Anyone else notice how much lip service....

[sendero]

... has been given by the 911 commission members about how "thorough", "comprehensive", "conclusive", etc. etc. etc. the commission's report is? How they didn't make the mistakes of the Warren Commission? How no stone was left unturned and no lead unfollowed?

I was willing to believe it was a sincere effort, but after hearing all this spin, I think they doth protesteth too much.

[elehhhhna]

1. Yup. "Move along people--nothing to see here."

[rooboy]

2. Just like Tori Spelling in 90210 - she was always "so beautiful". n/t

[KharmaTrain]

3. Give It About A Week

I honestly think this panel has done the best it could with a politically hot topic. I expected those who want to tin foil MIHOP-LIHOP not to be convinced and look for the shortcoming of the report. Yes, lots of questions remain unanswered, but the biggest ones...the recreation of the "facts" of that day give us a far greater picture of what happened on that Tuesday and how inept this regime was.

This commission has had its hands tied from the outset. The regime didn't want it, stonewalled and only cooperated under extreme pressure. Every person wants a specific result to be proved by this report and that's not what it's intended to do. Just explain and draw some very basic (and read the final conclusions) judgements without much elaboration.

There's no way there'll ever be a "comprehensive" report of what happened that day, since each of us has our own memories and perspectives of that day. You're just getting into the TV hype about this thing...don't worry, next week it'll be non-stop Democrat trashing.

[sendero]

4. Please note...

... that I am not criticising the report. I have not read it, and probably never will, so I am ill-equipped to make that kind of judgement.

I'm simply saying that the constant barrage of bolstering being done by the commission members themselves leaves me cold and suspicious.

[KharmaTrain]

5. It's The Flavor Of The Moment

The release date of this report was pretty much "in stone" several months ago, thus it gave both the commission and the cable networks time to build this thing up.

Someone noted today that the commission hired a PR firm (Edelman) and Jeffrey "Judas" Zeiklow said they were brought on to handle the many requests for interviews and data the commission was generating. He's got a point.

This report is under such scrutiny, the commission had to craft its own PR image...and yell it loud to keep from being used by this regime or diverted. Look at all the attempts made...from holding back materials at the outset to the Berger diversion this week...to keep the findings of the report from being the dominant story.

I think the hype here is a good thing...at least we're not hearing about Sandy Berger's pants.