OT - Yeah I feel safe with Kerry!
 

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.

Well so it's meaningless that Kerry stays away but not meaningless that Bush
takes a vacation? Interesting.

If Bush is so dumb, what is he doing in the White House?

"Dan J.S." wrote in message ...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?


"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?



Seems to be confidential information according to this article:

(CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has criticized
President Bush's response to the 9/11 Commission report, insisting that he
would do a better job of fighting the war against terror.

But according to the Republican National Committee, Kerry missed most of the
public hearings when he sat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
between 1993 and 2000.

One of those hearings, the RNC indicated, happened about a year before the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States and focused on
warnings of possible terrorist strikes and how those warning should be
handled. In all, the RNC researchers discovered, Kerry missed 38 of 49
public hearings during the eight years he served on the intelligence panel.

Sarah Ross, press secretary to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the current
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said missing "the
majority of a committee's open hearings," makes it "hard for Kerry to claim
that he is Mr. Intel."

It's unclear how many, if any, closed hearings Kerry missed while serving on
the Intelligence Committee. Ross said most of the panel's hearings are
closed, but "to release the records of the closed hearings is a difficult
matter."

Calls to the Kerry campaign requesting comment for this article were not
returned
-----------------------------

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics....20040804a.html

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?


And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got your
information from.

jim--,

The information at a public meeting concerning intelligence would be very
low level intelligence and is really a dog and pony show for senators to
"sell" their own agenda to the press. Sure he should have attended more, so
he could give the appearance of being actively involved, but what is
important did he miss many of the closed session meetings and how did he
vote on those issues. Which seems to be secret information and the true
will not be known..

I consider myself a conservative, but I get bored with biased political
crap, and this seems to be biased political crap, almost as bad as the crap
Harry spews in this NG.


"jim--" wrote in message
...

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements
that
are being made?



Seems to be confidential information according to this article:

(CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has criticized
President Bush's response to the 9/11 Commission report, insisting that he
would do a better job of fighting the war against terror.

But according to the Republican National Committee, Kerry missed most of
the
public hearings when he sat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
between 1993 and 2000.

One of those hearings, the RNC indicated, happened about a year before the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States and focused on
warnings of possible terrorist strikes and how those warning should be
handled. In all, the RNC researchers discovered, Kerry missed 38 of 49
public hearings during the eight years he served on the intelligence
panel.

Sarah Ross, press secretary to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the current
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said missing "the
majority of a committee's open hearings," makes it "hard for Kerry to
claim
that he is Mr. Intel."

It's unclear how many, if any, closed hearings Kerry missed while serving
on
the Intelligence Committee. Ross said most of the panel's hearings are
closed, but "to release the records of the closed hearings is a difficult
matter."

Calls to the Kerry campaign requesting comment for this article were not
returned
-----------------------------


http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics....20040804a.html

One would expect Kerry to release this information if for no other reason
than to set the record straight.


"jim--" wrote in message
...

"Comcast News" wrote in message
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And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John
Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan J.S. wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in
message

news:c3dhc2g=.d2fdb7f64e0689420bdc856fdc42097e@109 2849231.nulluser.com...
Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session
anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of
the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.

Well so it's meaningless that Kerry stays away but not meaningless
that Bush
takes a vacation? Interesting.

If Bush is so dumb, what is he doing in the White House?



****ing things up royally.



ok, how did he get there then? I mean, by definition, a dumb ass should not
make it far in life.

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

I have a lawyer friend who wants to be a judge! Problem is, he never voted
in his life. He has 10 excuses, all sound as good as the 'basskisser' excuse
for Kerry.

If the guy was not there, he was not there. If there were private sessions,
show me the proof.

"jim--" wrote in message news:rb2dncn98KX5A77cRVn-

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

Harry

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"jim--" wrote in message news:rb2dncn98KX5A77cRVn-

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

Harry

While checking for polyps

"Dan J.S." wrote in message ...
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan J.S. wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in
message

news:c3dhc2g=.d2fdb7f64e0689420bdc856fdc42097e@109 2849231.nulluser.com...
Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session
anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of
the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.

Well so it's meaningless that Kerry stays away but not meaningless
that Bush
takes a vacation? Interesting.

If Bush is so dumb, what is he doing in the White House?



****ing things up royally.



ok, how did he get there then? I mean, by definition, a dumb ass should not
make it far in life.

It's the blind lemming republicans! You know the ones: No matter how
screwed up his values and judgement, no matter how bad he screwed up
the state he governed, he's a republican, you MUST lockstep to the
voting booth!!

"jim--" wrote in message ...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

"jim--" wrote in message ...
"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?


And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.


See below, broken record Jim--

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"jim--" wrote in message
...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his
military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee
meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

Common knowledge? Then you can provide a link....correct?

"Comcast News" wrote in message news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?

It's just common knowledge. I thought that anybody who thought they
knew anything about the United States congress, knew that, when
congressmen are on committees, that much of that time is spent in
private session, John Smith. Also, you probably don't know this
either, but when congress is in session, the congressmen come and go,
they may pop in for an hour, then go to a private meeting, etc. Not
knowing that, you also probably don't know that, unless they actually
speak, there attendence won't be in the meeting minutes.


"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

jim-- wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"jim--" wrote in message
...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his
military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee
meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

Common knowledge? Then you can provide a link....correct?



There's no reason to "cooperate" with right-wing trash, no matter where
it is found. Right-wing trash is not interested in truth.

--
Save America - Defeat Bush!

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"jim--" wrote in message
...
"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements
that
are being made?


And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John
Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a
no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to
request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.


See below, broken record Jim--

You have not provided anything other than to say it is common knowledge,
which it is not. So where are you getting your information Bass?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
jim-- wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"jim--" wrote in message
...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making
it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time?
Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he
WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must
say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in
committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his
military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee
meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got
your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

Common knowledge? Then you can provide a link....correct?



There's no reason to "cooperate" with right-wing trash, no matter where
it is found. Right-wing trash is not interested in truth.

--
Save America - Defeat Bush!

Especially when you cannot support your allegations. Do you have a link to
this *common knowledge* Harry?

jim-- wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
jim-- wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"jim--" wrote in message
...
"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making
it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time?
Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he
WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must
say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in
committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his
military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee
meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got
your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

Common knowledge? Then you can provide a link....correct?



There's no reason to "cooperate" with right-wing trash, no matter where
it is found. Right-wing trash is not interested in truth.

--
Save America - Defeat Bush!

Especially when you cannot support your allegations. Do you have a link to
this *common knowledge* Harry?



It's common knowledge, bozo, that most of the real business of
Congressional ocmmittees and subcommittees is held in closed session. It
isn't our fault that you don't know this, and prefer to believe whatever
simple-minded right-wing palaver you've been eating the last few years.




--
Save America - Defeat Bush!

"Comcast News" wrote in message news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?

Yes.:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...menu_107_1.htm

don't forget to compare with some republicans. You'll see.....maybe.

"basskisser" wrote in message
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Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?

Yes.:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...menu_107_1.htm

don't forget to compare with some republicans. You'll see.....maybe.

Sorry, but that is not what is being asked for. Nice try.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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jim-- wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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jim-- wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of
that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were
forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making
it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time?
Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In
those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying
right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he
WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must
say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in
committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his
military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee
meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got
your
information from.

It's common ****ing knowledge, for god's sake! Did you not KNOW that
there are many, many private session meetings for congressional
committees?

Common knowledge? Then you can provide a link....correct?



There's no reason to "cooperate" with right-wing trash, no matter where
it is found. Right-wing trash is not interested in truth.

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Especially when you cannot support your allegations. Do you have a link
to
this *common knowledge* Harry?



It's common knowledge, bozo, that most of the real business of
Congressional ocmmittees and subcommittees is held in closed session. It
isn't our fault that you don't know this, and prefer to believe whatever
simple-minded right-wing palaver you've been eating the last few years.



I guess you do need a reading comprehension class Krause. I never said
anything to the contrary. I asked where Bass got his information that Kerry
was in pirvate session when he should have been at the Intelligence
Committee meetings.

So do you have a link Harry?

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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Comcast News" wrote in message
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Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements
that
are being made?

It's just common knowledge. I thought that anybody who thought they
knew anything about the United States congress, knew that, when
congressmen are on committees, that much of that time is spent in
private session, John Smith. Also, you probably don't know this
either, but when congress is in session, the congressmen come and go,
they may pop in for an hour, then go to a private meeting, etc. Not
knowing that, you also probably don't know that, unless they actually
speak, there attendence won't be in the meeting minutes.

Basskisser,

I did know that there are many private sessions,

I did not know that those present at a meeting were not noted in the
minutes. According to Robert Rules the minutes should reflect those
committee members who are in attendance.

When did Congress stop using Robert Rules?

If their attendance at meetings were not noted, why did the current chair of
the Intelligence Committee say he would release the information if Kerry
would authorize the committee to do so?

jim-- wrote:


I guess you do need a reading comprehension class Krause. I never said
anything to the contrary. I asked where Bass got his information that Kerry
was in pirvate session when he should have been at the Intelligence
Committee meetings.

So do you have a link Harry?



Sure, Jim-Dennis...all of us solid citizen Democrats get a weekly
electronic newsletter telling us about attendance at closed sessions of
Congressional committes, and also complete transcripts, too.

If you weren't such a security risk...

Oh...as far as where a particular Senator or Rep "should" be...that's a
bunch of happy horse****. You haven't a clue as to how Congress actually
works. They all have multiple committee and subcommittee assignments,
and they flip in and out of hearings all day long. And sometimes the
hearings are held at locations outside of Washington, D.C. That's one of
the reasons why there are staff attending the sessions, and why written
records are kept.

You seem quite the simpleton, Jim-Dennis. What was it you used to do for
a living?





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Basskisser,
You must have misunderstood the question, I was not looking for information
on Roll Call Votes on the Senate Floor, but : " Kerry's attendance at
intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?"

I have heard wild allegations that Kerry did not attend one public hearing
the year after the 1994 WTC bombing and that Kerry missed the majority of
the IC public and private meetings. I have not heard how the accusers got
this information, and I have not heard how you know it is incorrect.



"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements
that
are being made?

Yes.:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...menu_107_1.htm

don't forget to compare with some republicans. You'll see.....maybe.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.






And I would expect his closed meeting attendance was similar. Or he just
did not want the puplic to see how he actually performs.
Bill