some experts questioned whether the fact that Graham used the fabricated dialogue in a legal brief aimed at persuading the U.S. Supreme Court may have been misleading to the court.
And that is the important question that everyone is refusing to focus on.
Lindsey Graham (R.SC) and Jon Kyl (R.Az) were not breaking new ground inserting information into the Senate record. While the nature of the insertion was very odd, and the purpose was to deceive, it is not outside the bounds of accepted behavior in the Senate rules.
Focusing on this plays right into Graham's hands and allows the far more serious act to go unnoticed; Trying to provide fraudulent information to the Supreme Court of the United States.
And while the media is to focused on the legal but slimy altering of the Senate record they have failed to notice (or ask about) the attempted perjury.
But, at least the Charleston paper has at last noticed the event at all. Columbia, Greenville and Spartenburg have still not even bothered to cover this fraud.
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But, at least the Charleston paper has at last noticed the event at all. Columbia, Greenville and Spartenburg have still not even bothered to cover this fraud.
Maybe Charleston is owned by the Liberal Democrats and the others are all Conservative Rags.
could be.
but it is still newsworthy, and should be covered unless you think that news should not be fact based, but partison propangdia
I just wish we had a media source with NO Agenda, nothing to gain, nothing to lose, report the facts, and move on. I cant stand propoganda! Everyone is worried about how what they say will look. What are the repercussions? Who is going to Sue us? Will the ACLU make us shut down? You know that kind of thing.
With the notable exception of Fox news, we do have that in most of the NEWS departments.
Now if you include editorial sections, then there is a bias, but that is the whole point of editorials
This is not a partisan issue. Many Republicans have expressed concerns about the erosion of civil liberties since we got into the eternal war on terror. It cost some of them (like Georgia's Bob Barr) their careers. The MSM once again cares more about the opening weekend of Pirates of the Caribbean than it does about the piracy of the Constitution. Which is why this is relegated to the blogosphere. Thanks, John, for keeping it alive.
The lawyer that wrote the brief is responsible for it. Sure they brough the Record as evidence which is taken to represent the actual proceeding on the Senate Floor. However, that lawyer should have asked, knowing that things are commonly inserted, if the dialogue was actually spoken.
Graham was asked if he would insert the comments in the record again. He answered yes he would. He has done it before. The only question is about the timing.
I think the lawyer needs to be held accountable for the brief. I do not thin there was any intent to commit perjury. THe lawyer dod not ask the proper question.
Judy.
I agree, but as I understand it (but the details are not real clear here), Graham is actually the one who filed the brief.
If that is the case, the there was a clear intent to at least decieve.
Thank you for your insight and the post
john
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