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01 November 2005

Open warfare in the Senate. Harry Reid, the democratic leader, invokes a little-used rule to clear the gallery, lock the doors, and move the Senate into closed session. The topic: pre-war Iraq intelligence. Bill Frist, caught flat-footed, labels the move a stunt and a "slap in the face". Oh, snap!

post by: nyterrant at: 15:15 | 11 comments

Give 'em hell, Harry!

posted by gigawhat? 01 November | 15:31

Balls! Yay!

If the repugs whine enough maybe this'll even steal some headlines from Alito. /wishfulthinking

posted by danostuporstar 01 November | 15:39

Meanwhile, maybe Roberts won't just be Bush's lapdog after all.

posted by danostuporstar 01 November | 15:42

Bill Frist? Isn't he about to get busted for insider trading? Why would he be opening his big stupid mouth now? Oh, that's right, because he's a freakin' idiot!

What purpose is served by clearing the room? Aside from making Bill Frist look like more of a moron than he is.

More media interest on the pre-war intelligence is a good thing.

danostuporstar, we can only hope that he didn't sign his soul over to Shrubya upon his confirmation. This is a good start, now where's that form I need to fill out to become a religious movement?

posted by fenriq 01 November | 15:58

FRIST POST!

posted by Eideteker 01 November | 17:08

woot! (and it was brilliant to take away attention from Bush's Scalito diversion, and put it back where it belongs--the war and the lies)

posted by amberglow 01 November | 17:17

I heard the price of tea just went up .01 cents!

posted by Edible Energy 01 November | 17:36

Frist post indeed.

posted by nyterrant 01 November | 18:06

Frist psot?

posted by matteo 01 November | 18:13

"What purpose is served by clearing the room?"

This is about intelligence, so I imagine some secrets may be bandied about. Although actually, this is about the Republicans' lack of intelligence, so maybe the Demo's were showing a bit of class.

posted by mischief 01 November | 22:35

It just felt good to see the Repubs "caught flat-footed" for a change. Frist's reaction was something to the effect that he wouldn't be able to trust Reid anymore. So in essence they're even now.

posted by Doohickie 02 November | 08:59

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