Despite the fact that Strip Search Sammy is suffering from a bout of the dreaded
DC Can't Remember ***** Disease, his membership in the uber-wingy CAP is proof
that he is either a) a BIGOT or b) has no principles he wouldn't readily sell
out in an attempt to curry favor with power. Neither belong on the Supreme
Court.
And the Republicans know this CAP stuff is toxic. They've been stonewalling any
legitimate inquiry into creepy Sam's history with the group, and Specter is
either so ignorant of what's going on within his own committee that he's in no
position to be chairing it or he's just a lying shill for the Bush
administration when he says those documents were never requested.
Think Progress has a video of the dust-up with Ted Kennedy.
This is a history of the back-and-forth with the Kennedy office, according to
Kennedy staff:
November 30, 2005: Senator Kennedy requests Congressional Research Service to
ask Rusher's permission to examine CAP documents at Library of Congress.
Week of December 5, 2005: Rusher turns down CRS request.
December 22, 2005: Senators Kennedy sends letter to Senator Specter asking for
Committee request of Rusher documents. Delivered by hand to Judiciary
Committee.
Date unknown prior to 1/5/06: Kennedy staff and Specter staff discuss December
22 request.
January 5, 2006, 7:29 pm: Kennedy staff request status report from Specter staff
on request regarding Rusher documents.
January 5, 2006 7:50 pm: Specter staff replies that they are not inclined to
grant request because they are personal documents.
January 6, 2006, 12:01 am: Kennedy staff asks Specter staff to reconsider on
basis that there are not personal documents but business records of a very
public organization.
January 11, 2006: Senator Specter says he's unaware of the request.
If Specter's got a different version of events, let's hear it.
My inbox has been stuffed with emails from Princeton graduates who are outraged
that CAP would be characterized as anything but a bunch of raving, elitist
racists, and their publications most certainly back that up.
According to Bill Scher, Specter has now agreed that they will get the records.
But it's indicative of the lengths they'll go to in order to keep the spotlight
off Sammy's Dirty Little Secret.
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