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-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: August 3, 2007 10:06:07 AM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Overprivileged Executive   The sound bite every American should hear by skralyx Thu Aug 02, 2007 at 09:38:49 PM PDT http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/3/03454/28216 I was watching the #4 story on Countdown this evening, and I had to do a double-take.  White House deputy political director Scott Jennings, sitting there not answering Sen. Patrick Leahy's questions, was rather expected.  But anyone who watched this little segment (and who still has a pulse) had to leave it with his or her jaw on the floor.  If this doesn't illustrate how desperately we need a new administration to the American people, I'm not sure what could. It's coming on for the 12:00 repeat here on the East Coast, so I will try to transcribe it the best I can.  News accounts simply haven't done this justice.  Mind you, I didn't even catch this on a reread of the liveblogging that was going on earlier, but this definitely deserves as wide an audience as possible.     Scott Jennings could only have done worse by just coming out and saying, "Fuck you, America!" and shooting up both middle fingers.       This isn't an exact transcript, but it's the functional equivalent.  It's the sound bite everyone should hear. The video ought to be available later at MSNBC.com. LEAHY: I'm just asking you what role you have.  I'm just asking you what you do.  Let's not be too contemptuous of this committee.  The American taxpayers pay your salary.  You work for the American people.  I'm just asking you what you DO. JENNINGS: (leans over to consult with attorney) This falls under the terms of executive privilege, and respectfully I must decline to answer that question at this time. We're paying his salary, and he can't even tell us what he DOES?   Defies analysis.  Ties up the brain in such a pretzel that it's hard to formulate a response. Even a Bush supporter watching this would have to say, "OK, this is over the top."  These are your heroes, the guys who are spending $1 trillion – of your money – to not catch Osama bin Laden or defeat the Taliban.  On the heels of the Minneapolis bridge disaster, it seems hard to believe that anyone when polled could respond that the country is "on the right track".   If it's a Third-World country you want, I guess we're moving your way. Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. = www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om