On 3/10/2012 5:38, Dave Drum -> Lee Lofaso wrote:   
    -=>> Lee Lofaso wrote to John Massey <=-   
      
    LL>>> testified before a congressional committ   
      
    JM>>> It was a press conference not a congressional hearing.   
    JM>>> There was NO testimony as Fluke was not sworn in.   
      
    LL>>> Sandra Fluke gave her testimony in front of the House Democratic   
    LL>>> Steering and Policy Committee, during a meeting that was held by   
    LL>>> House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi.   
      
    LL>>> That is a far cry from a "press conference", as you so put it.   
      
    JM>> It was a press conference, a photo op No more than that.   
      
    LL>> The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is a congressional   
    LL>> committee, not a press conference. When an individual testifies before   
    LL>> a congressional committee, it is called a hearing or congressional   
    LL>> hearing, not a press conference.   
      
    DD> Apparently Massey subscribes to the Josef Goebbels theory of truth ....   
      
   Apparently Drum and Lofaso do not know the difference between an Official   
   Congressional hearing and a press conference staged as an unofficial "hearing".   
      
   No surprise there, as most Democratic supporters are not smart enough to see   
   through the smoke and mirrors.   
      
   This from BlackAmericaWeb:   
   Fluke is a Georgetown University Law School student. She wanted to testify   
   before California Rep. Darrell Issa's committee about the controversy over   
   President Obama's policy compelling religiously affiliated institutions to   
   provide coverage for contraceptives in their health insurance packages.   
      
   She never got that chance. Issa ruled she was too late, and that, since she   
   wasn't a member of the clergy, wasn't "qualified" to testify. So California   
   Rep. Nancy Pelosi arranged for Fluke to testify before an unofficial   
   congressional committee.   
      
   From Daily KOS:   
   Ms. Fluke was DENIED the right to speak even though the ranking Democrat on   
   Issa's Committee   
      
   From the Daily Beast:   
   After several days of preparing her remarks with help from other students,   
   Fluke received a call on Wednesday evening to inform her that Issa, the   
   chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had decided   
   that she would not be permitted to testify, saying that Democrats had   
   submitted her name too late for consideration.   
      
    DD> "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will   
   eventually   
    DD> come to believe it."   
      
   Except what I said is not lie   
   from TheBlaze.com   
   House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might be having a having a bad week.   
   Specifically, her star witness, Sandra Fluke, has arguably turned out to be a   
   fraud, who has ties to one of the more radically pro-abortion groups in the   
   country. Yet the former House Speaker, in a move which will likely draw at   
   least some grudging admiration for its sheer audacity, has doubled down   
   regarding Fluke's testimony in a press conference today.   
      
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