What you can find on blog comments....Gems!

First of all I have to give a hat tip to Bunky who posted this on the Sam Seder Show blog! A great list of the high points of what happened at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Kyle Sampson's testimony yesterday. Great work Bunky!

Yesterday was an 'oversight & popcorn' day for me. I was glued to C-SPAN from about 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It was fascinating to watch. I heard a guest say on C-SPAN that no one was expecting a smoking gun from Kyle Sampson's testimony. Apparently, Kyle Sampson's opening statement had been leaked.


1) Kyle Sampson said "I don't remember" 122 times.

2) Revealed the fact that he even brought up firing Fitzgerald and later withdrew.

3) He suggested using the Patriot Act loophole to circumvent Congress.

4) Implicated Gonzales, Miers, and Rove as decision makers.

5) Stated that Gonzales statements were not accurate.

6) Revealed sub standard record keeping. Little pieces of paper documenting which AG's should be fired.

7) Revealed his lack of experience as a lawyer.

8) His testimony revealed that congress will need more testimony.

9) Never clearly explained why the AG's were fired.

10) Never advised Carol Lam that they had issues with immigration.

11) Never revealed who put Iglesis name on the list.

Maybe there was no smoking gun, but I think the Dems got a lot more than
they were expecting.