Non-partisan Congressional Report clears Blanco of right-wing charges

[Roybert]

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Furthermore, please provide evidence of this:

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The Democrats don't want a bi-partisan committee to investigate (because they know the truth will come out).

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Technically, he's right - the Democrats don't want a bi-partisan commission. They want an independent commission to investigate because they know how the Republicans in Congress snuff out any minority view.

This represents another insane RW talking point. The thought that the Democrats don't want the truth to come out because they don't want government to investigate itself takes some pretty serious suspension of disbelief to stomach.

I'll pose the question to the Republicans: Why are you so opposed to an independent investigation into the Government's response to the Katrina disaster?

I'm pretty sure I know the answer, and I'm pretty sure you do to. I'm also sure that none of you will admit it.

How are we already arguing about something which has not even been defined yet?

The scope of the disaster still isn't truly understood... and the Government is already issuing reports?

WTF

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How are we already arguing about something which has not even been defined yet?

The scope of the disaster still isn't truly understood... and the Government is already issuing reports?

WTF

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This shows the ignorance of all political parties and staffers....

Vote Perrot or Gates

[jaxmike]

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Ok, I will ask the question for the third time:

If the Congressional Research Service exists solely to produce biased reports for any congressman who asks for them, and these reports influence public perception (after all, we are talking about one such report here and now), why then doesn't Tom DeLay or some other dittohead congressman get the CRS to produce a report that absolves the Bush Administration of any responsibility in the Katrina disaster?

Oh, I know - DeLay is CLEARLY too ethical to pass off information that he knows to be biased or untruthful, and he certainly wouldn't dare play politics with such 'lies'.

Your premise that the report is flawed simply because John Conyers asked for it is simply retarded. You know nothing about the Congressional Research Service. Please admit that now.

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Here is what you do not understand. Basically, the bureaucrats run Washington. People are hired and people quit, but rarely do people ever get fired. Having a job in the Federal government is CAKE. Here is the kicker though. MOST of the employees in Washington, the people who are "nonpartisan" are quite liberal. Do you really think that everytime the White House changes hands that all of the employees at the GAO or the CBO or the CRS are fired and a new batch are hired? No.

Most bureaucrats are liberal, most reports written by them are liberally slanted. Whether it is on purpose or not is irrelevant, its just the way it is.

[Walter Pullis]

She should have sent in the national guard immediately, in advance of any trouble. She didn't do this because she would have been accused of racism as most of the people who were left behind were black.

[jaxmike]

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She should have sent in the national guard immediately, in advance of any trouble. She didn't do this because she would have been accused of racism as most of the people who were left behind were black.

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No way. You cannot put people in harms way like that. That's an irresponsible command decision.

[Roybert]

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Most bureaucrats are liberal, most reports written by them are liberally slanted. Whether it is on purpose or not is irrelevant, its just the way it is.

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Are you going to back up this claim with ANY facts?

[jaxmike]

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Most bureaucrats are liberal, most reports written by them are liberally slanted. Whether it is on purpose or not is irrelevant, its just the way it is.

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Are you going to back up this claim with ANY facts?

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It's common knowledge.

Have you ever lived in/around DC?

[Roybert]

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How are we already arguing about something which has not even been defined yet?

The scope of the disaster still isn't truly understood... and the Government is already issuing reports?

WTF

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The report was the conclusion into an investigation as to whether or not Blanco went through the proper procedures to get federal aid in a timely manner. It certainly isn't too early to investigate that.

[Roybert]

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Most bureaucrats are liberal, most reports written by them are liberally slanted. Whether it is on purpose or not is irrelevant, its just the way it is.

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Are you going to back up this claim with ANY facts?

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It's common knowledge.

Have you ever lived in/around DC?

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Ok, again it's the liberals who secretly run DC's fault? God, for a party that has the executive, legislative and judicial branches under their control, you guys love to paint yourself as the victim.

Again, you are making the assertion that the report is fundamentally flawed because the requestor and (according to you) the investigators were all liberal. If you truly believe that, it is 100% up to you to find what you disagree with in that report and present evidence to contradict it. None of you has done that at all so far.

If you can't attack the message, smear the messenger.