Watt apologizes for comments on Bush [View All]

Source: Charlette Observer



Watt apologizes for comments on Bush
Remarks withdrawn; says he didn't mean to imply president is liar
LISA ZAGAROLI

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As we reported earlier, the Charlotte Democrat was upset about the White House's refusal to allow former counsel Harriet Miers to testify before a panel of the House Judiciary Committee about the firing of U.S. attorneys. In a rant about Bush, Watt said that the president had "lied" to Congress and the American people about the reasons for going to war.
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But a later review by the full committee's chairman, Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, concluded that Watt's comments were in fact unparliamentary. After the ruling, Watt withdrew his comments.

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"To the extent that people interpreted what I had to say as saying that the President is a liar, I want to make sure I apologize to the president for that because the president is a personal friend of mine. And I don't want anybody left with the impression that I think the president in general terms is a liar."

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Evidently the decorum applies only to official congressional proceedings.

A recent story in the Salt Lake Tribune noted that in a 1999 interview, Cannon called President Clinton a "perjurer" and an "obstructer of justice" who "discredits his enemies in vicious and ugly ways."

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