So, for all the lip service about what an important commission the Blame Bush Commission 9/11 Commission really is, you’d never know it if you watched the meeting with the President and Vice President this morning…
So not in the mood that a couple of inquisitors commissioners just up and left before the meeting was even over…
WALK OUT: 9/11 COMMISSIONERS BOB KERREY AND LEE HAMILTON LEAVE IN MIDDLE OF BUSH/CHENEY TESTIMONY
Thu Apr 29 2004 18:24:41 ETPresident Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney answered every question on Thursday from the panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, a meeting that both the White House and the 9/11 commission had billed as historic.
The Oval Office session began at 9:30 a.m. and ended at 12:40 p.m., but two Democrat commission members — Lee Hamilton, the vice chairman, and Bob Kerrey — walked out before it was over!
The stunning walk out — after Democrats had complained that Bush was not alloting enough time for questions — has ignited talk throughout official Washington.
In a written statement, Kerrey said he left an hour early to attend a previously scheduled meeting with Senator Pete Domenici on Capitol Hill.
Kerrey: “My office has received several calls asking why I left the White House prior to the conclusion of the session with the President and the Vice President. The reason is I had a previously scheduled meeting with Senator Pete Domenici on Capitol Hill.”
Kerrey explained to reporters: “Yeah, it’s a little awkward to leave early. But the president certainly understood what we were doing.”
Hamilton left Bush/Cheney 70 minutes early to meet with the Canadian Prime Minister.
Developing…
Now, considering that there were no transcripts or stenographers, wouldn’t it behoove either one of them to actually stay until the end? And to meet with a Senator and the Canadian PM?!?!? What, they couldn’t wait an hour? Especially under these circumstances?
Then again, it probably doesn’t matter much if they stayed since they’ve probably already made up their mind…
Source: The Drudge Report