSSHOG]

2. And on the flip side of your argument

If bush got head from a male intern in the oval office, the lemmings would rationalize it away as merely a diversion needed by our president as he leads our country to greatness.

Yes, free republic members and their contemporaries in klaverns and pulpits throughout the nation are intensely pathetic. They've yet to discover that knowledge trumps belief every time.