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the G-man said:
I find it ironic, hell, I find wildly hypocritical, that the same people who constantly whine about wanting "open government" suddenly consider it a high crime for the President of the United States, of all people, to decide to release information that was his to classify or declassify in the first place.


because he chooses to declassify the things that will help him and hurt his political enemies. Which is unethical.

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As noted in the past, it seems that the actual standard that the MEM's of the board want is that information that is potentially embarrasing to Bush should be public, whilr the rest should be classified.


no, but its easy for you to say that and ignore the real issue. We want information that is important to be released. Like what the government is doing, not who some guys wife is.
We have an administration that has on the record lies that got us into war, unanswered questions about 9/11, "free speech zones" to keep any dissenting voice far from the president, torture, failure in wars, and Bush chooses to be open about some minor bullshit so it can hurt some guy who questioned him.

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Furthermore, I find it equally ironic that the MEMs of the board think that this debate should be so damn one-sided. They want the Joe Wilsons to be able to say whatever they want without challenge, but as soon as the Bush team tries to point out flaws in Wilson's case, or potential conflicts of interest he might have, then suddenly they don't want debate. Instead, they cry "foul" and "character assasination."


Did Bush show the absolute proof Wilson was wrong, or just out his wife as a CIA agent?
I guess the G-man's of the board have some twisted sense of what an intelligent and fair government is.

Bow ties are coool.