Kyl Apparently Never Said It

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/22/kyl_apparently_never_said_it.html

Kyl Apparently Never Said It

Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) "statement that 90% of Planned Parenthood's activities are related to abortion -- which drew mockery when he explained it was 'not intended to be a factual statement' -- has been stricken from the Congressional Record," Politico reports.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Oh, he said it alright

If there's one thing I learned from watching The Verdict, it's that people can't 'un-hear' evidence once it's been uttered - even if it's stricken from the official record. Kyl's legalo-semantic games won't win friends & influence people who've had it up to their eyeballs with stupid lawyer tricks.

[ejpoeta]

2. wtf!! it is on VIDEO!! how can they just take it out of the record like that!!

that's bullshit.

[originalpckelly]

3. I have always been bothered that you can strike things from a record like that.

What? It didn't happen magically? And if it did, then it should be in the record.

[slackmaster]

4. He said it, before he didn't say it

:argh:

[ThomWV]

5. I don't immagine he was able to erase the C-Span tape of him saying it

[sendero]

6. 404 - File or directory not found.n/t

[hobbit709]

8. It's on the internet somewhere.

[hobbit709]

7. Too late now, it's all over the place.

"Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt" is evidently something he doesn't believe in.

[Historic NY]

9. hey I found it...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAryQP_Iz9A

[pnorman]

15. Thanks! I was just getting ready to mount a search for it myself!

n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. Congressional Record - not intended to be a factual record

[Maine-ah]

12. stealin' that

[xchrom]

14. indeed --

:spray:

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Did he scrub it from the intertubes also?

Sorry John, cyberspace remembers.

[QED]

13. I have a feeling Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert won't forget...

especially Colbert.

[Parker CA]

16. Lawrence O'Donnell was saying it was removed because it was a lie and would not be kept in the

record as a factual statement. He seemed to think the removal was the best choice so as to not perpetuate the false claim in the final recorded record.