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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Republicans, step up and give copies of the videos to the Democratic committee members. After all, they are legitimate members of the committee!

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COMMENTS: 
*  We've never seen an unedited version. The ones online are also edited.
    *  And we may never see them. They'd make the Republicans look as bad as they actually are.
*  "We're keeping them from you for your own good." (part of basic parenting)  "They'll just confuse you." (borrowed from the anti-labeling folks)  "They contain sensitive information." (borrowed from the Nixon support team)  "They might be misinterpreted." (Abu Ghraib management)  Maybe it's time to indict Chaffetz as a co-conspirator.
*  The video footage that chaffetz is HIDING have NEVER been released!!!  He took the 5th to try and BLOCKED them from being RELEASED!!!  This is the problem where Baggers "think" that the "unedited" videos are on youtube, but the reality is that those are simply less EDITED videos of the EDITED videos!!  NOW the TRUTH comes out after chaffetz is finally FORCED to show what HE has ALREADY seen!!
*  Too funny. Republicans are hiding the unedited versions. We know why. If the unedited hidden videos confirmed the originals, the videos would be out by now. It is very clear that all the fuss over PP was about a bunch of LYING EDITED videos and that when the truth comes out, the public will see that republicans were either too dumb to understand the videos were edited or deliberately falsifying their "outrage" (see Carly Fiorina).  When they film them without people knowing and then edit them, these liars can get anything to sound bad. Bottom line: the videos are lies and republicans don't want to look at the evidence that proves it.  Why are the anti-abortion people so willing to LIE in order to try and prove their point?  Why do the anti-abortion people want to have total government control over a woman's body?  Why are the anti-abortion people also for the death penalty and against gun control, if they are actually concerned about human lives?
*   Thank you for acknowledging what everybody already knows, and that is that the "Christian" right is far more concerned with the splinter in their neighbor's eye while ignoring the log in their own.
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Dems: GOP chair hiding Planned Parenthood footage
By Sarah Ferris, October 7, 2015

Top House Democrats are accusing the chairman of the House Oversight Committee of refusing to share the unedited footage from the recent undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood.

“Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz has in his possession right now, a computer hard drive that contains videos produced by David Daleiden, the head of the group that tried to entrap Planned Parenthood,” Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) declared from the House floor, interrupting the chamber’s debate on legislation expanding the investigation into Planned Parenthood.

Chaffetz, who is running for House Speaker, received a copy of the videos on Sept. 25, and has since declined to share a copy with the Democrats, according to a Democratic committee aide.

Instead, Chaffetz has said he will set up a “viewing room” for Democratic members and staff to view the videos. Republicans have not yet hosted a screening, the aide said, calling the move a "direct violation" of the Democrats' recent subpoena of Daleiden's unedited footage.

Democrats have repeatedly asked for copies of unedited footage from the secretly recorded meetings with Planned Parenthood officials and an anti-abortion group. That group, the Center for Medical Progress, has released 10 videos, each about 10 minutes long, that appear to show Planned Parenthood officials haggling over the price of fetal tissue.

It's unclear if the footage given to Republicans last week is the full unedited footage that has been requested by Democrats, because Daleiden has been blocked from releasing at least some of the footage per a court order. That order was lifted Tuesday night.

"We don’t know what the videos are because, despite the fact that the videos were delivered two weeks ago, the Republicans have yet to set up their 'viewing room,'" the aide said.

Both parties acknowledge that the videos posted on YouTube are highly edited, and Democrats believe that the full footage will disprove allegations against Planned Parenthood.

“Those videos are the property of the committee, but [Chaffetz] is refusing to give the Democratic members a copy of those videos,” Slaughter said. “Those tapes are being hidden away. It appears that the Republicans don’t want the Democrats to be able to see those videos.”

The new criticism against Chaffetz and the Oversight Committee came during debate over a House bill to establish a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood in the wake of the videos. That bill is expected to pass, largely on party lines.
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