Joseph Farah: "Miers to Withdraw"

WND.com ^ | 10-13-05 | Farah, Joseph

[11Bush]

What was your MOS?

[onyx]

Thank you, Dan Rather.

Have a look at this post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501376/posts?page=35#35

[MikeA]

"It was Barnes, also a former House speaker in the state, who testified under oath in 1999 in a lawsuit brought by Littwin that he called the head of the Texas Air National Guard to put in a good word for Bush."

The problem is, Barnes was lying. He was proven to have not had any kind of relationship with the Bush family at the time of Bush's Guard stint. Not to mention, if I recall at the time Barnes was a nobody who would have had no power to influence anyone over anything. So why would the Bush's have sought out his help? Farah is letting his Miers-hate get the better of his good judgment if he's trusting the word of a proven liar and a now discredited trash-talking Bush hater. Who's he going to cite next? Bill Burkett?

[Theodore R.]

At the time the popular Ben Barnes was the TX house speaker and the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. LBJ once predicted that Barnes would be the next Texan (after him) to become President.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

is the day I quit the party.

It will never be a good idea to leave the Republican Party. Even when they are eventually for abortion except in the case where a couple is purposely trying to prevent the birth of a homosexual child, their positions will be somewhat more tolerable than the Democrats.

And there will be someone on FR who will proudly point that out and call you a traitor for even pondering the idea.

[Plutarch]

Does WND still claim airplane contrails are a government effort to pacify the world with chemicals?

Is this what you refer to?:

Military answers chemtrail concerns

[VRWCTexan]

QUOTE: ...Barnes' daughter stated to FOX's Sean Hannity that her father told her in 2000 that he had not helped Bush.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1216958/posts

[Pukin Dog]

Hate to say it because Farah is a nut, but this time, just like a stopped clock, he manages to be right.

Sorry FReepers, but Miers will almost certainly withdraw.

[COEXERJ145]

Joe is still praying for the U.S. to be hit by an Iranian EMP strike or by Al-Qaeda nukes.

[VRWCTexan]

Preston E. Smith was Lt. Governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969.

Ben Barnes was Lt. Governor from 1969 to 1973.

His story was that he helped Bush get into the TANG as Lt. Governor, but Bush enlisted on May 27, 1968.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Is Farah a useful idiot or does he have an inside track?

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

It was Barnes, also a former House speaker in the state, who testified under oath in 1999 in a lawsuit brought by Littwin that he called the head of the Texas Air National Guard to put in a good word for Bush. Barnes later parlayed that favor into multimillion-dollar leverage as a lobbyist-consultant with a company called GTECH that won the business of running the scandal-plagued Texas Lottery.

If memory serves, Barnes was not yet Speaker when Bush joined the guard, so just how did he help?

[GovernmentShrinker]

Actually I have a lot more faith in DEBKA. While they certainly run lots of wild rumors, of which only a small percentage turn out to be well-founded, I think they're a much more sophisticated operation than WND. First, because when one of their "scoops" turns out to be true, it often did appear there first, and has some real significance. Secondly, and more importantly, I think "reporting" isn't DEBKA's main purpose -- more likely, they are in the intelligence gathering business, floating "trial balloons" on the Internet, and then monitoring and analyzing the resulting chatter. WND is a joke, but I'm reasonably sure DEBKA isn't.

[counterpunch]

This is the same fool nonsense that counterpunch has been spewing here the last couple of days.

That "fool nonsense" was a warning of what's to come. And as you can see it was not misplaced.

Can we say "executive privilege"? Bush will not release any documents, and Miers will not talk about any of this. They can subpoena documents all day. They will be met with dead silence.

Can we say "idiot"?
You think it will serve Bush well to stonewall on this?
Richard Nixon though he could claim "Executive Privilege" too.
Maybe you ought to learn some history, son.

It would not be smart for Bush to stake his presidency on something as thin as "Executive Privilege". It doesn't hold up well in either a court of law or the court of public opinion. The day Bush and his administration start hiding behind "Executive Privilege" is the day they start looking guilty as charged.

If that's how Democrats want to use their time, instead of actually questioning Miers, I predict every GOP Senator will vote for her, as will some disgusted Democrats.

And I predict the Democrats "support" on Miers hinges on White House cooperation on documents (not that they ever intended on supporting her). I predict that the hearings will be consumed by Bush scandals, once again. I also predict there will be a lot of Republicans who vote against her as a protest vote.

[futurekentuckylawyer]

I never understood what all the fuss was over the TANG situation....so Bush got a cushy postition to keep from going to Nam....he was a rich kid of the boomer generation...big chunk of them did that....what's the big deal? It has no effect on who he is or what he is doing today.

[ez]

I think I wil base my final opinion of Mr. Farah on this "take it to the bank" prediction. Too bad. I liked his theory that the left has a "hive" mentality.

[Plutarch]

Miers stock is dropping at TradeSports , but she is still over 50%

[SwinneySwitch]

"Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes" LOL!!

The same Ben Barnes whose daughter says her father lied about Bush to Dan Blather?

[Wiseghy]

"I said it before, and I'll say it now: The day the Republicans pull a nominee because the Democrats might ask stupid, unfair questions about old, played-out bullcrap and make themselves look even more obnoxious and bitter than they already do...is the day I quit the party."

You can keep on saying it all you want; you're absolutely right. Bowing down to a little controversy at this point would pretty much doom this Presidency and perhaps fatally impact Repub. chances in '08. Bush needs to stick it out. If the party wants to fight a war on the next nominee, they've indicated we're ready to do so, but this one has got to go through.

[sinkspur]

It would not be smart for Bush to stake his presidency on something as thin as "Executive Privilege". It doesn't hold up well in either a court of law or the court of public opinion. The day Bush and his administration start hiding behind "Executive Privilege" is the day they start looking guilty as charged.

Hey pal. You and the drooling Joe Farah haven't a clue.

The "Texas Air Guard" stuff didn't work with "public opinion" in 2000, and it worked even less in 2004. But, like a dog returning to its vomit, the two of you seem to think that the third time is a charm, when neither Bush nor Miers is going to say one word about it.

This is not a court, either. It's a Senate Committee, with each Senator limited to 20 minutes for questions.

If the Democrats want to fritter their time away on foolishness, they can certainly do that.

FYI, Bush "hid" behind "executive privilege" with John Roberts, with John Bolton, and Alberto Gonzales. Nobody cared.