[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  REPUBLICAN SPIN MACHINE IN HIGH GEAR

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, Chief of Staff Scooter Libby, the chief 
architect of the lies and deceptions about weapons of mass destruction 
in the rush to an unnecessary war to Vice President Dick Cheney, is 
indicted for obstruction of justice and perjury in an attempt to cover 
up the plot to lie about weapons of mass destruction and smear those 
who told the truth.
  The Republican spin machine is in high gear. It is not a big deal: 
Obstruction of justice, perjury, deceiving the Nation into an 
unnecessary war, not a big deal, not like a President lying about sex 
with an intern.

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