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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Kalibah,
My point was that simply disparaging the character of a commision member (no matter how deserved) does not prove that any of the findings of the commission were incorrect.
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Agreed but my point was take it with a bag o salt, and remember Mary Berrys political agenda ( this is true of ALL reports, and ALL publications, and ALL politicians btw).
Such things as her handling with "MemoGate"
Johnson's April 17, 2002, memo surfaced as part of the "Memogate" scandal, in which Republican Judiciary Committee aides downloaded documents that Democratic aides placed onto computer files that were accessible to all committee staff. "Elaine [Jones] would like the [Judiciary] Committee to hold off on any 6th Circuit nominees until the University of Michigan case regarding the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education is decided by the en banc 6th Circuit," says the memo, which Johnson wrote to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.). "The thinking is that the current 6th Circuit will sustain the affirmative action program, but if a new judge with conservative views is confirmed before the case is decided, that new judge will be able, under 6th Circuit rules, to review the case and vote on it." The memo then recommended that "Gibbons be scheduled for a later hearing."
At last week's scheduled meeting of the Civil Rights Commission, Berry suddenly declared she was canceling the session because all four Republican appointees, who were traveling from out of town, were ten minutes late. "Commission meetings start late all the time," said Republican appointee Abigail Thernstrom. "Sometimes the chair is late and we wait for her." The four Republican members went to Berry's office to ask her to reconvene the meeting, but she refused.
Thats taken from Human Events Online- but it isnt an op-ed piece- and all the facts can be verified at a number of less- right wing news sources.
Im just showing you need to keep a persons agenda in mind...
In fact the most ludacrious was
“Inflated rhetoric depicting crimes for which there is no evidence undermines public confidence,” Ms. Thernstrom said.
She also said the majority had withheld data from her.
Mary Frances Berry, the chairwoman of the commission, hotly denied the accusation as they sat next to each other at the witness table.
“It is an absolute falsehood,” Ms. Berry said, noting that Ms. Thernstrom had asked for a disc of data and was told there was no disc but that the information was available on the Internet.
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The New York Times.
Senators Hear Bitter Words on Florida Vote
June 28, 2001
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Telling a fellow- comission member that the " information is avaiable on the internet" is in and of it self a travesty. Obviously Mrs. Berry HAD the data - how else could she assemble this decidly partisan report - but in yet another one of her fiits she is unhelpful.
