by Lionel Bascom — June 27th, 2007 — 1 comment
Don’t be fooled by the reporting of Christie Todd Whitman’s testimony before a congressional committee hearing on the EPA’s response to 9/11.
As I said before, yes she said the air down town was safe. She was wrong. There is no difference between the air “downtown,” the same air blowing west to the westside of the Hudson River, sometimes called Jersey, or the air hovering over Ground Zero. No difference at all…
Whitman is no fool and she’s no liar. I’m no patrician apologist nor a damn Republican. The simple truth is that the people she worked for the time are practiced liars.
It just looks like Whitman is lying and the media is pretending to be objective while Whitman looks like both a fool and a liar.
She is neither. Christie Whitman, as EPA chief, reported what she was told … that the air in downtown Manhattan was safe to breathe after 9/11.. It was not safe but Whitman had no way of knowing otherwise. A dupe never does. This does not make her a liar, not even a stupid liar. A dupe is just that, a dupe.
City Journal says “Interrogators implied that Whitman was incorrect, at best, and flat-out lying, at worst. An out-of-state representative even attacked Whitman for saying that 9/11 was personal for her, since her son was in 7 World Trade Center that morning.”
Don’t be fooled by this reporting. While Whitman is the lightening rod, the blame belongs higher up as usual and the press is again missing the point.
10:40 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, The Attack, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Neighbourhood
Sorry, but I don’t buy this at all. Calling Whitman a ‘dupe’ is a cop out. She had the responsibility to do her job. Why is it that in our current society, excuses are so commonplace for those who do not live up to their responsibilities? No matter what career choice one makes, there are certain actions that an individual must take to participate fully in every aspect of that job.
One needs to discover what works well and what doesn’t, what is the truth and what isn’t. Perhaps, that is where Christie Todd Whitman went wrong. Perhaps, she wasn’t true to herself. Therefore, her truth barometer was askew in regard to 9/11. This happens, you know. It happens to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, too, which is why our country’s next election is so very crucial.
However, preceding the 2008 election, a self evaluation of our nation’s consciousness is a necessity. If we don’t look into our hearts and souls, we will not be capable to do our job in November, 2008. Our responsibility is to learn the truth. Challenge those who have distorted the truth. Most importantly, we must respect the truth and deal with it.
Jeanne · June 28th, 2007 at 5:33 pm