Rep. Hoekstra (Republican) responds to NYTimes

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006267.htm ^

[WBL 1952]

From Michael Malkin's blog: Hoekstra's response to NYT admitting Saddam was apparently a very dangerous man.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

It you want to parody Howard Cosell's call of Frazier-Foreman it's, "DOWN GOES THE NYT; DOWN GOES THE NYT, DOWN GOES THE NYT!"

[processing please hold]

"DOWN GOES THE NYT; DOWN GOES THE NYT, DOWN GOES THE NYT!"

They're the proverbial bad penny.

[Peach]

I sure wish the president or a few Republicans would hold a major press conference and read this statement to the American voters. Democrats would be toast on Tuesday. And in '08.

[jveritas]

In fact the people opposing the documents were saying that it should not be published not because they contain any sensitive information but because these documents are "irrelevant". Now liberals and Bush haters are going 180 degree so in this case let them seriously consider the many documents which prove that Saddam was still working on his WMD projects including his nuclear program.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for posting this.....pinging others. From the Captain's Quarters:

So I Guess The FMSO Documents Are Legit...NY Times says some Saddam documents are dangerous....

[WOSG]

PING for brilliant response to the NYTimes.

[WOSG]

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If Republicans had a huge press conference right now or this evening and repeated Hoekstra's statement in full and highlighted the portion you highlighted as well as others, Democrats would NOT gain control of either house of Congress. It just wouldn't happen."

Correct, better PR needed in face of the full scale MSM-Democrat onslaught of garbage ...

I am not looking forward to the Nancy Congress Clown Show.

Not at all.

[penelopesire]

Never have trusted ElBaradei and it would not be surprising if this NYT story was intended to run interference for the IAEA in the event all of this comes out!!

[Peach]

I've been terribly disappointed in both the Congressional and WH public relations campaign for years. I understand full well about the press, but honestly, if they can't call FNC and get an interview, or at least hold a HUGE press conference that the media is FORCED to cover, then maybe they really ARE the stupid party :-)

[penelopesire]

"If Republicans had a huge press conference right now or this evening and repeated Hoekstra's statement in full and highlighted the portion you highlighted as well as others, Democrats would NOT gain control of either house of Congress. It just wouldn't happen."

I hope they hear you!! Wonder if this ties in with the big announcement coming out from MAF tomorrow?

[Peach]

Agreed. 100%.

Thanks for all you do, jveritas. You are a national treasure.

[Peach]

What is coming out on Monday and what is MAF?

[Enchante]

"Finally, it is disappointing but not surprising that the New York Times would continue to participate in such blatant and transparent political ploys, including what I believe are improper efforts by the IAEA to interfere with U.S. domestic affairs. The sad reality is that the New York Times has done far more damage to U.S. national security by the disclosure of vital, classified, intelligence programs than is likely to be caused by the inadvertent disclosure of decades-old information that had already been in the hands of Saddam's regime."

[penelopesire]

It is all very intriguing:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730449/posts

[nutmeg]

I've been terribly disappointed in both the Congressional and WH public relations campaign for years. I understand full well about the press, but honestly, if they can't call FNC and get an interview, or at least hold a HUGE press conference that the media is FORCED to cover, then maybe they really ARE the stupid party :-)

I couldn't agree with you more, Peach. So this is just posted on Michelle Malkin's blog, but nowhere else? Bush should have already called a press conference over this today... this story doesn't seem to have the wide coverage I expected...

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[Peach]

I know. It's so frustrating.

What can WE Do to get this story out?

Bombard our Congressman's office? Call/e-mail FNC?

It just doesn't have the same impact if the president does it, but I guess we shouldn't give up with just a few days left to the election.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

BBC has nothing on this NY Times story but has this one on their RSS Feed:

US stops audit of Iraq rebuilding

Conspiracy?

[Sioux-san]

So, why has Bush's adminstration continually avoided opportunities to show how right they were to do what they did? Why the big show yesterday by AG Gonzalez to go round up a bunch of "bad guys" having nothing to do with the War on IslamoNazis? I am really confused about the mixed messages and poor communication skills - do they really want to lose?

[Peach]

Well! I had not seen that. Maybe they're doing the work the Congress and the president should be doing in terms of getting some important information into the airwaves.

I hope everyone knows that I love this president and support him 100%, but I'm still really, really disappointed that he doesn't seem to understand the importance of this stuff and even with Tony Snow there, his PR campaign just isn't up to speed.