Rep. Davis demands hearings on NYT ad by MoveOn.org

Post #293,572 by Another Scott 9/24/07 11:05:38 PM Reply	Rep. Davis demands hearings on NYT ad by MoveOn.org [link\|http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/09/gop_congressman_calls_for_hearings_into_new_york_timesmoveon_ad.php\|TPM Election Central]: GOP Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia has [link\|http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/davis-letter-moveon/\| sent a letter] to Oversight Committee chair Henry Waxman demanding a probe into the "scandal." "It is time for The New York Times to answer publicly, on the record, and under oath for its conduct," Davis writes. "You have repeatedly challenged the public statements of administration and private industry officials and sought testimony under oath. It is time for you to give equal treatment to The New York Times." Davis issued a similar call for hearings last week, but his current one is noteworthy because it was inspired by yesterday's [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/opinion/23pubed.html\| piece] by The Times's public editor, Clark Hoyt, which reported that the paper had acknowledged that charging MoveOn the price it paid for the ad was a "mistake." Davis has powerful political incentives for taking on The Times. He's running for the Senate seat of the retiring John Warner and [link\|http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/davis-letter-moveon/\| faces a likely primary challenge] from his right -- so attacking the paper is an easy way to put a little sheen on his tarnished conservative bona fides. The full letter is [link\|http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/Media/PDFs/20070924MoveONNYTFollowUp.pdf\| here]. Meanwhile, our take on how Hoyt dropped the ball with his piece on this is [link\|http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/09/times_public_ed.php\| here] at The Horse's Mouth. [...] This is another bit of grandstanding by Davis, who ran the Government Reform Committee that [link\|http://www.tomdavistruth.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=3\|subpoenaed Terri Schiavo]... I agree with some of the comments on TPM that Davis has no chance against Mark Warner, if he decides to run for Senate to replace John Warner. Pardon me while I give Mr. Davis, my Congressman, a piece of my mind. <grr> Cheers, Scott.
Post #293,576 by CRConrad 9/25/07 3:18:35 AM Reply	If the House should do anything, that would be to condemn... ...the SENATE for "condemning" the ad -- a blatant attempt at trampling the MoveOn memebership's first amendment rights. (Do the words "chilling effect" ring any bells?) Fuck, they should investigate if they can SUE the bastards! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #293,584 by bepatient 9/25/07 9:26:55 AM Reply	I don't think Soros & friends really care what Senate thinks but I do understand and agree with your point. There's enough press around DC for every senator to give their sound bite without having to take up voting time with that crap. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #293,578 by Silverlock 9/25/07 8:32:18 AM Reply	I knew it. I knew there was a reason this reminded me of the whole Schiavo travesty. The screwheads are at it again. ----------------------------------------- Atheism is a religion in the same sense that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Post #293,583 by bepatient 9/25/07 9:22:44 AM Reply	Don't know it till they do it. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #293,589 by imqwerky 9/25/07 9:44:38 AM Reply	Oh, brother! They are wasting the taxpayers' money. Sure wish MoveOn would put another ad in the NYT saying as much. Follow through, people, follow through. Smile, Amy
Post #293,821 by Arkadiy 9/28/07 9:54:02 AM Reply	That's just silly (and dangerous) Voting on Move On ad had the advantage of putting everyone's position clearly on the record (I now know where my dear Senator Dodd stands), but this is stepping on the first amendment rights. (BePatient, this is an issue on which the senators were quite reluctant to produce sound bites. The vote forced their hands.) ------ 179. I will not outsource core functions. -- [link\|http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/overlord2.htm\|.]
Post #293,827 by bepatient 9/28/07 11:05:49 AM Reply	I agree. Still, I think the voting time would have been better spent passing real laws...but that may be expecting to much from inside the beltway. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

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