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Kennedy Reaction to Indictment
Senate.gov ^ | 10/28/5 | Sen. Edward Kennedy

Posted on 10/28/2005 4:31:45 PM PDT by Crackingham

Today is an ominous day for the country, signifying a new low since Watergate in terms of openness and honesty in our government. This is far more than an indictment of an individual. In effect it's an indictment of the vicious and devious tactics used by the Administration to justify a war we never should have fought. It's an indictment of the lengths Administration officials were willing to go to cover up their failed intelligence, their distortion on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and their serious blunders on the war. It is an indictment of their vindictive efforts to discredit anyone who challenge their misrepresentations.

The American people know the high cost of this misguided war -- 2,000 U.S. soldiers dead, more than 15,000 wounded, hundreds of billions of dollars spent with no end in sight, and a continuing shameful effort by the White House to silence those who try to tell the truth about the war. Dissent is the ultimate form of patriotism, and it's time we return to having an honest discourse in this country about changing direction and paying attention to the needs of the American people. The President should take this opportunity to do everything he can to heal the country by not interfering with the prosecution of this case or the continuing investigation, and by cleaning house at the White House to immunize the country against any further corruption and dishonesty. As the President promised, anyone still in the White House who had anything to do with this scandalous plot or the cover-up should be dismissed immediately, whether or not they have been indicted. Something has to give — America can't stand three more years of this failed Bush presidency.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; tedkennedy
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1 posted on 10/28/2005 4:31:46 PM PDT by Crackingham
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Yeah, Aquaman has a lot of nerve, and I remember him behaving similarly during Clinton's term.


2 posted on 10/28/2005 4:33:11 PM PDT by Luke21
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Teddy, just shut up and drink your way through it like you have every administration since your brother's.


3 posted on 10/28/2005 4:33:30 PM PDT by hometoroost (TSA = Thousands Standing Around)
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To: Crackingham
Today is an ominous day for the country, signifying a new low since Watergate in terms of openness and honesty in our government.

Too quote the Late Great Dean Wormer: "Fat Drunk and Stupid is no way to go through life!"

4 posted on 10/28/2005 4:33:58 PM PDT by Bommer (TEXANS - VOTE NOV 8TH FOR PROPOSITION 2 - THE MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT)
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To: Crackingham

typical

Doogle


5 posted on 10/28/2005 4:34:06 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
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Kennedy who?


6 posted on 10/28/2005 4:34:45 PM PDT by neodad (Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
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Gee, I didn't know non-sequiturs could be used to make mountains of molehills.
7 posted on 10/28/2005 4:34:46 PM PDT by Buzwardo
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To: Luke21

Help me out--Did anyone lose their life during Watergate?


8 posted on 10/28/2005 4:35:02 PM PDT by Arm_Bears
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Quite a stretch, Fat Teddy. Now let's re-examine YOUR actions of some years ago involving a young lady named Mary Jo........shall we, you d**khead?


9 posted on 10/28/2005 4:35:10 PM PDT by RightOnline
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ROTFLMAO!
"Failed Bush presidency."

Have another drink, Swimmer.
You're in for 3 more years of Bush's presidency.


10 posted on 10/28/2005 4:36:47 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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Today is an ominous day for the country, signifying a new low since Watergate in terms of openness and honesty in our government.

Was he freaking asleep during the 90's?

11 posted on 10/28/2005 4:36:48 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("I can't wait until I'm old enough to feel ways about stuff." - Phillip J. Fry)
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Yeh, Aquaman, do you ever have NO LEG to stand on. Why don't you just RETIRE??


12 posted on 10/28/2005 4:37:50 PM PDT by bboop (Facts are your friend.)
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And during Clinton's term, was it Clintonthat appointed the special Council, or the Senate that asks for it? I don't recall. Everything I've heard in the present case is that the President appointed the prosecutor, and even Fitz said, I've heard, that the White House has been cooperative.

Seems to me that only Ted Kennedy avoided his chance to meet with a prosecutor several decades ago...


13 posted on 10/28/2005 4:38:14 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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"It was a dark and stormy night . . . ."


14 posted on 10/28/2005 4:38:50 PM PDT by JCEccles
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If I had been President, (hic) those 2,000 promising lives would have been at the bottom of a creek, or maybe in lower-level diplomatic careers that they weren't entitled to. (hic) Or at least working at Wal-Mart. Well anyway I'd be more satisfied with the outcome (hic) than this travesty of lies, lies that resulted in Qusay and Uday being dead-ay and Saddam being one-foot-in-the-grave-ay. (hic) Where's my intern?


15 posted on 10/28/2005 4:39:09 PM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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It wasn't me...nor was it the dog...Must have been Teddy' statement being released, not flatus that made that noise...


16 posted on 10/28/2005 4:39:46 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Liberals - Stuck on Stupid.)
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17 posted on 10/28/2005 4:40:25 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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" . . . openness and honesty . . . "

This killer has the audacity to speak about openness and honesty? Every time he opens his mouth to spew his venom, I want to throw up.


18 posted on 10/28/2005 4:40:49 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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Teddy has finally lost his last marble. Must have had an extra drink last night. Nowhere in his statement is he on topic. Usually his ramblings at least have a vague reference to the subject at hand.


19 posted on 10/28/2005 4:41:36 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: Crackingham
This is far more than an indictment of an individual. In effect it's an indictment of the vicious and devious tactics used by the Administration to justify a war we never should have fought

It's also an indictment for Bush not signing Kyoto, prisoner abuse at Abu Graib, people that leave someone to die in a car that you just drove off a bridge, bananas turning black too soon, ..............

20 posted on 10/28/2005 4:44:14 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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