joeunderdog
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:18 PM
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Anyone else think the congressional questioners completely sucked? |
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There were a couple of good ones, but the rest looked like quacks.
Damn! You get your few moments of fame to help the cause and that's all you got...a rambling rant?
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ohioliberal
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:22 PM
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1. Yea, I thought the same |
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Some of them looked like the just got out of bed. All Congressman Conyers wanted was for them to ask their damn question.
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:24 PM
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2. A few of them were upset and emotional |
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Sometimes that will come across poorly on television. I support ANYONE who has the guts to go up there and speak their mind.
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:39 PM
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6. And the patriotic VET with tears in his eyes.... |
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as he asked "Was I wrong to go the FBI?" Evidently, he had some evidence of fraud in an Ohio county. He gave the FBI the info but when they referred it back to the state, he was worried that maybe he shouldn't have told the FBI. A patriotic man trying to do his duty, not sure who to trust. I started to tear up when Conyers promised him the chance to meet with one of the staff lawyers--the look on this man's face when he heard that was the look of democracy in action.
I thought the hearing was phenomenal!
And with Conyers comment about possibly having competing sets of electors, I finally saw a way forward.
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:24 PM
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3. I have learned that it happens. |
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It did at the 2nd Columbus Rally too. People just don't get it.....they don't listen....the issue was for QUESTIONS not a venting platform......
Oh well......
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:24 PM
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4. Quacky as all get out. |
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It is a shame. Why could we not have questioners who were as professional as the panelists.
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:25 PM
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5. Yes. Hogging the time. Not enough respect for the general movement. n/t |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:43 PM
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7. Yep. I happens all the time, though. It's why we need spokespersons. nt |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:44 PM
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8. I know when I testified at the first Columbus hearings |
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that I was so nervous I probably looked and sounded as dumb and wild-eyed as these people, and that was just here, not in Washington in front of lawmakers and all. I'd probably have passed out there.
Thing is, for me, and I'll bet for these squirrelly folks at the Conyers hearing, I felt like I just wanted to get it into public record, that my voice ought to be recorded in a (semi) official capacity.
Lots of these people's voices have not been heard AT ALL, and many fear that they never will be again or that nothing more will come of these hearings, I'll bet. That's why they were so insistent on being heard. To get their messages out there, in the record, in case there might never be another opportunity.
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:49 PM
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9. Too much pontification - Not enough information n/t |
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