Posted on 06/27/2006 6:24:22 AM PDT by Republican Red
TREASURY TO KELLER: "IRRESPONSIBLE;" MURTHA, KEAN, HAMILTON INTERVENED By Michelle Malkin · June 26, 2006 07:24 PM ***update: video of Keller revelations about Murtha here***
Keller CNN interview video
Keller: Not all of them urged us not to publish.posted at 12:06 am on June 27, 2006 by Bryan
Hm. The Bush administration asked three prominent people outside the administration to contact the NYT and urge them not to publish the SWIFT story. Two of the three did urge the Times not to publish, but according to Times editor Bill Keller, not all of them urged us not to publish. A bit later in the CNN interview with Keller, we find out who the three Democrats are: Lee Hamilton (who was a conservative Democrat when he held office and a co-chair of the 9-11 Omission), Gov. Tom Kean (also from the 9-11 Omission) and Rep. Jack Murtha.
Not all of them urged us not to publish, says Keller. Which means one of them green-lighted the story, or at least didnt go to bat for the administration. The boss has the definitive answer as to which two of the three did urge the Times not to publish: Hamilton and Kean, who were the co-chairs of the Omission. Theyre identified by Treasure Secretary John Snow as having weighed in with the Times against publication.
Which leaves Murtha as the one who did not urge the Times not to publish the story. Murtha greenlighted it. Thats the same Jack Murtha who has been prejudging the Marines guilty of a massacre in Haditha and trying to get us out of Iraq quick enough so we can all watch the fledgling Iraqi government collapse rather than waiting until it can defend itself.
And its the same Jack Murtha who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1980 Abscam bust. Question for the White House: Whose idiotic idea was it to make Murtha your go-to guy with the Times? Who thought you could trust that senile buffoon?
Zip it, buddy. Newsflash: The President of the United States delegates. That's why we have a Secretary of State. That's why we have a cabinet. Sheesh.
Good advice for those folks who have a hard time keeping their stories straight.
I have a high regard for President Bush, but sending Murtha up to bat for you completely mystifies me.
Jack Murtha deserves a tobacco juice facial just like the one bestowed upon Jane Fonda lst year. He is a traitor to his country.
Semper Fi'
Jarhead
Murtha's hometown newspaper is reporting none of these stories. The most recent story concerning Murtha in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat (aptly named) is titled "Troops agree with Murtha's stance". I'm afraid the voters in his district and Murtha deserve each other.
I have wondered about that. He behaves like a man who is being blackmailed. I assume that at his time and station in life, he's not on the take. But covering up earlier indiscretions that would sully one's entire career, that makes sense to me. Maybe he didn't entirely give up those earlier associations? I don't know, but I suspect the story behind the picture you mention is a story not entirely in the past.
Excellent- I've gone back and listened to this on the video- and UNLESS there is some cagey, i.e. the meaning of IS game going on here- it appears that Murtha did NOT ask the Times to refrain from publishing...
If so- I think it's time someone in the media directly ASK Murtha what his recommedation was to the Times...
Yep, that was my first thought. Set him up and expose the tubby jerk for what he really is, a traitor. And Stupnagel took the bait.
Has anybody considered that Keller is flat out lying and just trying to cover his pathetic ass for this travesty. I think Keller and the Times are taking enormous heat on this. They have sent an entire Army out to perform damage control but it doesn't seem to be going away.
Murtha has just been ROVED by Karl.
Rep. Peter King is on Brian & the Judge radio program.
King is saying that Kean, Hamilton AND Murtha called the NYT to ask them not to publish the story.
It would appear that Keller is in self-defense mode and trying to imply that one of those 3 'did not' push to have the story stopped. So why, then, would they contact Keller? It seems that Keller may be doing his own rendition of the Rather-fake-but-accurate defense.
It DOESN'T MATTER who........KELLER published it and that is the STORY we need to exploit!!
transcript of Keller interview with CNN:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/26/sitroom.03.html
A very good quetion to ask.
Just love how the Slimes is hanging him out to dry.
Well deserved!
I believe you are correct. There are similarities in the way Murtha is acting with the way Saddam/Islamist on-the-take people like British MP George Galloway, former weapons inspector Scott Ritter, France and Russia have approached these issues.
Exactly.
"Rove for President" button now attached to right lapel.
You can't make this stuff up...
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