Progressive Minds

Facism, enter stage right!

Representative Peter King of New York continues to push a facist agenda.

In filmaker Alexander Pelosi's documentary about the 2004 election, Rep. King was caught on camera at a White House event (before November 2004 even rolled around) saying "It's already over. The election's over. we won." When Pelosi asks him how he knows that, he responds "It's all over but the counting, and we'll take care of the counting."

Now, he is calling for the prosecution of the New York Times because they dare to report to the American people, on how our government works.

The New York Times was the first news publication to report on the secret government collection of bankng records of Americans and others.

But apparently Rep. King doesn't believe that Americans have a right to know how their government works.  And anyone who attempts to keep America informed about their government is "treasonous."

He said "I am asking the Attorney General to begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times _ the reporters, the editors and the publisher. We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous."

He also accused the Times of being "pompous, arrogant, and more concerned about a left-wing elitist agenda than it is about the security of the American people."

Not only do his remarks border on facism, but they are downight disengenous as well.

Republicans baselessly continue to advance the theory that the New York Times is some lefty, commie newspaper, when in fact it was the New York Times that allowed one of its reporters, Judith Miller, to carry the false WMD water for the Bush Administration, in the lead-up to the Iraq war.

And if the New York Times is such a lefty outfit, why did Cheney's former Chief of Staff, the indicted Scotter Libby, send Judith Miller a coded message which could be interpreted as 'We must stick together. We are on the same page.'

Here is a portion of the note Scotter Libby wrote to Judith Miller, while she was in jail for refusing to reveal her sources in the CIA leak investigation:

“You went into jail in the summer. It is fall now. You will have stories to cover—Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program. Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work—-and life. Until then, you will remain in my thoughts and prayers.”

“With admiration, Scooter Libby.”

What's more, Rep. King talks about the "arrogance" of the New York Times, but let's talk about the arrogance of George Bush, who feels he is not accountable to the American people.

He told the Washington Post in January 2005: "Well, we had an accountability moment, and that's called the 2004 election."

And it is precisely because George Bush does not believe he is accountable to the American people, that we must be especially aware of how our government is operating, supposedly in our name.

NY lawmaker seeks criminal probe of NY Times

Lawyer Casts Blame on Reporter for Time in Jail (includes text of Scotter Libby letter to Judith Miller)

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/2004votefraud.html (web site that discusses Peter King's comments about Election 2004 being "all over but the counting, and we'll take care of the counting."