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Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo
NewsMax.Com ^ | 6/2/2005 | With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 06/02/2005 9:37:29 PM PDT by kromike

Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo

Failed presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that he intends to confront Congress with a document touted by critics of President Bush as evidence that he committed impeachable crimes by falsifying evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

"When I go back (to Washington) on Monday, I am going to raise the issue," Kerry said, referring to the Downing Street Memo in an interview with Massachusetts' Standard Times newspaper.

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"I think it's a stunning, unbelievably simple and understandable statement of the truth and a profoundly important document that raises stunning issues here at home," the top Democrat added. The Downing Street Memo, first reported on May 1 by the London Times, was drafted by a Matthew Rycroft, a foreign policy aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair. It is said to be minutes of a July 2002 meeting where Blair allegedly admitted that the Bush administration "fixed" Iraq intelligence to manufacture a rationale for war.

Citing the Downing Street Memo, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader called for an impeachment investigation on Tuesday in an op-ed piece published by the Boston Globe.

"It is time for Congress to investigate the illegal Iraq war as we move toward the third year of the endless quagmire that many security experts believe jeopardizes US safety by recruiting and training more terrorists," wrote Nader with co-author Kevin Zeese. "A Resolution of Impeachment would be a first step."

The British memo, however, contains no quotes from either Bush or Blair, and is notably slim on evidence implicating Bush in a WMD cover-up.

Though largely ignored in the U.S. outside of rabid anti-Bush web sites like MichaelMoore.com, the Downing Street Memo won Sen. Kerry's endorsement in the Standard Times interview:

"It's amazing to me," the top Democrat said, "the way it escaped major media discussion. It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that."


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To: torchthemummy
Great research and a great post.

A bunch of phonies, the Democrats. They are really stretching it this time. The American memory isn't that short.

161 posted on 06/03/2005 4:55:08 AM PDT by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: OXENinFLA

Thanks....that is neat..you should psot a separate thread..mentioning it to everyone here...I'm sure many would find it enjoyable and useful..BTW..what time does the Senate convene on Monday? It's gonna be a wild ride, methinks...


162 posted on 06/03/2005 4:58:15 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050

Next Senate meeting:

Monday, June 6, 2005

2:00 p.m.: Convene and begin consideration of the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to be United States Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit.


163 posted on 06/03/2005 5:00:24 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

Outstanding..put it right to the Dems..find out exactly what they're up to..I hope Pryor is next..


164 posted on 06/03/2005 5:03:13 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: OXENinFLA
I haven't seen an "actual" memo yet though.

They're waiting for the ink to dry.

165 posted on 06/03/2005 5:04:40 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: torchthemummy

Great post!

I bookmarked it for my use, with your permission, of course.

Thanks a lot.


166 posted on 06/03/2005 5:21:19 AM PDT by melancholy (Quiz: Name ONE country, other than the USA, that doesn’t control its borders.)
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To: AlanDownunder

"That's because they believed the "facts and intelligence" that had been "fixed around the policy". Dubya and the boys sure suckered them fools -- and quite a few others." -AlanDownunder


So you're saying that Dubya somehow rigged the intel before being elected?
Sorry, after the Gulf War ended, there were several hundred tons of Sarin BVX and mustard gas left to be destroyed.
The UN was monitoring the stockpiles.
In 1996, the 'inspectors' were kicked out, the stockpiles remained.
Now you tell me, from 1996 to 2003, where did the weapons go?


167 posted on 06/03/2005 5:34:40 AM PDT by Darksheare (Hey troll, Sith happens.)
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To: kromike

From the memo:

For instance, what were the consequences, if Saddam used WMD on day one, or if Baghdad did not collapse and urban warfighting began? You said that Saddam could also use his WMD on Kuwait. Or on Israel, added the Defence Secretary.
The participants clearly believed Saddam had WMD
The Foreign Secretary thought the US would not go ahead with a military plan unless convinced that it was a winning strategy. On this, US and UK interests converged. But on the political strategy, there could be US/UK differences. Despite US resistance, we should explore discreetly the ultimatum. Saddam would continue to play hard-ball with the UN.
This was preparation, not cast in concrete as Hanoi Boy & frieds say.
John Scarlett assessed that Saddam would allow the inspectors back in only when he thought the threat of military action was real.
The root of the problem - the inspectors could only get in if we have 250,000 troops on their doorstep. Even then they harassed the inspectors and refused overflights. He was not cooperating.

168 posted on 06/03/2005 5:39:28 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: OXENinFLA

And someone needs to remind Kerry that UN satellite images show that over 100 WMD sites were cleaned out.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/02/international/i175403D57.DTL&sn=011&sc=611


169 posted on 06/03/2005 5:55:11 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Baraonda

Even if such a memo exists, basically what it purports to be is a document in which some third party makes a claim, the way I understand it.


170 posted on 06/03/2005 6:16:26 AM PDT by alnick (Rice 2005: We've only just begun to see what Freedom can achieve.)
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To: kromike

Uh, has anyone told JF'nK that even if Bush were to be impeached and removed from office, that he still wouldn't get to be president?


171 posted on 06/03/2005 6:36:10 AM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: jennyjenny
"Hey John, how about signing Form 180?"

Didn't you hear? He did sign it. He just will not send it in.
172 posted on 06/03/2005 6:43:39 AM PDT by Parthalan
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To: oyez

Don't forget that the quarterback has two broken arms.


173 posted on 06/03/2005 6:54:29 AM PDT by Parthalan
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To: write_on61
As the Democrats are so fond of pointing out, John O'Neil's records do not matter. John O'Neil is not a candidate for any public office at this time. John O'Neil is not guilty of Traitorous activities. John O'Neil did not bribe, cajole or make political promises to get his records erased and or hidden.

How many lies do you think O'Neill's records will show about his service?

I'll place my bets on no lies in John O'Neil's Military records.



*sniff* *sniff* Do I smell a Troll?
174 posted on 06/03/2005 7:08:14 AM PDT by Parthalan
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To: Torie

I am glad you posted how ridiculous this article is. I was directed to this column and thought I must have missed something. Much ado about nothing, IMHO.


175 posted on 06/03/2005 7:16:14 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: kromike

ROTFLMPO

Maroon.


176 posted on 06/03/2005 7:21:52 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: bnelson44
Why is he making a fool of himself?

He to make a living. It is what he does best

, just like those on FR chasing the runaway bride for porn 'n scorn.

177 posted on 06/03/2005 7:24:56 AM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: af_vet_1981
He has to make a living. It is what he does best
178 posted on 06/03/2005 7:28:06 AM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: kromike

I am about fed up with these folks who must create turmoil in order to gain power. It is going to bite 'em in the butt somehow.


179 posted on 06/03/2005 7:32:06 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: jennyjenny
Didn't you hear. He did call a press conference to announce he had signed it..

He said his staff was examining the signed form 180 to see if it needed modifications before mailing in in.

But now when asked, Kerry can now say he did sign form 180... He just never sent it in...

People were demanding he sign it.. they didn't demand he send it in....

180 posted on 06/03/2005 7:59:37 AM PDT by Common Tator
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