If the Media was really "concerned" about Torture, it would have aired the Ali Soufan Testimony!

FrenchieCat

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Fri May-15-09 02:17 PM
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If the Media was really "concerned" about Torture, it would have aired the Ali Soufan Testimony!

Edited on Fri May-15-09 02:18 PM by FrenchieCat

But they didn't. Not MSNBC, CNN, FOX, NBC, CBS, ABC or any one else covered these hearings live other than C-Span 3. MSNBC gave us a few outtakes, and the conversation on what Soufan testified to lasted about 2 seconds!

Soufan: CIA torture actually hindered our intelligence gathering
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/14/torture/

Again, I saw the testimony of Ali Soufan on C-Span 3!.....during those Senate Hearings that the Media
want you to forget about.

I believe that this witch hunt against Nancy Pelosi by the Corporate media is to distract from the larger issue of torture. I don't give a fuck what Nancy Pelosi "Knew"...I want to know who ordered up the torture.

On another front, the MSM is failing to highlight the changes that Pres. Obama is proposing to the current manner of trying Gitmo detainees....and only harping on His broken promise (which he did not break with this decision), and going orgasmic on how Obama's base is pissed at him for that and the Photos.

Meanwhile, Cheney gets to skate with his "Obama is making us less safe" bullcrap!

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HopeOverFear

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Fri May-15-09 02:20 PM
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1. Preach on it, Frenchie, keep calling out the Media's bullshit

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LittleBlue

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Fri May-15-09 02:22 PM
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2. Pelosi is a red herring, but she did look quite stupid

Incompetence =/= torture for sure, but it's still not good to look apparently incompetent (or possibly morally impaired) as the House Speaker

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FrenchieCat

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Fri May-15-09 02:35 PM
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3. Well, I'm not a Nancy Pelosi fan, and sometimes wonder how she got to where she is....

Edited on Fri May-15-09 02:35 PM by FrenchieCat

But I'm not going to let the media use her shortcomings to distract me from the issue of torture.

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LittleBlue

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Fri May-15-09 03:11 PM
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6. True.

The media is trying to imply that because she knew about torture and did nothing, she is hypocritical, and (wait for it)... therefore Bush/Cheney/thegang were not so bad after all!

Fucking sad, but the sheeple eat it up.

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gademocrat7

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Fri May-15-09 03:15 PM
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7. I agree with you Frenchie.

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OHdem10

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Fri May-15-09 02:40 PM
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4. The Media loves loves loves Conflect. Nancy vs CIA is just their cup

of tea.

They will chase and chew this bone like a bunch of rabid dogs.
Substance go to the wind. The fight is delicious.

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lyonn

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Fri May-15-09 03:09 PM
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5. Great adjectives OHdem! nt

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FrenchieCat

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Fri May-15-09 03:38 PM
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8. Well hopefully, we of the Left won't fall for their predictable shenadigans.....

and by Monday, they will be if full reversal by the way of the Pandemic Swine Flu!

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