Posted on 06/04/2005 9:55:19 AM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
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.
"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."
I've heard that he signed it- but hasn't mailed it. Whatever. Kerry still sucks!
LOL!!!
Kerry wants to be Deep Throat?
Shut up and sign form 180 Kerry. We are still waiting. Looser.
dare i say.... stunning, F'n... just stunning....
Right. I'll be sure to pass along that message.
"Failed presidential candidate John Kerry said..."
I love the way this article starts out. :^)
Kerry's dreaming of a blue election,
just like the one that Clinton had...
In the midst of the Viet Nam War Kerry worked to undermine his President and the government of the US. It seems old dogs simply cannot learn new tricks.
Go ahead, Kerry. Give it your best shot. You don't have a hair . .
President Cheney...there's an idea I didn't think Kerry would support.
I'm still wondering where sKerry's complete military records are. I read where he signed the okay to release all the documents. I suppose the release document is making its way through channels, huh?
they keep asking and begging for MORE ROPE , this great , what campaign fodder! Thank You Lord!!
If these folks like the idea of President Cheney I suggest they go for it.
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
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