Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:c3dhc2g=.d2fdb7f64e0689420bdc856fdc42097e@109 2849231.nulluser.com...
Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.

Well so it's meaningless that Kerry stays away but not meaningless that Bush
takes a vacation? Interesting.

If Bush is so dumb, what is he doing in the White House?

"Dan J.S." wrote in message ...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?


"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?



Seems to be confidential information according to this article:

(CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has criticized
President Bush's response to the 9/11 Commission report, insisting that he
would do a better job of fighting the war against terror.

But according to the Republican National Committee, Kerry missed most of the
public hearings when he sat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
between 1993 and 2000.

One of those hearings, the RNC indicated, happened about a year before the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States and focused on
warnings of possible terrorist strikes and how those warning should be
handled. In all, the RNC researchers discovered, Kerry missed 38 of 49
public hearings during the eight years he served on the intelligence panel.

Sarah Ross, press secretary to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the current
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said missing "the
majority of a committee's open hearings," makes it "hard for Kerry to claim
that he is Mr. Intel."

It's unclear how many, if any, closed hearings Kerry missed while serving on
the Intelligence Committee. Ross said most of the panel's hearings are
closed, but "to release the records of the closed hearings is a difficult
matter."

Calls to the Kerry campaign requesting comment for this article were not
returned
-----------------------------

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics....20040804a.html

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements that
are being made?


And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said, "The
fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings

Yeah, but as usual, the right wing spin doctors are at work, making it
sound as if Kerry simply decided not to be involved. Nothing is
further from the truth. Why must you righties lie ALL of time? Meeting
minutes are available to the congressmen, if they so choose. In those
meeting minutes, which Kerry has explained because of the lying right
wing, you'd see that in almost all of those thirty eight times, he WAS
there, but was in private session. You righties spin well, I must say,
because most don't know or realize that a lot of the time in committee
meetings is spent in private sessions, along with other members.

Seems like Kerry could clear up a lot of things if he opened up his military
records and attendance record for the closed Intelligence Committee meetings
he *allegedly* attended.

And as was previously requested, perhaps you can show where you got your
information from.

jim--,

The information at a public meeting concerning intelligence would be very
low level intelligence and is really a dog and pony show for senators to
"sell" their own agenda to the press. Sure he should have attended more, so
he could give the appearance of being actively involved, but what is
important did he miss many of the closed session meetings and how did he
vote on those issues. Which seems to be secret information and the true
will not be known..

I consider myself a conservative, but I get bored with biased political
crap, and this seems to be biased political crap, almost as bad as the crap
Harry spews in this NG.


"jim--" wrote in message
...

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...
Basskisser,
When I heard that information about Kerry, it did not sound correct to
me,
but I have not been able to find the correct information about Kerry's
attendance at intelligence committee meetings and the minutes at the
meeting. Did you actually find some info to disprove the statements
that
are being made?



Seems to be confidential information according to this article:

(CNSNews.com) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has criticized
President Bush's response to the 9/11 Commission report, insisting that he
would do a better job of fighting the war against terror.

But according to the Republican National Committee, Kerry missed most of
the
public hearings when he sat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
between 1993 and 2000.

One of those hearings, the RNC indicated, happened about a year before the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States and focused on
warnings of possible terrorist strikes and how those warning should be
handled. In all, the RNC researchers discovered, Kerry missed 38 of 49
public hearings during the eight years he served on the intelligence
panel.

Sarah Ross, press secretary to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the current
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said missing "the
majority of a committee's open hearings," makes it "hard for Kerry to
claim
that he is Mr. Intel."

It's unclear how many, if any, closed hearings Kerry missed while serving
on
the Intelligence Committee. Ross said most of the panel's hearings are
closed, but "to release the records of the closed hearings is a difficult
matter."

Calls to the Kerry campaign requesting comment for this article were not
returned
-----------------------------


http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics....20040804a.html

One would expect Kerry to release this information if for no other reason
than to set the record straight.


"jim--" wrote in message
...

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:%UMUc.321108$JR4.44372@attbi_s54...

And another:

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John
Kerry
to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as
controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show
during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request
[Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the
attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...5/123604.shtml

I would like to see where Bass is getting his information from also.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:c3dhc2g=.254468547a484e34ae0710677a9ca339@109 2853914.nulluser.com...
Dan J.S. wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in
message

news:c3dhc2g=.d2fdb7f64e0689420bdc856fdc42097e@109 2849231.nulluser.com...
Dan J.S. wrote:

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), also a member of the committee, said,
"The fact
of the matter is, even though he claims to have gained a lot of that
expertise by serving on the senate intelligence committee, during
his
eight
years of service on the intelligence committee there were forty-nine
public
hearings held by the intelligence committee, and John Kerry was
absent
from
thirty-eight of those forty-nine hearings


Meaningless. The real work of committees is done in closed session
anyway.

BTW, the dumb ass currently occupying the white house spent most of
the
time prior to 9-11 away from his office and on vacation.

Well so it's meaningless that Kerry stays away but not meaningless
that Bush
takes a vacation? Interesting.

If Bush is so dumb, what is he doing in the White House?



****ing things up royally.



ok, how did he get there then? I mean, by definition, a dumb ass should not
make it far in life.