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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (12343)	7/30/2007 12:37:22 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224737

Write a book using all that imaginative fiction...there are a few hundred thousand Michael Moore fans who will buy it.

To: American Spirit who wrote (12343)	7/30/2007 2:01:30 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224737

Democrat Apologizes to Pres Bush>Watt apologizes for comments on Bush Remarks withdrawn; says he didn't mean to imply president is liar LISA ZAGAROLI, charlotteobserver.com It turns out that U.S. Rep. Mel Watt did cross the line with his critical remarks about President Bush. As we reported earlier, the Charlotte Democrat was upset about the White House's refusal to allow former counsel Harriet Miers to testify before a panel of the House Judiciary Committee about the firing of U.S. attorneys. In a rant about Bush, Watt said that the president had "lied" to Congress and the American people about the reasons for going to war. Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, lodged a complaint with the subcommittee chairwoman, but at the time of the hearing, the chairwoman ruled that Watt's words were harsh but not unparliamentary. But a later review by the full committee's chairman, Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, concluded that Watt's comments were in fact unparliamentary. After the ruling, Watt withdrew his comments. "Some people have interpreted what I said to be that I said that the president of the United States was a liar," Watt said at a hearing July 17. "I want to make it clear that that is not in the transcript. "To the extent that people interpreted what I had to say as saying that the President is a liar, I want to make sure I apologize to the president for that because the president is a personal friend of mine. And I don't want anybody left with the impression that I think the president in general terms is a liar." Cannon was satisfied with the apology. "Having known (Watt) for years and having had many, many courtesies on this committee extended to me by the gentleman, I want to reaffirm his words that his intentions were not as has been characterized in some circumstances," Cannon said. Evidently the decorum applies only to official congressional proceedings. A recent story in the Salt Lake Tribune noted that in a 1999 interview, Cannon called President Clinton a "perjurer" and an "obstructer of justice" who "discredits his enemies in vicious and ugly ways."<