KEAN THE CLUELESS

New York Post ^ | 4/22/04

[kattracks]

April 22, 2004 -- Thomas Kean, the chairman of the 9/11 commission, says that future hearings will be "lower profile." No doubt. The commission has behaved disgracefully under Kean so far; how could this circus get much worse?

What was supposed to be a serious, constructive, non-partisan inquiry into "what went wrong" quickly became an orgy of partisanship, with commissioners freely expressing their conclusions on the 9/11 debacle before their investigation was even half over.

[vbmoneyspender]

Kean doesn't care. He's a go along, to get along type of guy.

[John Lenin]

Kean and Gorelick should excuse themselves from the final report to give it any credibility.

[BfloGuy]

May I offer a gratuitous, cheap insult: Kean's probably a very nice and somewhat competent northeastern, moderate Republican who is thrilled to finally find himself in a position to gain the approval of liberals.

I don't know the man or his history but I've spent my life in the Northeast and this is what passes for Republican up here.

[Lancey Howard]

ping

[TheExploited]

The Democrats will never let Gorelick resign because the Commission would then be 5-4 Republicans. My solution is for Kean to resign along with Gorelick to make it even. Make Jim Thompson the Chairman.

[Lancey Howard]

At this sorry point, I believe it wouldn't matter if Gorelick did testify. Can you imagine the platitudes and softballs that her fellow commissioners would toss her way? It would be such a pathetic show of whitewashing and excuse-making that it would have me heaving within minutes.

I would prefer the stinking commission simply wrap it up and go home. Whatever report they finally release won't be worth the paper it's written on.

Regards,
LH

[calcowgirl]

I would prefer the stinking commission simply wrap it up and go home. Whatever report they finally release won't be worth the paper it's written on.

Ditto that! (and thanks for the ping)

[patj]

I would prefer the stinking commission simply wrap it up and go home. Whatever report they finally release won't be worth the paper it's written on.

I will 2nd that motion.

[samtheman]

At this point, it's better if Gorelick doesn't resign. Her continued presence makes it easier for the American people to see this for what it is:

A Circus of Commissars

The Greatest Leftist Show On Earth

[Caipirabob]

The 9/11 commission groupies have played their hand and it has failed. They need to be quietly cloroformed as quickly as possible and swept under the carpet of irrelevance. Kean especially, who's performance was more than indicative of someone way over their head and out of touch with reality. That man should be isolated and never given any prominent responsibility via the GOP ever again.

[The Raven]

This was a set-up by the Dems from the beginning - and Kean didn't see it or joined in.

But now that it's turning against them (the Dems) - it's time to cut and run. Either that or they have something else on the agenda.

[ml/nj]

KEAN THE CLUELESS

Great title.

I've met the man and spoken with him. It's astonishing to me the he could have become a governor, or a university president. By way of comparison, I've also met Christie Whitman several times and I found her to be extremely sharp. (despite her politics)

ML/NJ

[Diogenesis]

Commissioner Kean: "Ms Gorelick is one of the finest members
of the commission and one of the most bipartisan members.
People ought to stay out of our business"

THE REAL DEAL: "According to a 1998 Senate testimony of former CIA director James
Woolsey, powerful financier Khalid bin Mahfouz’ younger sister is
married to Osama bin Laden,. (US Senate, Senate Judiciary
Committee, Federal News Service, 3 Sept. 1998, See also Wayne
Madsen, Questionable Ties, In These Times,12 Nov. 2001 )
Bin Mahfouz is suspected to have funneled millions of dollars to the Al
Qaeda network.(See Tom Flocco, Scoop.co.nz 28 Aug. 2002)
Now, "by sheer coincidence", former New Jersey governor Thomas
Kean, the man chosen by President Bush to lead the 9/11 commission
also has business ties with bin Mahfouz and Al-Amoudi.
Thomas Kean is a director (and shareholder) of Amerada Hess
Corporation , which is involved in the Hess-Delta joint venture with
Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia (owned by the bin Mahfouz and Al-Amoudi
clans)...
Now you would think that being a business partner of the brother in
law and alleged financier of "Enemy No. 1" would also be considered a
bona fide "conflict of interest", particularly when your mandate --as
part of the 9/11 Commission's work-- is to investigate "Enemy No. 1".
"(Michel Chossudovsky, New Chairman of 9/11 Commission had
business ties with Osama's Brother in Law , Centre for Research on Globalization, December 2002 )
Who's Who on the 9/11 "Independent" Commission

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Islamic 911 Attack Calendar which was distriibuted worldwide the year before
the terrorists murdered 3000 Americans per hour in the 911 Atrocities.

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW BEFORE THE NEXT ATTACK
How many were in the Offices and homes of clients of Gorelick and/or Kean and their associates?

[b4its2late]

Then there is the continuing presence on the commission of Jamie Gorelick.

At this point leave her on there and keep on the attack to show her biases and clintonista protectionist role. When they issue their findings they'll be discredited.

[mewzilla]

I believe clueless was one of the job requirements.

[mewzilla]

Clueslessness, rather. In any case, this committee's now rendered itself irrelevant.

[Truth29]

"Kean and Gorelick should excuse themselves from the final report to give it any credibility."

How about the entire Commission should excuse itself from the final report to give it any credibility?

[OldFriend]

Kean, being from NJ, thought his mandate was to pander to the NJ victim families.

National security never entered his mind.

[guitfiddlist]

The commission has behaved disgracefully under Kean so far; how could this circus get much worse?

And how long did it take for the spineless eunuch to notice the DNC cheering section in the peanut gallery?

[sakic]

In the last couple of years the New York Post has dropped any pretense of objective reporting. They've gone from sensationalistic to in your face, vote Republican, Democrats are all evil. In one of their truly odd positions, they have a columnist who without exception glorifies murderous mobsters, but that's a side issue.

Do any of you find this as troubling as the New York Times being liberal?

[DustyMoment]

Actually, there's a benefit to the behavior of this "commission". From their antics in session, their report is already discredited before they have completed their "work". Unlike the Warren Report in which we actually had to wait for the report to be issued and analyzed before it was discredited, the 9/11 "investigating" committee is far more concerned with pursuing partisan politics than seeking the truth.

I can hardly wait for them to begin investing Dec. 7, 1941 to see what lapses in intelligence led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. What did FDR know and when did he know it?

[maica]

I think you are exactly right.

Kean really convinced himself that the Jersey girls, (and all NE liberals) would respect him for seeing things their way.

[dirtboy]

Hamilton and Kean - Mumbles and Bumbles

[drc43]

"They've gone from sensationalistic to in your face, vote Republican, Democrats are all evil.....Do any of you find this as troubling as the New York Times being liberal?

Nope.

[jocko12]

Another day with the clowns act.

[shhrubbery!]

Do any of you find this as troubling as the New York Times being liberal?

No. You answered your question with your own first sentence: The NYPost makes no pretence of objective reporting. The NYT does.

[shhrubbery!]

Make that 'pretense.' Not enough coffee yet this a.m.

[sakic]

So media in your face slanting of the news is okay if you agree with their slanting.

By a very odd coincidence, I just came back from a trip into Manhattan on the railroad. In my car was Steve Dunleavy, the lover of mobsters. I've seen him on my train a dozen or so times. He lives near me. Ex-Senator Al Damato I see all the time. He lives in my neighborhood.

[sakic]

The other difference is that the Times actually does do some very good in depth reporting, especially on the international side of things. The Post only covers hatchet murders and espouses political views.

[shhrubbery!]

That may or may not be so. But it's irrelevant to your original comment.

[sakic]

Merely pointing out that despite the liberal bias of the Times they also function as a newspaper. The Post doesn't.

[cyncooper]

Good grief, let them have that inclination. They're skeptical enough--sometimes to a fault.

After all, 'twas the Post that published the outrageous "Bush Knew" headline that HRC then waved about the Senate.

[leprechaun9]

Everyone should pressure their representatives in the Congress to force the GAO to do quarterly audits of the 911 Commission, as was done with the Independent Counsels!

[drc43]

"So media in your face slanting of the news is okay if you agree with their slanting."

Yup.

[sakic]

"So media in your face slanting of the news is okay if you agree with their slanting."

Yup.

It's refreshing to find someone who admits that they prefer slanted news to objective news.

[drc43]

"It's refreshing to find someone who admits that they prefer slanted news to objective news.

Only as long as they provide the right slant to the news.