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August 14, 2009

"The List"

Topics: Political News and commentaries

On a serious question via The Minority Report involving a potential ""Howard "what did the president know and when did he know it" Baker moment"":

[...] During a lengthy exchange with a reporter in the White House Briefing Room in response to a recounting of communications received by said reporter from citizens claiming to have received unsolicited emails touting health care reform legislation from The White House, Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stated the following:

MR. GIBBS: I'd be interested to see who you got that e-mail from and whether or not they're on the list. I don't --

This admission of the existence of "the list" was not adequately followed up on, as can be seen from the full transcript.

This is what trial lawyers call admissions against interest.

These are the types of statements that get blown up on posters for displays to the jury during closing argument. These are the types of statements that are followed up on with the witness on cross-examination while the cross-examiner looks the jurors in the eye with raised eyebrows.

In short, these are the types of statements that win cases.

[...] President Obama has already told the CEO's of Banks to shut up since only he stands between them and the "pitchforks." He fired GM's CEO. He demonizes insurance companies while he suggests that non-terminal 100-year olds be denied pacemakers and suggests pediatricians get kickbacks from surgeons performing unneeded tonsillectomies and that surgeons amputate limbs from diabetics to get government reimbursements.

Yet, he dropped voter intimidation charges against New Black Panthers on video obviously breaking the law. Their names weren't on the list? They must favor health care reform and so, are eligible for a Piece of da' Boss' Action.

A serious question: Does a Howard "what did the president know and when did he know it" Baker exist among today's elected Democrats in Washington that answer to Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi?

And if not, then how do We the People get "the list"?

Read it all here.

Posted by Richard at August 14, 2009 9:09 PM

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