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Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo
Newsmax.com ^ | June 3, 2005 | Unknown

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."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: britishmemo; deepthroatdodo; democratsarescum; downingstreetmemo; gigolo; hanoijohnny; impeachment; nowmdiniraq; soreloser; totaloser; truehaterofamerica; wmd
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

Have these people not read the 9/11 report????????


81 posted on 06/04/2005 11:05:44 AM PDT by SALChamps03
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

Hey Kerry, you POS, David Schippers presented sets of facts on 15 felonies that Scumbag committed.

Exactly how did you vote on the impeachment of Scumbag?

82 posted on 06/04/2005 11:08:59 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (The Republican'ts have no backbone--they ALWAYS cave-in to the RATs)
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To: rface
Kerry too was dead certain that Saddam had WMD's....John Edwards went even further than that. He called Saddam an imminent threat, twice, on Meet the Press, on the same day.

These guys once again are trying to rewrite history.

Kerry, Hillary and Bill Clinton, all have one thing in common: they have no political soul. They change with the political wind, and take issue when anyone points out their hypocrisy.

Nader on the other hand, is a lunatic.

Anyone that says, "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.", is quite simply certifiable.

83 posted on 06/04/2005 11:10:14 AM PDT by sofaman
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To: Fruit of the Spirit
Where does Kerry suggest that Bush should be impeached? I dislike (s)kerry, but Newsmax is being sensationalistic.

There is a memo created by the Brittish government. Kerry wants to talk about it. Ralph Nader said Bush should be impeached over it. Now Newsmax calls it "the impeachment memo" for some bizarre reason.

It's very sloppy journalism. Kerry wants to make political hay here, but he is not, because he would be laughed at, suggesting impeachment.

84 posted on 06/04/2005 11:10:16 AM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: Ben Hecks
This must be skateboarder's talk. He did leave out "totally" and "awesome" though.

He left out "dude", too.

ol' hoghead

85 posted on 06/04/2005 11:10:22 AM PDT by ol' hoghead (If Islam is the ROP, why do Moslems cut our throats and blaspheme saying "Allah akbar"?)
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To: rdb3
Listen to what the world hears when Kerry is asked to sign the 180.
86 posted on 06/04/2005 11:10:41 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

I hope kerry pursues this with vigor.


87 posted on 06/04/2005 11:12:49 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

Somebody should tell Kerry his 15 minutes of fame has long expired.


88 posted on 06/04/2005 11:13:55 AM PDT by ex-snook (Exporting jobs and the money to buy America is lose-lose.)
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To: Fruit of the Spirit
The looney left is all goo-goo over the so-called Downing Street Memo. Apparently it's a RAT talking point, but they don't mention that it contains absolutely no proof of anything.
89 posted on 06/04/2005 11:17:05 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

I am delighted that Cambodia John has decided to wade through this pile of dog feces. Add him to the list of Democratic Kamikaze pilots along with Dean and Reid, and 2006 should be a banner election year for conservatives. Throw in the usual crackpots like Rangel, et al, and the Democrats can move to Luxembourg.


90 posted on 06/04/2005 11:24:18 AM PDT by Winston7000 (Near Chicago)
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To: RushCrush

"The question is WHEN WILL KERRY SIGN THE 180?"

Last I read he signed it and mailed it. It is in the hands of the US Navy for processing. This was in the Washington Times early last week.


91 posted on 06/04/2005 11:24:32 AM PDT by hophead ("FRY MUMIA")
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To: hflynn

---Glad you remembered that----impeach Kerry!


92 posted on 06/04/2005 11:27:25 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Fruit of the Spirit
"It's amazing to me," the top Democrat said, "the way it escaped major media discussion...."

It's amazing to me, you dimwit, that you didn't lose by 20% and 200 electoral votes... It's amazing to me that the Democrats haven't disowned and disavowed you (actually, I guess that's not too amazing).... It's amazing to me that some people actually think you're still a viable presidential candidate...

93 posted on 06/04/2005 11:29:50 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Here's what I could find quickly on the memo ( and no, I haven't forgotten anything you metioned. I have a long and unforgiving memory. )--

 A New Memo-gate? Knight Ridder Covers Leaked British Document That Disputes Bush Claims on Iraq
 
 Weapons Equipment Missing In Iraq -- Refute this if you can:
If the equipment is now 'missing', how could it be 'missing' now if it was supposedly never there to begin with?
 
  Letter to Pres Bush Concerning "Downing Street Memo" (Conyer's online letter to Bush) -- WikiPedia has lots of info on this and any reaction from Tony Blair, Jack Straw and Condi Rice: CLICK  When the document was published, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair denied that anything in the memo demonstrated  misconduct and said that it added little to what was already known about how British policy on Iraq developed.
 
 "The Downing Street Memo" Goes Down
 See this:.downingstreetmemo.com And this:IMPEACHMENT TIME: "FACTS WERE FIXED."
 
 British memo: Bush bent data to fit Iraq policy

94 posted on 06/04/2005 11:30:01 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into the Dawn of Information...)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


95 posted on 06/04/2005 11:30:02 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: anniegetyourgun

---grapes----all very French, of course. Kerry's favorite vintage has a bad aftertaste---something like crow.


96 posted on 06/04/2005 11:30:17 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: NewMediaFan

Don't rush me man----I'm happy watching the demodumbasses self destruct in 2005. Take your pick how and why.


97 posted on 06/04/2005 11:32:59 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Let's hope that the President says OK. You want to play that way! DOJ, sic 'em under the Constitution! You have full access to his records. Oh and while you're at it get Ramsey Clark too.


98 posted on 06/04/2005 11:35:15 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Fruit of the Spirit

If Bush wants to retire, I guess he can. Dick and Condi can handle dumb nu!s!! easy.


99 posted on 06/04/2005 11:37:36 AM PDT by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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To: NewMediaFan

"I wonder what the Dem's will do then???"

They will go out on the trail saying the Repubs are out of touch with the people and they just need to get their word out better.


100 posted on 06/04/2005 11:40:58 AM PDT by hophead ("FRY MUMIA")
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