Republican Calls for Congressional Investigation of CBS and Rather

[ItsMyParty]

Just on CNN. Rep. Cox is calling for the investigation because CBS using forged documents to sway the election. Utter horseshit---and are we going to also investigate the entire media whore group who have waived the Shifty Swifties crap around as the gospel truth or isn't that trying to sway an election!! Now let's see the real repub machine go to work and start investigations/hearings to distract everyone until November and paing George in a sympathetic light.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Why don't we investigate CNN and Fox then???

Chris Cox worships Hitler's Crotch!

:grr:

:grr:

[tom_paine]

7. Because only THE PARTY decides what is best for the Inferior in

Totalitarian Nations.

Imperial Amerika, the Soviet Union, Marcos' Phillipines, Pinochet's Chile...

all the same in this regard.

And don't kid yourselves, Imperial Amerika, if the Imperial Family retains power, is going to narrow the differences soon.

[still_one]

2. SCREW CNN

the 65% of the population that do not watch fox, should not give anytime to CNN

[The empressof all]

3. Whoa Boy

Just another indication of Republican bad judgement about spending money. Sure guys lets spend another couple of million of the tax payers money on this shit.

[candy331]

12. I hope CBS has their stuff up to par and ready to come out

blasting or they will be flamed and go down in smoke. I do hope Rather was prepared for the onslaught if not he should have weighed his words carefully.

[StClone]

22. Reality isn't what it used to be

I don't think it would matter. These Truth Relativists live in an alternate Universe where their actions and beliefs are the only truths. CBS be damned with the best of documentation. The Right writes its own script and have the power to make all believe and follow.

[pretzel4gore]

29. Rather's obstinacy suggests

something's going on in halls of power...maybe the national survival instinct's kicking in(?)
btw with the nazipoos,weighing ones words carefully isn't a virtue: brute force is what they need.

[Iceburg]

4. OK -- but not before they finish the 911 investigation

[wishlist]

5. Need to investigate the Swiftliars at the same time and Fox coverage!!

What a bunch of lame hypocrits that can dish it out but can't take it.

No more Bushit!

[wildflower]

6. You have got to be kidding me.

You have got to be kidding me.

You have got to be kidding me.

That's literally all I can manage to think or say about this...

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. What a load of crap! More flim flam!!!

If Cox/GOP were serious about this, they would call for an investigation on every TV/Print 'news' network that splayed John O'Niell and swiftvets for Bush throughout the month of August! Now THAT was all out marketing campaign (complete with payola advertising money to the 'news' agencies) for the purpose of swaying the election!

[wurzel]

9. If those memos are fake CBS should be investigated.

That is not necessarily a negative. Might open up the whole rotten TV news media.

[ibegurpard]

13. And a partisan Republican backed congressional investigation

is going to determine what else? You'd believe that before you believed CBS was telling the truth? Sad.

[wildflower]

19. I hadn't thought of that...

but it seems unlikely to happen under the Republicans.

-wildflower

[BootinUp]

10. Setting a dangerous precedent

I hope the repugs realize that this WILL come back on them.

[dennis4868]

15. Setting a dangerous precedent

SO WAS IMPEACHING cLINTON OVER A BJ.....these guys have no shame...as long as they are in power and control the media they do not have to have any shame or conscience!

[aquart]

17. Nope. They NEVER anticipate a consequence.

Isn't that a symptom of fetal alcohol syndrome? Did Mama have a martini?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. WHy not a congressional investigation into where Bush's DD-214 is?

[dennis4868]

14. But no investigation.....

of the forged niger documents that the WH used to start an illegal war....or no investigation into the outing of Valerie Plame....these guys are disgusting assholes and a waste of DNA!

[wildflower]

16. Okay I have recovered from my speechlessness...

HOW many laws have been broken by this administration and gone uninvestigated or unpunished? How many frauds have been perpretrated?

Broken laws and frauds with SERIOUS and fatal consequences.

-Lying to the country about national security to go to war.
-Exposing a CIA agent.
-Funneling of money from Afghanistan to Iraq.
-Lying about expense of Medicare bill.

And so many, many more.

And if they want to talk about the election, there are plenty more...starting with putting Nader on the ballot in Florida after a judge ruled he couldn't be. And that's only the 2004 election.

I won't even start on the media...

And they want a congressional investigation of CBS over some old national guard documents?

-wildflower

[livetohike]

18. "Be careful what you wish for."

That was advice from an old manager I had and he is absolutely right. Open up the Pandora's box and see what you get Rep. Cox.

[KayLaw]

25. That's right

Remember when Bob Barr called for an investigation of the " trashing of the White House and Air Force I? He didn't realize it had all bend a big, fat, lying Karl Rove production.

[BootinUp]

20. Whats next? State Run Media?

Got to protect the party in power??!!

Shit I might as well move to Russia. :mad:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. Good

That puts everything on the table, including:

1. Did Lt. Bush refuse a direct order from his commanding officer?

2. Was Lt. Bush suspended for failure to perform up to Texas Air National Guard standards?

3. Did Lt. Bush ever take the physical he was required and ordered to take, and if not, why not?

4. Did Lt. Bush complete his Guard commitments?


Bring 'em on.

[mac56]

26. You said it.

Bring it on.

Add on edit: I bet Rove is soiling himself with fear about this actually taking place...

[BootinUp]

28. Honest question

What makes you think the scope of the investigation will include all of that?

I bet they will look at the memos and thats it.

[ibegurpard]

30. I think it's wishful thinking

people think these partisan repukes are going to do ANYTHING except try to take down a media outlet that made their Fuhrer look bad? Ridiculous.

[troublemaker]

23. Here we go... another lemming siren song for DUers

please just DROP this memo business. It's going to blow up like a gag cigar. We are being played like a fiddle, folks.

[shrike]

24. C'mon. An investigation?

Whether you think they're real or fake, do you really want Congress spending our tax money to find out?

[truthspeaker]

34. You give these idiots too much credit.

[ItsMyParty]

36. just posted the new update from CNN---now the DNC is getting

into the act and going to do a 2 minute video demanding Bush answer questions, etc. And then the RNC has accused the DNC of forging the memos.......this is getting out of hand.

[zbdent]

27. Wow, and how long did it take to get an investigation on Bob Novak?

Still waiting . . .

(and I'm not gonna turn blue and die holding my breath)

[AuntPatsy]

31. Get with our congressman and DEMAND an ivestigation into

CNN FAUX and yes even MSNBC, it is high time we have our representitives doing what should have been done four years ago. The response of the citizens will be overwhelming when such gets air time on CBS...

[jackstraw45]

32. VALERIE PLAME! VALERIE PLAME! There's a MOLE in the White House

that committed TREASON.

The high profile Dems now should feel free to mention this...er...NOW!

[AuntPatsy]

33. AGREE, EVERYONE email CBS demand they begin

further investigating Plame...it is time they realize that we the people will not stand for them continuing this missuse of their grandstanding power plays...

[jackstraw45]

35. I mean, there's a grand jury probably being strong armed

We KNOW Robert Novak published the name of a CIA operative as payback and was GIVEN THE NAME ILLEGALLY by someone in the Bush White House.

LOOK at all the research and connections made by the various people at DU on this subject. And that's just by using the internet. The lazy ass corporate media hacks won't get off their duffs and WORK for a living.

The F*CKING corporate media WHORES won't touch it except to scratch the surface to appease us.

This is WATERGATE all over again. How deep does this crap go?