Scandal!

National Review Online ^ | July 11, 2003 | Clifford D. May

[Dog]

There is an AD out already ??

This story is only two days old and they had an ad in the can to run.......attacking the President??

This doesn't even pass the smell test.

[johnb838]

Behind it all is an attempt by the very people Ann Coulter wrote about in "Treason" to get Bush to name those who actually contributed to the intel gathering process.

I am SO glad she wrote that book. Free Republic had gone a long way in training me to see and expose the liberals' tactics. But reading "Treason" is elevating my game to an entirely new level. Thanks, Ann.

[PhiKapMom]

The Wilson story broke in Great Britain again this week which means it broke right after the Clintons were there. First time I saw it this week was in the Guardian.

IMO that ties to the Clintons to Wilson because of timing and location!

When Thompson used the word LIED Freepers tore into the article. For some reason he came on here and gave his apology which made it worse especially when Freepers pulled out his story about RAT dirty tricks against President Bush after the Iraq War.

My take is that the Clintons are trying to take down Pres Bush right now and see if this works. If this hurts Pres Bush, then I would look for her to announce she is running and why I think this timed for now! I could be very wrong about that but that is the only answer I can come up with for timing.

[MEG33]

#44 mabelkitty has a link to the Note site.The ad is by Moveon and Win Without War."The president mislead us and because of that we have men dying in Iraq" in a very ominous tone of voice!I didn't quote exactly.

[PhiKapMom]

I think it is past passing the smell test and gotten to stench! I was shocked to find out there was an ad coming out and someone posted Fox was airing it for FREE?

[Peach]

From a National Review article on the subject; see the following: On Thursday the Democratic National Committee released a television ad, entitled "Read His Lips: President Bush Deceives the American People," accusing Bush of lying when he mentioned the uranium issue in his State of the Union address. The ad calls for a bipartisan investigation of the issue. It was produced by a group of veterans of the Clinton/Gore administration and several Democratic campaigns.

The ad begins with the words, "In his State of the Union address, George W. Bush told us of an imminent threat — " It then cuts to a video clip of the president saying, "Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

The ad omits the first words of Bush's statement, which read, in full, "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

The government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said it stands behind its intelligence assessment of the African uranium issue.

The DNC ad continues, "But now we find out that it wasn't true. Far worse, the administration knew it wasn't true. A year earlier, that claim was already proven to be false. The CIA knew it. The State Department knew it. The White House knew it. But he [the president] told us anyway."

National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has said that she, and other top officials in the White House, did not know that the Iraqi/African uranium allegation was based on forged documents. In Africa Friday morning, Rice said the Central Intelligence Agency has approved Bush's State of the Union address, including the portion that dealt with Africa and uranium.

"The CIA cleared the speech in its entirety," Rice said. "If the CIA — the director of Central Intelligence — had said, 'Take this out of the speech,' it would have been gone...We wouldn't put anything knowingly in the speech that was false."

The Democratic ad concludes, "It's time to tell the truth. Help hold George W. Bush accountable by calling for an independent, bipartisan investigation. Go to www.democrats.org/truth to sign the petition to make your voice heard. Because America deserves the truth."

In a DNC press release accompanying the ad, party chairman Terry McAuliffe said, "To date, President Bush has only evaded questions on the topic, so we're going to try something new by appealing directly to the people to demand his accountability, and I think the people are going to respond."

The ad was produced by a company called QRS Newmedia, a Washington-based advertising and public affairs firm.

One of the firm's managing partners is Laura Quinn, a former deputy chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore. Quinn has also served in positions with the Democratic National Committee and the Senate Democratic leadership. The president of QRS Newmedia, Steve Rabinowitz, also worked in the Clinton White House. And the third partner, Mark Steitz, is a former director of communications at the DNC and top adviser to Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign.

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[DoughtyOne]

I would be very very very leary of hitching my wagon to Bob Woodward. What he giveth, he can take away... BIG TIME. Leftist rags like the Washington Post would get no access whatsoever from me.

Bob Woodward is either the managing editor or assistant managing editor of the Washington Post.

In his words, Nixon was a crook and Clinton's shenanigans didn't even come close to what Nixon did.

I don't trust this clown AT ALL.

[mallardx]

What's really sad is that the poor libs believe this nonsense with their heart and soul. They are so out of touch with reality, truth, and the necessity to confront those who wish us harm. This bodes well for the Republican party - I think 2004 will be the most one-sided political contest in the history of the nation. Even die-hard libs I talk to think the DemocRAT party is completely off the deep end. And I'm noticing some of the networks and print media that were consistently liberal are now coming around to the fact that liberals are bona fide nutcases. I hope I'm right about the elections; we must get every conservative in the country to vote in 2004 so that these wishy-washy nutjobs are not put in charge of national security.

[Peach]

See my post below regarding the ad the DNC is running on this very issue. I see my link didn't work but the verbiage is there. The link is National Review.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The interesting thing about the Clinton's... Hillary said, while in Britain on a talk show, that she thought that Parliment's investigation was very significant and important. She said this before Blair was cleared. Didn't she think he would be? If Blair was cleared, then doesn't that make it more difficult to press the case against Bush?

Yes, she will do anything, anything so that she can run. And, I don't doubt that the Clintons are behind this. But, I don't know that her running means victory for her, yet. Unless of course the Clinton's have something else up their sleeves. I wouldn't put it past them.

[mabelkitty]

I agree. I never thought she'd wait until 2008. She'd be too old in a large crowd of the next generation.

[My2Cents]

Time to Freep the Democrats' petition drive...

www.democrats.org/truth

[Mo1]

This story is only two days old and they had an ad in the can to run.......attacking the President??

I saw part of it .. you're right it doesn't pass the smell test

[Peach]

I never trusted WOodward before either, until I read his book Bush at War and saw him discussing Bush on various occasions. I think he's clearly a fan. As long as Bush has nothing to hide, I think the new book will be a winner.

[johnb838]

Ann Coulter for Press Secretary Bump.

[Peach]

The ad is mis-leading - see #66 - the National Review outlines all the things the ad omits and how inflammatory it is.

[Dog]

This is a DNC ad...

Look who produced this cartoon on the DNC site..

QRS Newmedia

[Mr. Bird]

A primary tactic of the Left: Accuse your opponents of being guilty of what you yourself are actually guilty of. The statements about Bush lying are lies themselves. This whole thing would be a non-story (really, not a story at all) if we had legitimate people running the mass media news outlets.

[MJY1288]

The other night the Goofball on Hardball used the exact same video clip, where it cuts out the first part of the sentence. The goofball had it sent to him from the DNC, I guarantee it.

[Peach]

This whole thing would be a non-story (really, not a story at all) if we had legitimate people running the mass media news outlets

EXACTLY!

On a side note, I lost Miss Marple's excellent notes on how to link articles when I had a computer crash a few weeks ago. Anyone have a good source for how to do this?