Truespeak

From yesterday's Washington Times:

All 55 Republican senators say they have never seen the Terri Schiavo political talking-points memo that Democrats say was circulated among Republicans during the floor debate over whether the federal government should intervene to prolong her life.

    A survey by The Washington Times found that every Republican said the memo was not crafted or distributed by him or her. Every one of them said he or she had not seen it until the memo was the subject of speculation in major news organs, particularly ABC News and The Washington Post.

First of all, what the hell is a "news organ?" It sounds pretty indecent to me. And second of all, it appears as though one of those Republican senators was lying.

Sen. Mel Martinez said Wednesday an infamous unsigned memo passed around on Capitol Hill emphasizing the politics of the Terri Schiavo case originated in his office.

The memo -- first reported by ABC News on March 18 and by The Washington Post and The Associated Press two days later -- said the fight going on then over removing Schiavo's feeding tube "is a great political issue ... and a tough issue for Democrats."

"This is an important moral issue and the pro-life base will be excited that the Senate is debating this important issue," said the memo, which was described at the time as being circulated among Senate Republicans while legislation was being considered to place the Schiavo case under the jurisdiction of federal courts.

Martinez, R-Florida, said in a written statement that he discovered Wednesday that the memo had been written by an aide in his office.

"It is with profound disappointment and regret that I learned today that a senior member of my staff was unilaterally responsible for this document," Martinez said.

Let's see, March 18 to April 6...that's twenty days. Twenty days during which the right-wing noise machine was crying forgery. Twenty days of denials. Twenty days of finger-pointing at the Democrats. Everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Powerline to Republican senators themselves were crying foul and blaming those dirty trickster Democrats.

And all the while, Brian Darling, aide to Sen Martinez, sat quietly and let it all happen. He let the Democrats take the heat for his own immorality. Party of moral values my scrawny little ass! Pathetic.


NOTE - Truespeak will not be updated tomorrow evening. kissfan and the Mrs. will be out of town. So have a great weekend and I'll see you all Monday night!