Bush lied. People died.
Bush didn’t lie. People still died."
And that's really the point here: the underlying message to take home is "yes! of course there were WMD stockpiles, exactly as we were told, exactly as Congress believed, and exactly as Bush said.
The NYT has chosen - of course - to take the lowest possible road: suggesting a Bush cover-up, lying about WMD age, WMD types, on-going programs, whatever -- while at the same time finally coming clean (not really) about what they must have known for years themselves.
So look at us here: blaming Bush about not sticking up for himself (which has been part of his personality from Day 1 - it's not about him, and never has been).
Instead, let's put the blame where it belongs: on the media for not reporting the stories when they knew it, and not supporting a country and President during a war that needed to be won. And they're still doing that today.
It's not about Bush - it's about the Times' agenda.
Hear hear.
I’d rather string up so-called journalists and east/west coast pundits before I march onto the Capitol steps.
They all enjoy (enjoyed) their perks. None of them (few exceptions) doing their jobs.
This is the DNC’s backdoor way into blaming Bush if Obama’s “JV team” stumbles on a chemical weapons stockpile and uses it.
Democrats — it’s always someone else’s fault.