Analysis: Iraq Charges Against Bush Begin to Mount

got a 5.0 so far with 9 votes

my vote was number 11.

where is he today? Maybe he's buying pain killers from Canada?

eom

On something as 'mainstream' as yahoo news :) It's not just on DU or Buzzflash anymore, folks. I'm very anxious to see where this all goes. If BushCo does get discredited, who do you think the repubs will run against Kerry?

Ties it all together...

Its current average rating is 4.59 with 99 vote(s).

I especially enjoyed seeing the terms "war president" and "war on terrorism" in quotes, since they are bogus in the context of Bush. :thumbsup:

I gave it a 5. Currently 4.55, 107 votes. Freepers have found it obviously. Need more 5's, folks.

It practically infers that Bush's opponents are not pathological liars but the Bush admin is.

I live in Texas

to let the * administration off the godamn hook.

Another DUer posted this originally, along with a story that said the commission was getting inundated with calls and emails from people demanding to know the truth. Shall we let them off the hook, then?

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OR - note my sig line, to do it TOLL FREE!

I know from experience that Texas is a great place to be from.

The administration response has usually been to try to destroy the reputations of its critics. It suggested O'Neill had illegally used classified documents and said he was motivated by sour grapes after having been forced to resign from the Cabinet. A Treasury probe has cleared him of misusing documents.

Similarly, White House aides said Clarke was bitter about having been denied a promotion and "out of the loop" in the administration. They also said he was a closet Democrat working as a proxy for Bush's presidential opponent, John Kerry.

"This administration has shown a tremendous ability to demonize its opponents. But at some point, people start to ask themselves, could all these people be pathological liars? At some point, they can't all be liars," said Democratic consultant Michael Goldman.

Just when I was getting used to living in bizarro world, an article comes out that slams the truth home without apology. Imagine that, an article that analyzes how the admin's actions and words contradict each other, but most importanly, their consistent M.O. of answering critics by use of the politics of personal destruction.

Listening to the wingnut talk shows, I here nothing but attacks on Clarke and nothing positive about the Bush campaign. They have to answer the attacks and not sell their man. They are not in control. If we can keep them in that mode all summer the media will not be able to help with the Bush campaign.

Excellent article, needs to go to the top of the Yahoo page for sure!

:kick:

come forth for Clarke before Smirks' henchmen destroy him.

What struck me most from this article (well, I take that back - EVERYTHING struck me, but...) was this from David Kay, of all people:

Kay on Tuesday warned that U.S. credibility at home and abroad was in grave danger and urged the Bush administration to own up to its intelligence failures.


"We are in grave danger of having destroyed our credibility internationally and domestically with regard to warning about future events," he said. "The answer is to admit you were wrong, and what I find most disturbing around Washington ... is the belief ... you can never admit you're wrong."

Holy Smokes! This is from David "the Sycophant" Kay. David "oh, yeah, I'm gonna find ALL those WMDs and MORE" Kay. David Kay who was supposed to be their Supreme Point Man on this subject. Heck, I can even remember stories linked here at DU last year that "leaked" advance stuff from Kay, from third party sources supposedly saying that - "just wait til David Kay reports back. It's going to be devastating." At the time, they were saying it was going to be "devastating" to war opponents. Now, it seems "devastating" can be applied differently.

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rated it a "5"

"This administration has shown a tremendous ability to demonize its opponents. But at some point, people start to ask themselves, could all these people be pathological liars? At some point, they can't all be liars," said Democratic consultant Michael Goldman.

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Finally this corrupt administration is being called for what it is, a lying bunch of crooks to paraphrase Kerry. And it's their own turning against them that's making it stick. Paul O'Neil and Richard Clark really helped out their country by exposing these criminals.

Sonia

This story, others like it that I think will be coming out shortly, will drag the idiot-in-chief and his nefarious crew of bungling idiots into the mud.

But it will still be the economy that beats him.

I think it takes writing like this to help a lot of the public put things together--the overall picture that Clarke, O'Neil, Kay, et al paint is not a set of isolated stories but evidence of the true nature of this adminsitration. This isn't an opinion piece, but the writer even points out that it's the Bushies' practice to smear the reputations of their critics! My god, truth at LAST about Bush, I can hardly believe it!

these illeagal schmucks.....

Then you're making progress!!!

:nuke:

:kick:

Yesterday was the first day I have felt Kerry can beat Bush*. The current administration is falling apart. All they can do is character assassinations and the American electorate is finally seeing through this!!!!!!!

Personally I think Richard Clarke has a lot of credibility since he's been involved in intelligance since Ronald Reagan.

Rove can't spin Bush out of this one. If he tries to spin too hard he'll have a coronary.

Here's hoping I won't be disappointed again. NOW will the so-called investigative reporters drop their presidential campaign handicapping forms and focus on the investigating the misdeeds of this administration?