Michelle Malkin » Showdown in the House: Petraeus/Crocker testimony Update: Dems pounded for MoveOn ad; Update: Fiasco…microphones broken…hecklers run amok; 1:45pm Eastern update: Petraeus interrupted by hecklers whom Dems refused to remove before his testimony began; Mid-July 2008….drawdown of 15 BCTs expected; Update: Crocker interrupted…the fiasco continues

Showdown in the House: Petraeus/Crocker testimony Update: Dems pounded for MoveOn ad; Update: Fiasco…microphones broken…hecklers run amok; 1:45pm Eastern update: Petraeus interrupted by hecklers whom Dems refused to remove before his testimony began; Mid-July 2008….drawdown of 15 BCTs expected; Update: Crocker interrupted…the fiasco continues

By Michelle Malkin • September 10, 2007 12:02 PM

Update: 4:26pm Eastern. USAToday’s Mark Memmott is trying to get Dems on record regarding the MoveOn.org smear. So far: Two non-response responses from Obama and Clinton’s offices.

More reax “The Peace Racket,” you should. This is what we are up against, people.

And milblogger Austin Bay weighs in on the testimony today, using the microphone failure as a metaphor.

Update 2:33pm Eastern. Here it is…the face of the Democrat Party. They’ve done virtually nothing to disassociate themselves from it. They made their bed. Lie in it:

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Ambassador Crocker was also interrupted by the Pinkos. Cindy Sheehan was arrested. Amateur hour in the House continues.

2:25pm Eastern. Video of the Code Pinkos’ removal from the hearing room.

Full transcript of Petraeus testimony. Slides here.

1:45pm Eastern. Petraeus is interrupted by hecklers while reviewing the success in Anbar. Rep. Skelton was warned about these thugs before the testimony began. Instead of listening to GOP panel members’ warnings, he snapped at them. What a disgrace.

To summarize, the security situation is improving…The strategy: “Security while transitioning.” No “rush to failure.” Notes the need to fight on the ground and on the Internet. Gen. Petraeus projects draw-down of some 15 Battalion Combat Teams that were part of the surge.

1:29pm Eastern. Recess is over. Skelton warns protesters they’ll be removed. Gen. Petraeus has the floor. “This is my testimony…I wrote this testimony myself.” The military objectives of the serve are mostly being met…the tribal rejection of al Qaeda that started in Anbar has spread to other regions as well…by next summer, a reduction of surge levels achieavable without compromising security…”

1:23pm Eastern. A five-minute recess is called…before the testimony even begins…to fix the damned microphones. Talk about a “fiasco.” Un. Freaking. Believable.

1:17pm Eastern. Well, terrific. Gen. Petraues is supposed to be speaking, but the microphones aren’t working. Meanwhile, there’s a heckler loose in the hearing room. The world is watching the clown Democrats.

GOP Rep. Dan Burton tells Rep. Skelton to remove the hecklers. Apparently, according to mumbling, there are at least 10 protesters with signs.

1:10pm Eastern. GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen also pounds the Dems for the MoveOn smear. The silence of the Dems is deafening.

Speaking in defense of Gen. Petraeus: Retired Colonel Joe Repya.

12:57pm Eastern. A grown-up speaks…GOP Rep Duncan Hunter references the attacks on Petraeus’s character. Duty, honor, country. Those are the principles by which are officers derive their careers and based their careers on…Frankly, Mr. Chairman, the idea that we have spent the week prepping the battlefield attacking the messenger, goes against the honor of this House.

Hunter excoriates the MoveOn disgrace and counterattacks Tom “Fiasco” Lantos. DH: “I think it’s an outrage…bashing the credibility of a general officer whose trademark is integrity, who was unanimously supported in the Senate, and also, Mr. Crocker, who brings an outstanding, unblemished record in the State Dept. to this position.” Hunter counterattacks Lantos on the signficiance of the Anbar awakening.

12:45pm Eastern. You know, there are no shortage of problems with the Maliki government, but I’m getting a little sick of the meme, repeated several times just now by Democrat Rep. Ike Skelton, that the Iraqis aren’t doing anything to help themselves. It’s bull. Read Bill Ardolino’s latest dispatches from Fallujah. See also our Baghdad video report, “Iraqis speak to America.”

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The hearing begins at 12:30pm. Live audiocast here.

Forget MoveOn. Michael Yon says listen to battalion commanders.

Michael Totten reports on Ramadi.

Worth a re-read: Bryan Preston’s post, “Assessing Iraq,” published after we returned from our embed in January.

The far Left is spitting mad at the Dems:

Rabbi Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun magazine, posted the transcript Friday on the website of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, of which he is a co-chair.

The transcript shows that opponents of the war in Iraq plan to try to convince freshman Democrats from conservative districts that they might not get reelected unless the party produces something serious in the way of resistance to the war.

But the call shows the war opponents are having little success because of fears about the impact on next year’s elections if the party is seen as defeatist.

I’ll have more thoughts/liveblogging as the hearing commences. Let’s hear yours.

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#201

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:10 pm, ajmontana said:

Yeah I found it, thanks dl, I was burning out my keyboard and got in trouble. sorry about that folks.
#202

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm, doingwhatican said:

….General Petraeus then surrounded the Capitol with troops and arrested the traitors in Congress.

I can dream, can’t I?

I’m so damned disgusted with these pompous, treasonous bastards I can barely think or see straight. The dems don’t want to listen or hear from someone whose goal is success. Questioning his integrity? I wish he could tell them to ‘drop dead and go to hell.’

I understand Brit Hume interviews General Petraeus this evening.

I’d pay to see Ms. Malkin interview him.
#203

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pm, DesertLover said:

I wondered how long it would be before some one of these idiots started trying to turn Iraq again into 3 ethnic areas all divided up … they just don’t get it do they? …
#204

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:21 pm, Uplander said:

What is this ‘Slime From My Video’ ala F Zappa, are these Sociocrats proposing forced integration of neighborhoods in Iraq? I guess we should impose forced busing now that we’ve re-established a school system.
#205

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:24 pm, DesertLover said:

this Sanchez has to be at least the 5th New York lib on this committee … what kind of crap is that? … don’t the rest of the states have any right to being represented on committees? …
#206

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:27 pm, ajmontana said:

Good thing Monday night football is on in 33 minutes, I get to see some people hitting each other.
#207

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:29 pm, DesertLover said:

aj … true … going to go to the sports bar for the early game then back home for the second game …
#208

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:32 pm, ajmontana said:

gee, who ya rooting for? lol. or are you a traitor like some of these guys and going for SF? (just teasing)
#209

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:36 pm, DesertLover said:

aj … I saw my first pro game in 1953 … my dad and my uncle took me and my cousin to a game … we flipped a coin outside to see who would root for which team … then we got the old “pennants” and such … to this day my cousin is a bears fan and I am a cardinals fan … so I laugh at the fair weather fans here in AZ … put that with being a die-hard OU Sooners fan and this is my time of the year … lol … will be channel flipping between the cards and the D’Backs games tonight … AZ invades SF … lol …
#210

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:38 pm, ajmontana said:

why do they quote these lame polls?
and I’m rooting for a tie cards and niners in my division. lol
#211

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:41 pm, DesertLover said:

because dems legislate by polls … they have to see which way the wind is blowing before they can do anything …
#212

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:42 pm, DesertLover said:

aj … yeah … I know … we see your hawks next weekend here …
#213

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:43 pm, DesertLover said:

this female rep is a cross between paris and britney for sure … she hasn’t got a clue …
#214

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:44 pm, ajmontana said:

and goodnight sportsfans, enjoy dl!
#215

On September 10th, 2007 at 6:45 pm, ajmontana said:

well gee look where shes from..my state. sheesh.
#216

On September 10th, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Uplander said:

Dl & Aj
If I’m not mistaken, isn’t Sanchez the one that stole B1 Bob’s seat with 5000 votes from ‘Undocumented citizens’?
#217

On September 10th, 2007 at 7:35 pm, shooter said:

Ya know, the hypocritical dems are so far away from being even willing to listen to or work with the Bush admin, or this honorable general and an ambassador , or this war in Iraq, they even deny there IS a war on terror…yet they beat up on Iraq’s inability to get along?
.
Much of the problem must lie with them, the lefties as a cancer that is destroying the UNITED STATES from within.
We, The United States of America, are over 200 years old and the hatred, divisiveness and venom from the left, the Dems and their nitwit followers and funders is every bit as potent and vile as anywhere else in the world.
They must look the fools that they are to everyone….. but themselves.
#218

On September 10th, 2007 at 7:41 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

Thank heavens (and Double-M) for this website. I am out of town on business, and have no idea what the General is saying. I will read everything tonight when time allows.

As for Move-on, they are like Al Queda (NO, I am not calling them terrorists) in the sense that they overplayed their hand, and may have finally helped swing the middle normal Americans towards the support of the War.

Lastly, and I apologize in advance for being off topic a day early, but on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, I will be on a plane to New York. I will be in the air at 8:46am. I arranged this flight deliberately. I will have a t-shirt saying, “These colors don’t run…or burn.” Later that night is Hannity’s Freedom Concert at Great Adventure in NJ, where the proceeds go to 9/11 orphans and children of fallen soldiers.

General Petraeus is a good man, and we must never forget what we are fighting for. My fist will be pumped in the air when I get on that plane.

No backing down…ever.

http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/9117flying-to-new-york/

http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/permanent-flame-in-memory-of-the-united-93-heroes/

Respectfully,

eric
#219

On September 10th, 2007 at 7:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

When I click on the Peace Racket link I get “The page you requested cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.” Don’t know if it’s my firewall, or CNN hiding out.
#220

On September 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm, gayle said:

Aloha,

I too posted about that “page cannot be found”.

Guess Michelle’s too busy with “The Factor” and taking care of little ones to know.

I’m sure she’ll “fix” it soon.
#221

On September 11th, 2007 at 12:18 am, Bill Grant said:

Seeing Petraeus testify before congress/code pinko was like seeing superman subjected to a bunch of chimpanzees flinging excrement.
#222

On September 11th, 2007 at 9:03 am, Lan Astaslem said:

This link works for the peace racket.
#223

On October 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pm, tony the tiger said:

Finally got a reply from Senator Murray. I asked why she hadn’t condemned the Moveon ad about the GEN. Her response was the typical form answer, and didn’t address my pointed questions, at all.
*excerpted*
“…even though I opposed the President’s Iraq war plan, I made a promise to always support our service members.”

“…I will continue to work hard to redeploy our troops and to rebuild our military through the legislative process in the United States Senate.”

“I will continue to push for a change of direction in Iraq.”

Only had to wait several months for nuthin’…
vote the rascals out!
#224

On April 8th, 2008 at 4:46 pm, Mike D. said:

Big fan of Rep. Hunter. Some of my people are his people.

But, Tom Lantos died in February. Cant see how taking off after him, even for stupid statements when he was alive, is that useful.