Rachel handed Mr. Ridge his ass.
I was about to switch channels when Ridge sat their lying.
I'm glad I waited until Rachel wrapped it up.

Obviously, Ridge got Limbaughed. Even so, has the intelligence and personality of a ten-penny nail.

It was a very interesting interview. Damn,she's good. He tried hard to not appear to be lying, but yet he appeared to be lying. Rachael is so polite when she asks the intense questions.

Oops. Sorry.

Ridge needs to change his name to Ledge!

Book jacket my ass. She even cites the page number: 236. It is IN THE DAMN BOOK.

I'm willing to give Ridge props for showing up to TRMS; he has cojones. That said, it's unfortunate that he feels compelled to dial back what he certainly implies with his own words - forget the dust jacket. I do believe he is clinging ferociously to the notion that his peeps couldn't rape the country on purpose because of an agenda long set by the PNAC. He has to fashion events to fit in with a palatable idea of "response" to an imminent threat posed by "faulty" (rather than false) intelligence gathering. This is what makes him so pathetic. He can't step into reality.
Unlike the Cheney's of the universe, who will do "whatever is necessary" to fulfill the Pact for the New American Century and manufacture scenarios to put it over on the great unwashed who do the actual blood and guts letting; Ridge has to concoct a better reason in his own mind. Tragically, his mind flexible enough to bend toward any required rationalization so that he can disown complicity.
Denial is magical.
Rachel is an ace.

How does the right wing get away with lame ass stuff like this? How does this not get repeated 50x times on CNN, etc??

Michelle Obama does a "terrorist-fist jab" and it gets run 50 billion times on the networks. The Head of Homeland security says he terrorized the nation to further the political ends of his superiors -- and the ONLY place we will hear about is on the Maddow show.

Ah the "Liberal" media at work again.
*weeps*

For having the stones to sit down with Ms. Maddow, I give the respect due. For service to country in Vietnam I give huge respect.

For everything you did while Sec. of Homeland Security I have nothing but contempt.

If you read this Mr. Ridge, you are a liar of the worst sort, a scared stupid, cowardly one. It was so obvious that someone got to you and instead of standing up, you rolled over like a crack whore on her pimp.

I would call you a scumbag but that would insult scumbags.

You threw the entire intelligence community under the bus when you knew the intel on Iraq was cooked by Vice President Cheney's personal intel office he opened in Langley.

You, and all of your criminal gang, deserve to be hit in the head with a entire law library and sent to the crossbar hotel for the remainder of your frightened little lives.

Oh, and after your performance on TRMS? Do all of us vets a solid and give back the Bronze Star with "V" device you urinated all over last night.

If, as he said, he dismissed his own concerns as being unwarranted, why didn't he state THAT in the book?

I think he was getting ahead in history. He wanted to air this knowing that it will come out in the time ahead. He is fooling himself if he thinks history won't be asking and answering the whole Bush Admin. for lots of stuff and the general condition of the country in darn near every aspect they controlled. I have yet to find any arena they left better for their time.