Posted on 11/04/2003 1:27:18 PM PST by jocon307
It reeks of a "sell out the country to win an election" Clinton, doesn't it?
---Time to release all the Clinton files, including the Hillary health care meetings. They should have been released anyway.
This is the "wrench" in the gears of the Demo Bush-obsessed campaign. Each of the Govt. Demos running for president voted for this measure, and each thereby has to "measure" there anti-Iraq war statements without falling into a trap of their prior vote. Arch-hypocrite Kucinich is the natural "anti-"war campaigner, but he voted for the ILA, no small problem for him. Dean wasn't in the Fed govt at the time, so he can pretend he is "anti-war" and pander to the pseudo-intellectual left. The others make statements about not bringing in our "friends" to Iraq, not naming France since they must know average Joe voter knows nothing we could do would have brought aboard France. The lefty chattering classes can't fathom this and the demo disinformation probably has some success in coopting them.
I'm surprised that a Demo staffer on the Intel committee actually used the word "unilateral" - even their Western Euro Pravdas are too embarassed to use this inapt epithet any more.
Dems plan to undermine America to beat Bush
CapitolHillBlue ^ | January 6, 2003 | By DOUG THOMPSON
Democrats plan to undermine public confidence in President George W. Bush by challenging his credibility and raising doubts about America, sources within the party tell Capitol Hill Blue.
A multi-pronged attack against Republicans and the President will focus not only on economic issues, but question American values, raise doubts about how this country is viewed by other nations and question the patriotism of Bush and his party.
The extensive campaign, developed by senior Democratic consultants and party leaders, was launched last week with attacks on the Bush economic plan by Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Richard Gephardt.
In coming weeks, Democratic elected officials will question the President’s intentions on the pending war with Iraq. Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic cause have already been provided talking points suggesting the war is about oil, not terrorism. “The talking points were developed before the end of last year and sent out to operatives and friendly media,” one Democratic consultant confided. “No Democratic member of Congress will question the President’s patriotism openly but we will use the media and other surrogates to raise doubts.”
Capitol Hill Blue obtained a copy of the talking points when the Democratic National Committee sent them to a news outlet recently acquired by CHB’s parent company. The talking points outline a strategy to raise public doubts of the President’s real intentions, including: --Saying the war is about oil and will be fought to benefit oil companies that have long supported Bush and the Republican party;
--Claiming the Bush administration has “manufactured” evidence against Saddam Hussein and used that evidence to encourage Britain and other allies to join the American fight against Iraq;
--Suggesting a wartime economy is the only way the administration can revive the country’s lagging economic situation.
“It is clear that the current approval ratings of the administration are tied directly to strong American feelings toward traditional values,” the talking points say. “To counter this, doubt must be raised as to America’s true position within the world community and the true intent of the Bush administration in waging war.”
Some Democrats admit privately they are uneasy with the party strategy to undermine American values in an attempt to get Bush.
“My boss doesn’t want anything to do with it,” one senior Senate aide told Capitol Hill Blue on Monday. “You don’t undermine this country to win elections.” Others, however, are willing to try anything to put the White House and Congress back under Democratic control. “The real war isn’t in Iraq,” one Democratic consultant said. “It’s right here at home, at the ballot box in 2004.”
Among the other points Democrats hope to make in the coming weeks:
--Both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are controlled by oil and defense industry special interest groups.
--The war on terrorism is a failure because Osama bin Laden is still at large.
--America is unprepared for another terrorist attack because of White House preoccupation with Iraq. --War will increase the country’s economic woes. --Bush will be forced to raise taxes to finance the war.
“It’s time to take the battle to the people and make them understand just how dangerous George W. Bush’s policies are to the future of America,” the talking points conclude.
Democratic sources say the talking points were developed by Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe, former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville, Senate Majority Leader Daschle and former House Democratic Leader Gephardt.
“This is a classic, Jim Carville, scorched earth campaign,” crows one DNC staffer. “Take no prisoners. That’s how you win elections.” Democratic party spokesmen would not return phone calls seeking comment on this report.
© Copyright 2003 Capitol Hill Blue
Seems as if the American people agree with the GIMMIES sick, sick agenda. Marist Poll of DEFINITE VOTERS: Definite for GW BUSH 38%.......DEFINITE AGAINST GW BUSH 48%. Sick and Scary!!
First, there isn't anything in there about using this stuff in the election. So the charge of "politicizing" the process takes a hit there.
Second, the memo is pointedly saying its going to use info that has been declassified. While some of us may infer that the Dems are going to try to get stuff declassified for nefarious purposes, the memo doesn't prove that. All it says is they will use declassified info.
Here's the biggie. Read the SUMMARY at the end:
SUMMARY: Intelligence issues are clearly secondary to the public's concern regarding the insurgency in Iraq. Yet we have an important role to play in revealing the misleading, if not flagrantly dishonest, methods and motives of senior administration officials who made the case for unilateral preemptive war. "The approach outlined above seems to offer the best prospect for exposing the administration's dubious motives." [End of Memo Excerpt.]
The critical point there is that they claim to be exposing "alleged dishonesty, deceit, and dubious motives." And exposing dishonesty, deceit, and dubious motives is not a slimy motive. It's exactly what guys on that committee should do, right?
The point is that they've got a really easy spin on this memo. What they'll say is that the intelligence they've seen supports the conclusion that the administration lied to/deceived/misled the American people. They'll further say that it is entirely right and proper for them to expose this conduct to the American people, and there's nothing wrong with planning how they are going to do that. Critically, the memo says nothing about using classified info improperly, nor does it say anything about using it in the election.
The bottom line is that it will make a bit of a stink, but it's simply too easy for them to spin their way out of. And just to be clear, I don't buy into any of their statements about dishonesty, etc. I'm just saying that the memo is not the smoking gun some are portraying it to be.
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