Ah the 9/11 Commission, that bi-partisan group of people who are only trying to figure out what went wrong... heh! Today was the BIG day. Bush and Cheney sat down with the commission in private to chat about what they knew when and why they weren't clairvoyant enough to "know" about the planned attacks. Important stuff, no?
Well, via Instapundit we find that 2 of the commission members Lee Hamilton and Bob Kerrey both had to leave about an hour early. Yep - out of a 3 hour meeting these 2 missed about 1/3 of it. Why you might ask?
Two Democrats on the panel, Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton and former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, left the session about an hour early. Hamilton, a former congressman from Indiana, was said to have had a prior commitment to introduce visiting Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin at a lunch
Oh yeah, we wouldn't want to slight the Canadian Prime Minister just to hear Bush and Cheney talk about old news now would we? I mean the Canadian government has been so supportive of our battle against terrorism... As for Bob Kerrey, I'm very curious to know what was so VERY important that he had to take off in the middle of all the fun. After all, he's been one of the biggest critics of the administration handling of everything to do with 9/11. From Bush having the gall to be out of Washington and sitting with a group of school kids, to not being a mind reader of terrorists, to having a woman National Security Advisor who can outwit him.
Not only that, but according to New England Republican, Kerrey has been diligently preparing for this little get together. It seems he was getting low on material for entertaining the news media questions to ask of commission witnesses, so he dropped by Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" for some help.
Just two days before the 9/11 commission is scheduled to question the president of the United States about intelligence failures that precipitated the loss of more than 3,000 Americans, Senator Bob Kerrey asked a comedian for pointers
Ah now we know EXACTLY how seriously Kerrey takes these hearings. Perhaps the material he gathered was just not going over very well. Do you think he was trying to trip up Bush and Cheney with the end result that he landed flat on his face?
It's just unbelievable that they could find anything "more important" than this meeting. After all the soundbites about "George Bush is stonewalling the commission", then they get their chance and...
These guys just give me a migraine.
Posted by: Harvey | April 30, 2004 at 10:10 AM
Actually I've gotten past the point of migraines - now I'm beginning to find them vastly amusing. I think Comedy Central is the turning point for me.
After all, if you go on CC you want people to think you're funny - right? If looked at in that context, the entire Commission hearing thing takes on an entirely new light.
Posted by: Teresa | April 30, 2004 at 02:19 PM
Oh crap.
I just clicked the link. I thought you meant he just dropped by the CC studio & chatted, I didn't realize he actually participated on the show.
Wow. That's a "new light" all right.
I... forget it. Words fail me. These guys are just...
Feh.
Posted by: Harvey | April 30, 2004 at 06:30 PM