December 01, 2006
Hotline After Dark -- The Kerrys As Co-Authors?!?!?
Pundits were all over the forthcoming Baker report but there were several good interviews on TV last night:
Sec/State Condoleezza Rice sat down with NBC's Brian Williams. The entire interview aired on "Hardball":
Asked if Iraqi PM al-Maliki snubbed Pres. Bush: "Oh, come now. The prime minister met with the king of Jordan, who he was supposed to, in a very successful bilateral, went on to a meeting with the Jordanian prime minister and his government. And they decided they really didn't need a trilateral. They would wait and the president would meet with Prime Minister Maliki this morning."
Asked about the reports the Baker Commission will call for withdraw of troops: "Well, let's wait and see what the report says. But obviously, from the point of view of the United States, the transfer of security and responsibility to Iraqis over time as they're ready to receive it has been the focal point of our policy from the very beginning" (MSNBC, 11/30).
More Rice: "The real headline, if you will, of this meeting, for me, was the degree to which the Iraqis came in, ready to take responsibility and saying please give us the tools to take that responsibility" ("Special Report," FNC, 11/30).
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) was in the "Situation Room":
On the Baker report: "I think that the Baker report is going to move in a very different direction and I think it's going to change the debate in this country."
More: "There are all kinds of things that the Senate can do that can change the dynamics here very significantly, not the least of which, obviously, are serious accountability hearings. Secondly, we have the ability in the Congress to pass one resolution or another, or to put into law certain kinds of policies. ... So Congress has a certain power here. I think before we get into that, it would be so much better if we could sit down with the president and with Condoleezza Rice and really talk through how we come together, both parties, take the politics out at the water's edge and get a policy that works for America."
Kerry: "I've offered to be helpful to Condoleezza Rice. I've called her. I hope we can all work together. But we've got to be tougher in our approach."
On his low poll numbers: "It's a reaction to having lost in '04 and to a lot of, you know, things that have gone on since. I don't put a lot of stock in polls at this point. I really think that we have to wait and see where we are next year and I think what the American people want us to do is do their business right now, not get caught up in this."
More: "Teresa and I are writing a book right now on the environment. It's a book we look forward to bringing out in a few months. I'm excited about it. We deal, obviously, with the issue of global climate change, but with a lot of other issues. And we need to change the attitude of the United States Congress."
Asked when he's going to decide on '08: "I can't tell you exactly when" (CNN, 11/30).
More Kerry, on Iraq: "This has to be resolved politically. And it's not a matter of al Qaeda creating all of this carnage. It really is Sunni on Shia, Shia on Sunni. It is a civil war."
Kerry: "The administration, regrettably, has been very reluctant along the way to sort of acknowledge the realities, which is part of the problem that we face. I think for myself, I'd like to find a bipartisan common ground that we could all get on. This is about America's interest. This is not a partisan issue. It doesn't have any party label" ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 11/30).
Golan Cipel, who accused ex-NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey of sexual harrassment, was on "LKL" last night:
On why he didn't file a sexual harrassment suit: "It was a difficult, difficult decision. ... But I had only two weeks or so to decide, and the statute of limitation was very, very short. For me, the fact that McGreevey decided to resign was enough, to know that this man will never be in a position of power and will never be able to do what he did to me to other people."
More: "The fact is that Jim McGreevey wants to turn it into a gay-straight issue, which it is not. The issue here is about sexual assault and sexual harassment."
Asked if when he first met McGreevey if he thought he was gay: "No."
Asked if he thinks he was hired because McGreevey wanted a relationship with him: "Look, I can't answer that question."
More: "I do believe that he had a hidden agenda. And I do believe that when he saw me back in Israel, he thought about it. But at that time, I didn't see any signs."
Cipel: "I believe that Jim McGreevey is bisexual. But ... can you imagine this dramatic press conference when James McGreevey's coming out and saying that the truth is, I'm proud to be a bisexual American" (CNN, 11/30). [EMILY GOODIN]
Posted at 07:25 AM
Comments
The more Cipel talks about his relationship with Jim McGreevey, the more I believe his story is deceiving. First of all, didn't he know that he wasn't qualified for that high ranking position in New Jersey? Why did he accept it the very first place? For money??? Didn't he know that there is no FREE lunch in this meal? Why do you think that Jim McGreevey offer that high ranking position to him without expecting anything in return? Is Cipel that naive?
He claimed that he himself is straight. Why isn't he married or have a girlfriend at age 37? He claimed that Jim McGreevey bragged about having sex with women in Europe. I myself is gay and I also brag about having sex with women all around the world. A gay man can have sex with women. But it's what he truly attracts, enjoys or feels count.
Cipel sounds like a foolish guy with all these lies. He couldn't find love and money in Jim McGreevey and he eventually wanted to take his revenge. He wanted to ruin Jim's career and reputation since he himself has NOTHING to lose. Cipel he himself needs to come out and declare that he is a gay Israeli. It's as simple as that!
Chris Tan | 12.01.06 10:16 PM
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