- When lying Generals lie.
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- There has been much made about retired Major General
Paul Vallely's contention that Ambassador Joe Wilson relayed information
about the employment status of his wife, Valerie, to the retired two-star
in the Fox News green room during 2002. First of all, retired two- and
three-star generals in DC are all over the place, just like horse manure
was in this town before the era of the automobile. Paul Vallely's colleague
Tom McInerney, a paid shill for the neo-cons who want to invade Iran, is
a retired Air Force Lt. Gen. (three star). McInerney's brother, James McInerney,
is a retired Air Force Major General and a shill for the defense industry-funded
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), a neo con bacchanalia of
war planning and obscene defense spending. See what I mean about retired
right wing generals and horse crap?
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- Retired right-wing flag (flack?) ranks, most of whom
pimp for whoever will pay them for their less-than-informed opinions, rolodexes
of active duty colleagues, and presence at chi chi corporate-sponsored
cocktail receptions and rubber chicken banquets, have put their narrow
political interests ahead of their country's national security.
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- As someone who spent a fair amount of time at Fox News'
Washington green room, I can say that Vallely is full of crap. When you
are booked by Fox to appear, a car is sent around to pick you up. The car
arrives with enough time to transport you to the studios at 400 North Capitol
Street, usually 15 minutes before air time. However, most of that time
is spent checking in and sitting for makeup. If you happen upon another
guest in the green room before sitting for makeup, they are likely only
minutes from air time -- certainly not enough time to engage in a biographical
rendition about your family with a total stranger. If two guests appeared
at the same time at Fox in Washington, they were taken to different studios.
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- Retired right-wing generals (Vallely (l.) and Tom McInerney
(r.)) with a line of B.S. and propaganda aimed at Joe Wilson: These starred
flacks for Bush are all over Washington, like horse manure was in the days
of carriages and buggies.
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- The only time when you might be stuck with someone in
the green room for any significant length of time is if there is a breaking
news story that bumps the interview (for Fox, that is usually a high speed
chase in Los Angeles following someone knocking off a 7-11 or liquor store).
That certainly does not appear to be the case with Vallely's appearance.
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- During this editor's brief green room detentions, I once
sat for a maximum of 5 minutes with Michelle Malkin. Knowing who she was,
I decided I did not want to have a conversation and read the Washington
Post instead. In fact, I seldom carried on conversations with others in
the green room, since I was the token liberal and my appearances often
later developed into a shouting match duel with some right-wing a-hole
or a host like Sean Hannity. One exception was when I met Pat Buchanan
in the green room after one of my appearances. While I don't agree with
Buchanan on a number of issues, he is a friendly and likeable person with
a great sense of humor. Buchanan remarked, "not a bad job for being
deep behind enemy lines!" Contagious laughter followed.
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- If Vallely has any evidence, he should put it in a notarized
and witnessed affidavit and send it to the special prosecutor. If he is
not telling the truth (and believe me, he is not) and was put up to his
prevarication by anyone tied to the Bush administration, Valelly may want
to contact Judith Miller and get a run down on the chow and daily routine
at the Federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia.
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