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Tom Daschle, Mainstream Media’s Mild-Mannered

by John Cole|  March 6, 20022:22 pm| Leave a Comment

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Tom Daschle, Mainstream Media’s Mild-Mannered Moron, while discussing the government contingency plans stated that “we were left in the shadow, so to speak,” said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. “We don’t know what the role is, what their current authority is, what their purpose is at this point, other than to be prepared if an emergency of some kind would take place,” he said.

It appears that not only were the Democrats who needed to know about this plan informed, but that they knew so much that they turned down an invitation for a briefing.

Byrd, D-W.V., Tuesday confirmed that White House officials offered to update him on the administration’s government contingency plans but he turned them down, saying he knew all about the program from an earlier stint as a Senate leader.

House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., was inadvertently not invited to the briefing, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. Gephardt’s spokesman said Gephardt was “disappointed” about being overlooked.

Let’s get up to speed: Daschle is an idiot, Byrd is senile, and Gephardt’s feelings are hurt. But wait, there is more. The rest of congress must have overlooked this:

And members who claim they are being kept in the dark apparently missed press accounts in October as well as federal documents urging various agencies to make ready their emergency plans.

On Oct. 4, for example, the U.S. Archivist issued a memo to the heads of all federal agencies urging them to “be prepared for even the most unlikely threat.

“To ensure that the Government can respond immediately following a disaster, it is essential that your agency have an active disaster preparedness and recovery program for the records needed to provide essential government services and protect legal rights,” the memo said.

On Oct. 29, U.S. News & World Report reported that in order to preserve “continuity of operations” should the country’s capital be attacked, executive branch officials were deployed to bunkers outside of Washington. And Oct. 17, the The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that more than a dozen Interior Department officials were holed up in bunkers outside D.C.

After all this was pointed out to him, Daschle said he was satisfied the administration was not trying to create a “secret” or shadow government. Gee, thanks.

Was anyone really surprised that someone who would vote for these dolts might have a difficult time filling out a ballot in the last election? The LEADERS are drooling idiots.

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