I agree. You can tell that all of the senators presiding over the hearings are basically manipulating the whole event for political reasons. It's because of things like the Waco hearings that the government had to shut down in 1995: because the Clinton Democrats and the Gingrich Republicans kept blocking each other.
One of the most painful things in this documentary is watching Charles Schumer saying one stupid thing after another. Every time he opens his mouth it's an embarrassment; he says unhelpful things like "anyobody who knows ANYTHING about flash grenades knows that they can't harm people!", only to be immediately disproved by Bob Barr.
Aside from my own personal feeling about the Waco incident, I think that both parties failed in their attempt to relay exactly what happened to the public.
"What I don't understand is how we're going to stay alive this winter."
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holycow12
13 years ago
Yep. I'm watching this and the partisanship is pathetic. The Democrats are trying to minimize it because they have the presidency. If it was the other way around, it would have been the Republicans trying to do the same. Same stuff goes on here in Canada. It really is sad.
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jimmye184
11 years ago
Sorry to be replying to such an old post but I couldn't agree more with you about the inane Chuck Schumer who is unfortunately the senior senator from my state. A state of 15 million citizens and this dolt is the best we could find to elect to high office.
let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could
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