Tuesday, March 30, 2004
"Oops, I forgot, I'm a total freakin' hypocrite."
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist joined in the general melee of Clarke bashing that was orchestrated by TeamBush last week. His speech on the Senate floor in which he accused Clarke of perjury (a charge subsequently toned down) also included this chestnut:
"I am . . . troubled that someone would sell a book, trading on their . . . service as a government insider with access to our nation’s most valuable intelligence, in order to profit from the suffering that this nation endured on September 11, 2001."
One must assume that Senator Frist had forgotten about a book titled When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor. It was penned by. . . oh, yeah, Dr. Senator Bill Frist and hit the streets shortly after 9-11 when random anthrax attacks killed several, closed entire Senate office buildings, and had average Americans zapping their junk mail in the microwave.
Luckily, Hesiod over at Counterspin Central reminds him, and the rest of us, while adding some nice commentary to boot.
Utterly shameless, these folks.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist joined in the general melee of Clarke bashing that was orchestrated by TeamBush last week. His speech on the Senate floor in which he accused Clarke of perjury (a charge subsequently toned down) also included this chestnut:
"I am . . . troubled that someone would sell a book, trading on their . . . service as a government insider with access to our nation’s most valuable intelligence, in order to profit from the suffering that this nation endured on September 11, 2001."
One must assume that Senator Frist had forgotten about a book titled When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor. It was penned by. . . oh, yeah, Dr. Senator Bill Frist and hit the streets shortly after 9-11 when random anthrax attacks killed several, closed entire Senate office buildings, and had average Americans zapping their junk mail in the microwave.
Luckily, Hesiod over at Counterspin Central reminds him, and the rest of us, while adding some nice commentary to boot.
Utterly shameless, these folks.
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