TPMtv: Good Luck, Waxman

On Tuesday House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent out a request for information to 19 different government agencies, all of which apparently took part in an expansive scheme by Karl Rove to use agency officials and resources to help Republican politicians win elections, a possible violation of the Federal Hatch Act. In today's episode we take a look back at some of the past testimony by government officials about these agency briefings to try to figure out why the scheme may have yielded poor results in the 2006 elections, and just how much work Henry Waxman has ahead of him.

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[Veracifier]

"you're familiar with what the word target means..."  ... wow exactly.

[tenayaca]

I don't for a second believe that they all are so brainless with memory disorders. All of them should be charged with obstruction of justice and thrown in jail until they talk.

[trudrewski]

Excuse me, I suffer from amnesia like the character Jason Bourne, can someone tell me what good at all are these people doing for the common man and why do we need them?

[elfred1980]

Unless of course your part of the sane america that knows the certificate was produced.

[CascaMMA]

Interesting. 1 Million? Got a link?

[AntiStalinist]

The nutjobs on the left claim they are being wiretapped by Bush but their paranoia would be better focused on the Obama birth certificate. Over one million dollars have been spent to keep his Kenyan COLB hushed.

[SgtCheeseNOLS]

Wait wait...Democrats are upset at people in government pushing for certain or against certain individuals of other parties? I don't ever remember seeing this...but something in my mind reminds me of Joe the Plummer and some Democrativ politicians releasing his private information to the media...or money being given to ACORN to help Democrats get in political office...or some other things...I dunno, my mind is fuzzy on this.

[SgtCheeseNOLS]

I intentionally thumbs down your comment.

[smujismuj]

Ibuchite:

I just, mistakenly thumbs downed your comment, sorry.

[lbuchite]

I think that water boarding may improve their memory.

[carpenterale]

"It's good to get information from time to time," so true.