[Peace-discuss] ...but everyone knew her as "Nancy"

[LAURIE SOLOMON]

It is interesting how unsophisticated the Amerikan people and the people who
read and rely on polls can be.  I have to wonder if anyone considered, that
even if the CIA did lie to Pelosi and the rest of their oversight committee
- which I  suspect is true, Pelosi probably knew  and expected it, wanted
them to do so in order to furnish her and others with plausible deniability
and cover, and would not have it otherwise.  After all, politics is the art
of deception and being deceptive; politicians who survive are those who tend
to know that and tend to be good at reading the deception in the actions of
other actors and in exercising deception in their own behalf. 

 

I dare say that even the Amerikan public at large knows and engages in
similar acts of deceptions while pretending surprise, different expectations
and desires, and lack of knowledge.  However, for the most part this is just
another disingenuous exercise engaged in by the citizenry at large, who
support such actions by their politicians when it is to their advantage
while making like they did not expect nor know about the deceptive practices
that historically are engaged in. 

 

From: peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net
[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of John W.
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:33 AM
To: E. Wayne Johnson
Cc: Peace-discuss
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] ...but everyone knew her as "Nancy"

 

This is way too deep for me, Wayne.  Who is lying to whom here?  And what is
the American public (or rather readers of the Washington Times, which is a
right-wing rag owned by Sun Myung Moon, is it not?)  responding to exactly
in the poll?




On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

"Nancy" Pelosi, California Democrat, said the CIA lied to her in 2002, lied
in the run-up to the Iraq war, and is misleading now. 

"They mislead us all the time. I was fighting the war in Iraq at that point,
too, you know," 
the House's top Democrat told reporters, fending off tough questions during
her weekly press briefing at the Capitol.

The Washington Times is running an online poll:  

Do you believe the CIA lied to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the use of
controversial interrogation techniques?


Response

Percent

Votes


Yes

7%

825 votes


No

91%

10634 votes


Undecided

0%

104 votes


Other

0%

15 votes


11578 total votes

 

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