Fox's Hunt: GOP Pushing Pelosi-Torture Story For Political Gain

[rgarcia77]

Pelosi is the Chupacabra!! See the video

[Silberdachs]

Guess who is still Speaker of the House?

Pelosi: 1

Republican Douchebags: 0

[joeasmythe]

Notice how the cowardly pelosi ran off to Asia to escape the firestorm created by her stupid mouth. I hope she stays there. It would be the 1st good news since bobo won.

[KorakD]

So you're saying persecuting minorities and claiming aryan superiority is a leftist trait? You're on crack.

Also nothing wrong with spending billions if it's on the right causes. Your friend may be blind, but that doesn't go for all liberals. I also don't always support the Obama administration's actions ... nobody's perfect.

And look at the republican base, some of the most blind people ever. Religious nutjobs and racists ... pot calling kettle black?

[adnamarie]

but all the people from california just voted down ALL the tax hikes the liberals wanted, theres a huge backlash in cali. they are starting to see what these crack pot politicians from that state have been doing to the people there. no gay marriage, no tax hikes, the people are tired of people pelosis door rug.

notice how the media buried the story about pelosi?

[dadgenius]

Pelosi lied like every liberal does.

[therewillbeastronaut]

Let's expand on that.  Pelosi lied like every politician does.

[jbugko]

"W'ere outraged about Nancy Pelosi because she said the CIA lied" instead of being outraged by Cheney outing CIA agents and condoning torture & claiming it's keeping us safe. What assholes. Just secede from the US. Move to Alaska & join Sarah Palin's husband to separate yourself from this country because you don't believe in democracy or decency. If you'd been raised in Germany during WWII you'd have been wrapped around Goebell's & Hitler's finger just as easily as you are with Fox "News".

[jbugko]

You fox-news watchers are so ignorant and lacking in foresight that you didn't even conceive of the notiion that she might not have been the ONLY one who was lied to at those meetings, nor did you even actually listen to what she said. It would be ironic for someone to tell you to eat shit, because apparently that's what you constantly get fed by Fox and swallow in horking gobvuls on a regular basis. Such dupes.

[Sarojah95]

It's funny how all the democrats wanna play dumb and disassociate themselves from Iraq and everything involved with it, when the truth of the matter is, they were privy to the same info the others were. They also knowingly authorised the war in an unconstitutional way. As far as I am concerned, none of them have clean hands. Nor can they be trusted. Ron Paul is the only congressman who really stood out as someone who had integrity and upheld the constitution in this Iraq war mess.

[adnamarie]

time for Pelosi to GO, she lied, how many different versions does she have??

5 now? 6? give me a break, trying to hold bush and co accountable but yet cant even hold herself accountable for KNOWING AND AGREEING TO TORTURE THE WHOLE TIME.

lying scum, 2010 is right around the corner GOODBYE.

[arizonapatriotforus]

Pelousi is an idiot! YOU DO NOT CROSS THE CIA!!!!!!!!!!! Another thing, after all these years in politics and she still can't keep her lies straight!

[stanjz]

FOX News is propaganda, period. Republicans are bought by the corporatocracy.

[adnamarie]

and what is CNN, MSNBC, NEW YORK TIMES??

LIBERAL PROPAGANDA.

[Itssunshinexo]

i hate to break it to you but the media is ALLLL propaganda. the only reason you hate fox news is b/c it is Republican propaganda rather than leftist propaganda. In this case, however, Fox is right to jump on Pelosi. Liberals should be outraged at her too---she LIED. She was fully aware of what was going on w "enhanced interrogation techniques." If you are all so pro-terrorist rights why aren't you jumping on her too? She knew. If this was a conservative... this story would be on MSNBC.

[sonisisuper]

I was surprised when the coverage wasn't ridiculously biased in the usual Fox News way when I realised it was Sheppard Smith.

Oh.

[tomuch619]

Cheney and his buddies ran the CIA there all full of shit.  F**K FOX NOISE

[MeLikeGoFast]

What does that have to do with Pelosi lying?

Good god youre a moron.

[tomuch619]

FOX U republicans Pelosi wasn't in charge the CIA has been lying to us and congress since its conception.

[MeLikeGoFast]

What does it matter if she was in charge?

Does that mean when youre not in charge you can be morally corrupt?

This arguement, which i hear from liberals all the time, is retarded.

[jesus4torture]

What's the big deal. These animals must be made to talk. They are not Christians, so who cares? They will burn anyways.

I would feel worse stepping on a bug than making one of these sub humans spill his guts.

[tlg163]

WoW! If you were a Christian, you wouldn't have even thought of writing that! It's always those who preach Christianity the loudest, who act Christian-like the least...go READ the Bible, if you can read that is.

[jesus4torture]

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. Proverbs 18:6

[grim523]

It is as simple as this. Anyone involved in ordering or performing torture needs to be punished. Anyone who knew about it and allowed it to continue should be in hot water and deep crap too, but no where near as much as the people doing the actual deed.

I think a big push needs to be made after the enablers and such, then once that is done hit people who just let it happen. Which will be harder to do anyway. This should not be as politically motivated as it has become.

[tecknogyk]

Agreed, this talk of "they were just following orders" is bullshit. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that this shit is wrong. Fuck. They act like there is a gray area here and there isn't. Torture is wrong...period.

[jalisencio]

Of COURSE they its FOR a POLItical gain!!!

BOTH SIDES DO IT ALL THE TIME!!!!

MediaMatters Attacked Sarah Palin for Political Gain!!!!!!!!

[wtfoof]

HOG WASH!!! MediaMatters doesn't attack anyone they merely play the video and let them attack themselves!

[VMcBrough]

You can't prosecute or sanction someone for knowing about criminal activity without prosecuting or sanctioning those that committed the criminal activity in question. But it's perfectly consistent for the GOP to be trying to make political hay out of this - when you're floundering at your attempts to make sense, what's a little more floundering? Not too bright, though (also consistent for the GOP) - the more they talk about Pelosi, the more they seem to agree with the liberal position. Asses.

[kaioshinex2]

Nancy Pelosi is the fucking anti-christ. That bitch needs to be hung on national television.

[jalisencio]

C'mon don't say those things, I don't like pelosi either, but then media matters takes your comment and puts the word Conservative right next to it.

My only wish would be that Pelosi woul loose the next election. Nothing more than that.

[jtboll00]

Bullshi Repubs dont want pelosi out the demos do.. she not as far left as they want her to be

[VMcBrough]

Idiotic statement.

[jtboll00]

nice arguement... how about instead of saying something so smart like thats idiotic ya actually try to say something intelligent

[jryan6969]

Does anyone else hate journalists from PENNSLYVANIA pretending to have a sophiticated British accent.?

[darkenlight111]

Jonathan Hunt is from Somerset, England. He lived there for like 20 years, then moved to LA

[RunawayRed]

Why aren't we able to address more than one issue at a time. Listening to these people just makes me feel stupid. A bunch of people should probably be prosecuted. I'm sure a big chunk of congress knew, but no one will get in trouble How about we have a trial for all those involved who made a decision to allow torture, regardless of party or position. Does that make sense to anybody? Our government acts like a bunch of kids in high school, bickering like fucking morons about all the wrong things.

[ozzyrules66]

the republican party and all their sheep's ideas and lack of morals. show more every day.for the failures they are. fox news puts out a story of how the republicans are skirting the issue of torture and terrorism and what is lawful and what is not, on the shoulders of pelosi lets not talk about all the lies told to get in to war and the pressure from the talking heads to keep it going i.e unamerican if you dont support it.who has shown to lie and lie again, you guessed it the neocons .

[hullolife]

Republicrats.

[rdrakken]

How stupid are people that vote Republican?

Republicans say that waterboarding is NOT torture and thus OK. And people that vote for them agree...

Republicans say that Pelosi is corrupt because she claimed she didnt know about it when she did. People that vote for them agree.

In other words, people that vote Republican are double standard no morals having mindless sheep.

If it isnt torture and its ok to do it WHO GIVES A FUCK IF SHE KNEW ABOUT IT ASSHOLES

[JadeChaos]

Nice logical post.

[WillCardoza]

You're right! but they are just as stupid as those who vote democrat.

Democrats say waterboarding is torture yet they want to protect Pelosi. They also say they are against the Iraq war yet most voted for it and Obama has even expanded it by taking us to Pakistan!

Republicrats are terrible. Two parties pointing fingers at each other gets us no where. We should put every Democrat and Republican on trial who are a part of this mess.

[technicschic]

Who said they want to protect Pelosi? I know many progressives who say that ANYONE in Congress, including Democrats, who went along with it, need to be dealt with - after we deal with those who ACTUALLY authorized it. Besides, it seems like the Repubs are overreaching on this one - the CIA records aren't necessarily accurate.

[WillCardoza]

Of course i don't believe all want to protect pelosi. I was making fun of the original post which made a ridiculous stereotype. I was trying to highlight the fact that the Dems are just as bad as the Repubs. We are involved in illegal wars too not just torture! The Democrats who pledged to stop it have only expanded it to Pakistan.

[technicschic]

"illegal wars" - There isn't a hot war, let alone an illegal one, in Pakistan yet. Considering that it is an open secret that Pakistani intelligence supports terrorists like the ones that hit Mumbai last year, it might be helpful to put diplomatic and monetary pressure (though not start a preemptive war) on Pakistan.  "not just toruture" - It's important to determine whether the Dems were just scared and ineffective due to Republican's power in Congress when this was happening or whether

[technicschic]

(cont'd) were actively involved and actively agreed that such techniques needed to be used - that distinction is very important. To live in today's world and still say that the Repubs and Dems are exactly the same is just ridiculous.

[rdrakken]

"and Obama has even expanded it by taking us to Pakistan!"

Are you a Ron Paul supporter?

You sound as uneducated as one...we were in Pakistan before Iraq...Obama didnt take us there, fucking research before you believe what you hear is true.

[petelegory]

I think it's funny how the democrats were using all this for political gain and now the plan has back fired. I say roast pelosi! She deserves it.

[Sarojah95]

Um, yeah, of course it's political...when your opponent is dirty don't you want people to know she is? Or is it only CNN and the other 3 major networks that can bash conservatives or skew the news and still have it be called "journalism" and "reporting"?

[JustinHyp]

HAHAHAHAH your funny

mainly because you're dumb

[Sarojah95]

Well, at least I can read what someone is writing and actually understand what he or she is communicating. Oh...and I'm decent to boot!

[Mikohanyou]

This anchor is going to be fired soon. Fox news don't like anchors with knowledge of awareness. They like the crazies.

[yeastcapp]

good old politics. you are somehow exempt from criticism so long as you say someone in the other team is hypocritical. Being evil is okay so long as you're consistently evil.

[TheNomadicMonad]

Obvious opportunism on the part of the Republicans...

[Scorpio598]

Good work Fox.

[broman55]

Three words that are not often found in that particular sequence....without sarcasim

[DWAPARA]

As a OATH Keeper..loyal to our REPUBLIC...theyre are many of us ready to stand united. to preserve what is right..it's a matter of time now .

AMERICA WAKE UP..!!!

[DWAPARA]

All these issues and complaints mean nothing, the real matter is OUR GOVERNMEMT IS corrupt the congress is full of fraud and lies.address the real issue, we need to heed what our founding fathers gave us.STOP BIG government. stop Obama..give our true government back to the people..we will decide.!!

[danjr0802]

The whole thing is absurd and it's another failure by our media to hit on real issues for sake of a "scandal" when there really is none. Whatever Pelosi knew, it would have been treason to reveal. And a strongly worded letter would have been laughed at by the Bush Admin. The question is whether we should torture, what torture is and how it helps/hurts us. As expected our press is blowing it for T & A, DC-style. Just like Iraq.

[Joe402]

I don't understand this.

Republicans say torture is okay, yet they condemn Pelosi for allowing this?

[lilmikey017]

republicans are not condemning Pelosi for allowing torture Pelosi wants to prosecute the people involved with the waterboarding to the fullest extent of the law only problem is SHE PELOSI was briefed on waterboarding she never objected she sat there and let it happen that makes her just as guilty because of her position now she claims she was told but didn't know it was happening if everyone involved was prosecuted that means her too but she don't want that OF COURSE

[VMcBrough]

Fantastic. The Republicans would have you believe that no one's guilty of war crimes like torture - no one except for Pelosi, who may have (and it's becoming less certain) known about waterboarding. How can you condemn someone for knowing about something that you don't consider illegal anyway? Ridiculous. You and your ilk would be better off shutting up and not reminding people how desperate you are for any political advantage, regardless of how intellectually and morally bankrupt it is.

[WillCardoza]

Don't you see its not just Republicans!  Democrats started pointing the finger and now the Republicans are trying to take the Dems down with them. They should both be put on trial! The world isn't black and white, good and evil, Republican and Democrat. We need independents and libertarians!

[MeLikeGoFast]

I dont understand?

Democrats have been talking about torture for the past 2 years.

How is this scandal including torture not relevant?

Why is reporting news being demonized as "for political gain".

The better question would be why arent the other news stations carrying it?

[Swift2001]

It is a distraction from the real story: what was done, and why? What did we get out ot it? Pelosi, in 2002 or 2003, was in the minority. She had no power to change anything, and she was sworn to secrecy not to disclose what she was told. You don't, I don't, know what she was told around the same time that the Abu Ghraib torture began. Why did it happen, that's the question.

We need an inquiry, or a criminal investigation, unless you want the United States to be thought of as lying torturers.

[MeLikeGoFast]

This nation is already thought of as lying torturers thanks to the democrats.

So according to you because she was in the minority she should not be held to the same standards?

How ridiculous is that?\

[diah4]

The republican party is sooooo lame. LOL

[MeLikeGoFast]

Funny, i was going to say the same thing about you.

Silly liberal.

[tecknogyk]

Idiot right wing nutjob.

[wewillrisein2010]

Where is Barney's Frank concerning this matter??? Maybe he's too busy tending to his man/boy brothel during these tough economic times!!

[MidnightChimes]

The solution is simple.

Waterboard all the players to find out what the truth is.

It's effective and it isn't torture.

[FutureStudy]

ha ha awesome. Waterboard that pussy Limbaugh.

[wewillrisein2010]

As opposed to that queer Keith Gooberman???

[FutureStudy]

I am not queer, but I know that queer or not, Gooberman is probably tougher than Limbaugh, at least when Limbaugh is not drugged up like a Narco-terrorist.

[gubonorbs]

wewillneverrise, You seem to be stuck on a gay path. Have you decided which path you will walk? If you want out, just open the door. Everyone will accept you, except you. Grow up, Keyboard Cowboy.

[Propagandhi900]

FOX is just a branch of Comedy Central. How do people not see that?

I mean...it is soooo funny...just funny.

[hunkamonkiman]

Because there's no laugh track, it scares me to watch.

[Nictusempra]

If her career has to be sacrificed for this investigation to continue, then I am comfortable with that.

If there's any truth to the republican allegations, frankly-- to hell with they want, she should be punished with the rest.

If the democrats back off on this, though, it speaks volumes.

[Reqrezentin]

I am with the Republicunts with this one. Pelosi is going down with Cheney.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

That isn't their position. They do not want Bush figures to go down. They want to hold Pelosi as a political hostage in order to kill investigations of the Bush administration.

[grahamkeithtodd]

SubmarinerAndroid old son,your RIGHT! they dont want there lads to go to jail so their attacking Pelosie(who was told by the Bush admin that waterboarding "suspects" was perfectly legal! )she to her discredit belived them,but it does NOT absolve Bush and his dickheads from blaim either!

[atlact85]

And yet no one can explain how her knowing about the torture somehow legitimizes the act. They are trying to make the argument into "She knew about it and was complacent, therefore its okay! And she lied about what she knew and when she knew it, so lets get rid of her, instead of prosecuting those that ordered the action!" It's unconsciousable!

[Myschly]

He just summarized it.Framing Nancy Pelosi is trying to divert everyones attention from the real story...

[GreenEnergy2112]

It's WEAK

[bbbbmer]

it won't work -- her story hasn't changed one iota, and is corroborated by senator bob graham and his prolific diary notes which challenge the CIA's claims, even about easily exposed errors such as dates/times... the GOP is barking up the wrong tree -- AGAIN -- instead of attempting original thought...

[drumrnva]

Of course the GOP is pushing the story for political gain. That's what parties do. As a liberal, I would simply like for Pelosi to address the apparent contradictions in her position. I don't have a desire for her to be brought down. I would like for her to come clean.

[carrierexchange]

I can't believe this was aired on Fox News.

[integral]

Me too! I'm shocked! Shocked to find that the venerable Fox News network would exploit this for the GOP's political gain :)

[dogstar7]

GOP apologists actually appear to be self congratulatory about their partisan defense of Torturers as long as they believe (falsely, it would seem) that they are damaging the Democratic Party.

The effect is quite to the contrary: If anything, Pelosi is gaining public support.

This is the defeated Junta (Bush/Cheney & Co.) defending itself from righteous reprisal.

[grahamkeithtodd]

as some bugger once said Carrierexchange old son"if you mix a small bit of truth in with a lie,the lie becomes stronger"

they are trying to divert attention away from Bush and his not so merry men and place it squarly on Pelosi