Rep. John Larson (D-CT): Pelosi has “more integrity in her pinky” than Rove, Cheney

[sabra]

http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/15/dem-pelosi-has-more-integrity-in-her-pinky-than-rove-cheney/

Speaker Pelosi’s House colleagues are standing behind her as she takes incoming fire from the CIA and Republicans on the interrogration briefings flap and are ready to fight back.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman, Rep. John Larson (D-CT), said Friday that he agrees with Pelosi’s assertion that the CIA misled Congress and Democrats will stand with the leader.

“I will stand by her integrity any day of the week,” Larson said, casting the dispute with the CIA as more of a debate between the Speaker and Bush administration officials.

“Nancy Pelosi has more integrity in her pinky than Karl Rove and Dick Cheney possess in their entire body,” he said.

Larson called the question of what Pelosi learned at a September 2002 intelligence briefing on interrogations a “distraction” created by Republicans who want to deter Congress from investigating whether the Bush administration condoned and used torture.

“It’s clear what the other side is up to. They are saying no. They are providing subterfuge and they are not working to get what’s in the best interest of the American people accomplished,” Larson said in an interview with Fox News Channel.

[azmouse]

1. k&r

[The Magistrate]

2. Very True, Sir

Of course Democrats in the House are standing behind Speaker Pelosi.

This will dissolve soon, and all that will be left is the admission of torture contained in the charge against the Speaker.

[Solly Mack]

3. A good many in the CIA have immunity(more or less) from prosecution for torture

good faith and all that....easier for them to attack others now with all that protection...easy for the GOP to pile on because they don't think they'll ever be held accountable for their role in rubber-stamping every crime Bush/Cheney committed.

And we don't know that the CIA attacks aren't coming from those with the good faith pass...I don't know that they are either...but it is something to wonder about.

[Me.]

4. K & R