Oct 28 2005
Trouble in the White House, Administration Officials Indicted
Long anticipated indictments finally came down today against the Vice Presidents Chief of Staff, more could be on the way against the Presidents Chief of Staff Karl Rove, and VP Cheney will be called as a witness to trial in the coming months.
Like I’ve been saying for months, there’s a culture of corruption in the White House and these indictments are just the beginning of what we’re going to learn about that corruption in the coming months and years.
“Americans want to be assured that the next administration will bring honor and dignity to the White House.” George Bush, August 2000
An interesting blog entry that was pointed out to me this morning, I thought I’d pass it along. Just to satisfy your “Bush lied to us about Iraw and WMD” craving(s) … Ahh Politicians
Wingers must be getting desperate when they’re hauling out old Clinton quotes to defend their position… This one is classic:
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.”
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
Key phrase there: ‘deny Iraq the capacity to develop’.
As for all the quotes from Senators in 2002/2003 - duh? From what I heard on the Sunday talk shows, this was the GOP talking point - “HEY! Even Democrats said there were WMDs in Iraq!!!”
The question of whether Bush lied about Iraqs WMD capabilites doesn’t just apply to the general public, there’s serious concern that the administration lied to congress as well about pre-war intelligence.
Don’t you ever think that the Senators quoted there believed the intelligence they were getting from the adminstration was factual, and therefore really did believe the pre-war intelligence warnings regarding WMD?
Don’t you ever think that the Administration believed the intelligence they were getting from the intelligence agencies (domestic and foreign) was factual, and therefore really did believe the pre-war intelligence warnings regarding WMD?
Wait.. So are Democrats to blame or the CIA? Or both? Or some other non-Bush administration entity?
This is why I’m happy the Democratic Senators finally forced their GOP counterparts to stop stalling on the pre-war intelligence investigation last week.
*Yeah Boy Hangs Head and Sighs - exasperated*