Hello John,   
      
    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 ....   
      
    JM> Apparently Drum and Lofaso do not know the difference between an Official   
    JM> Congressional hearing and a press conference staged as an unofficial   
    JM> "hearing".   
      
   Apparently Massey does not know the difference between the House   
   Oversight Committee and the House Democratic Steering and Policy   
   Committee.  Both committees held official hearings.  The difference   
   is who was allowed to tesitify before those committees, and who was   
   not.   
      
   House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) refused   
   to allow Sandra Fluke to testify before his committee, on grounds that   
   he did not find her "appropriate and qualified" to testify.  So who   
   was allowed to tesitify before his committee?  Five conservative men -   
   and no one else.   
      
   Democrats then invited Sandra Fluke to testify before the House   
   Oversight Committee, at a meeting that was held by House Minority   
   Leader Nancy Pelosi.  Nobody else was invited to testify.  However,   
   a Republican committee made sure the hearing could not be televised.   
      
   That's where YouTube comes in...   
      
   JM>No surprise there, as most Democratic supporters are not smart   
   JM>enough to see through the smoke and mirrors.   
      
   Smoke and mirrors?  Where?  Nothing in Sandra Fluke's testimony   
   is about herself.  Nothing!  Read the full transcripts for yourself.   
   Or watch it on YouTube.   
      
    JM> This from BlackAmericaWeb:   
    JM> Fluke is a Georgetown University Law School student. She wanted to testify   
    JM> before California Rep. Darrell Issa's committee about the controversy over   
    JM> President Obama's policy compelling religiously affiliated institutions to   
    JM> provide coverage for contraceptives in their health insurance packages.   
      
    JM> She never got that chance. Issa ruled she was too late, and that, since   
   she   
    JM> wasn't a member of the clergy, wasn't "qualified" to testify. So   
   California   
    JM> Rep. Nancy Pelosi arranged for Fluke to testify before an unofficial   
    JM> congressional committee.   
      
   Issa's words were that he had not found Fluke "appropriate and   
   qualified" to testify.  So who was qualified (according to Issa)?   
   Five conservative men.  And nobody else.   
      
    JM>  From Daily KOS:   
    JM> Ms. Fluke was DENIED the right to speak even though the ranking Democrat   
   on   
    JM> Issa's Committee   
      
   Republicans control the House.  Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the chairman   
   of the House Oversight Committee.  Therefore, Republicans get to say   
   who is allowed to testify, and who is not.  That's the way it works.   
   Democrats can protest all they want, but no amount of protest would   
   or could change the rules.   
      
    JM>  From the Daily Beast:   
    JM> After several days of preparing her remarks with help from other students,   
    JM> Fluke received a call on Wednesday evening to inform her that Issa, the   
    JM> chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had   
    JM> decided that she would not be permitted to testify, saying that Democrats   
    JM> had submitted her name too late for consideration.   
      
   That was not his reason, as stated earlier.  It might have been his   
   reason for denying Democrats their wish as to who could testify, but   
   it was not his reason as to why he denied Fluke to testify.   
      
    DD>> "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will   
    DD>> eventually come to believe it."   
      
    JM> Except what I said is not lie   
    JM> from TheBlaze.com   
      
   Just poor reporting on their part.  ;)   
      
    JM> House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might be having a having a bad week.   
      
   Nancy Pelosi (and other Democrats) are having a great week.   
   Especially President Barack Obama, as the number of jobless continues   
   to decline, the economy continuing to improve, our troops returning   
   home from Iraq and Afghanistan...   
      
    JM> Specifically, her star witness, Sandra Fluke, has arguably turned out to   
   be   
    JM> a fraud, who has ties to one of the more radically pro-abortion groups in   
    JM> the country. Yet the former House Speaker, in a move which will likely   
   draw   
    JM> at least some grudging admiration for its sheer audacity, has doubled down   
    JM> regarding Fluke's testimony in a press conference today.   
      
   Sandra Fluke is now a hero to many Americans, especially women, as   
   her good name and reputation has been dragged through the mud by sickos   
   such as Rush Limbaugh.   
      
   If you want to know who the real "fraud" is, take a look at a   
   side-by-side comparison of statements made by Sandra Fluke vs.   
   statements made by Rush Limbaugh -   
      
   http://womensissues.about.com/ed/reproductiverights/a/   
   Rush-Limbaughs-Comments-And-Sandra-Flukes-Testimony-Fact-Vs-Fiction.htm   
      
   That should be enough to sink your boat.  :)   
      
   --Lee   
      
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