There are lies, and then there are LIES
Oooh! Oooh! John Edwards had an affair and lied about it! Frankly, I could care less. I feel bad for Elizabeth, but really how does this affect any of us?
I’m far more concerned with lies like this.
The Iraq Intelligence Chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush — a man still carrying a $1 million reward for capture, the Jack of Diamonds in Bush’s famous deck of wanted men — has been America’s secret source on Iraq. Starting in January of 2003, with Blair and Bush watching, his secret reports began to flow to officials on both sides of the Atlantic, saying that there were no WMD and that Hussein was acting so odd because of fear that the Iranians would find out he was a toothless tiger. The U.S. deep-sixed the intelligence report in February, “resettled” Habbush to a safe house in Jordan during the invasion and then paid him $5 million in what could only be considered hush money.
In the fall of 2003, after the world learned there were no WMD — as Habbush had foretold — the White House ordered the CIA to carry out a deception. The mission: create a handwritten letter, dated July, 2001, from Habbush to Saddam saying that Atta trained in Iraq before the attacks and the Saddam was buying yellow cake for Niger with help from a “small team from the al Qaeda organization.”
Now that’s what I call LYING!
And before any of you “Moral Values” voters start spewing your bile against Edwards you might want to read this. At least Edwards had sex with an adult woman.
Comment by TRUTH TELLER on 8 August 2008 at 4:24 pm:
Pandora
You should know by now that the Repuks are more interested in sex then they are about lies that have caused the deaths of over 4000 of our brave troops or innocent Iraqi’s. So the MSM will shake their heads all weekend . Hillary supporting Obama in Nev. today no coverage just sex on all cable channels since this story broke over 2 hours ago.
The last time I looked Edwards isn’t running for anything.
Comment by mike w. on 8 August 2008 at 4:33 pm:
The Huffington Post is about as “unbiased” as Fox News….
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 4:36 pm:
Hello??? It’s Ron Suskind. Have you read ANY of his books? Think he’s the type of guy who makes stuff up? But if you’d prefer another link, I can supply many.
BTW, did you click on and read the second link?
Comment by TRUTH TELLER on 8 August 2008 at 4:50 pm:
gee I didn’t know that Ron Suskind went to Concord High
Comment by benjamin on 8 August 2008 at 4:52 pm:
I hear you but the Edwards lie could have resulted in him being the nominee and him being destroyed and four more years of these bigger lies.
So yes, the Edwards lie IS relevant.
Not because I care who he sleeps with. But because we almost asked us to carry our hopes, aspirations and goals with him to the WH and he was willing to fool us into thinking he was a safe messenger for them when he knew he was a ticking time bomb.
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 4:59 pm:
Agreed, Benjamin… but he didn’t win. And that’s where we’re at now – Thank God!
Was he stupid, beyond stupid? Yes, and we dodged a bullet. Should he be banished forever for his stupidity and arrogance? YES! But, right now, I don’t care.
Like I said… there are lies and there are LIES!
Comment by benjamin on 8 August 2008 at 5:05 pm:
I don’t think this is a story that deserves more than a day coverage (and I am sure the media will overdo it until the convention) but you can’t expect the story to be ignored two hours after it broke.
On the other hand, it may be a helpful way for the media to create some drama around the convention that does not involve the Clintons and, self-centered as it is, that’s the upside for me.
Comment by benjamin on 8 August 2008 at 5:05 pm:
On a lighter note, who would have guessed Obama would turn out to be our safest bet in the end ?
Isn’t it IRONIC or what ?
Comment by Rebecca on 8 August 2008 at 5:05 pm:
Right On Pandora!
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 5:09 pm:
Thanks, Rebecca. Check back later… I have another post ready to go!
Comment by Graniaclewbay on 8 August 2008 at 5:13 pm:
Hypocrites. You won’t even say it. It takes balls to admit the guy is just another piece of filth. He is a dog. Think of how duped his donors were and he had the audacity to RUN for President…How ABOVE the law for someone who wanted to help the POOR. Told you there’d be a big announcement today…
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 5:22 pm:
Above the law? That’s a reach, but you’re right about running for President. Arrogant stupidity.
Comment by TRUTH TELLER on 8 August 2008 at 5:42 pm:
Look the media is going through their mental masturbation. the cable channels are piss off at him because he made this announcement on a Friday night.
Comment by mike w. on 8 August 2008 at 6:02 pm:
“Hello??? It’s Ron Suskind. Have you read ANY of his books? Think he’s the type of guy who makes stuff up? But if you’d prefer another link, I can supply many.
BTW, did you click on and read the second link?”
Have you immediately accepted as fact everything said in every book you’ve read? Especially on subjects of this nature? There’s no way I can say “OMG HE’S RIGHT” based on what we wrote in the HuffPo article. I can’t say “omg he’s wrong” either.
Comment by Delaware's Brilliantest Blogger on 8 August 2008 at 6:06 pm:
i’m glad it wasn’t an underage boy
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 6:06 pm:
Haven’t read his books, have you?
Comment by Delaware's Brilliantest Blogger on 8 August 2008 at 6:06 pm:
ron suskind pulitzer prize winning author
Comment by pandora on 8 August 2008 at 6:07 pm:
“i’m glad it wasn’t an underage boy”
No, that’s Republican territory.
Comment by TRUTH TELLER on 8 August 2008 at 6:41 pm:
Watched David Gregory tonight on MSNBC seemed like the whole panel was playing with themselves. So far they have been covering this story since 2 pm. They should wake up and know that we all know by now that John got laid.
Comment by TRUTH TELLER on 9 August 2008 at 8:58 am:
Wow Mike W. once again you have your facts wrong. That’s because you let you mouth run without checking. here’s a fact for you to ponder Ron Suskin today released his tapes of his interviews with sources you know the ones that saw the letter.
Comment by snark on 9 August 2008 at 12:25 pm:
“released his tapes ”
um, not exactly…
he published (on the webpage flogging his book) what he claims are “excerpts” from “transcripts”, not audio recordings
Comment by snark on 9 August 2008 at 12:33 pm:
I heard Suskin interviewed on NPR yesterday: He sounded like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory. He offered the CIA guys denials as proof of the conspiracy.
It was stunning to hear Suskins express a complete lack of interest in who signed the “Whitehouse Memo” (and wierd hearing him describe the paper as biege)
Comment by snark on 9 August 2008 at 12:36 pm:
TT last time you looked Edwards was in the running for VP or a cabinet slot
Comment by Merkin on 9 August 2008 at 12:37 pm:
Wait…..isn’t Dan Rather supposed to be shepherding this Suskind tale????