[kevkrom]

The WH already agreed that the SOTU claim was not true.

Incorrect -- the WH said that the documents in question were false, but did not retract the SOTU claim, nor needed to, as that was not the basis for the president's statement.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Incorrect -- the WH said that the documents in question were false, but did not retract the SOTU claim, nor needed to, as that was not the basis for the president's statement.

Oh???? What was the claim based on? Someone's imagination? Or they were based on nothing?

[Peach]

The White House has also said that the British intelligence was only ONE source of information they relied on.

The President and his people are starting to understand they need to get out front of this story and fast before the Dems spin their lies out of control. These he said she said scenarios need to be nipped in the bud immediately.

[Theyknow]

"Incorrect -- the WH said that the documents in question were false, but did not retract the SOTU claim, nor needed to, as that was not the basis for the president's statement."

This is heresy, but these denials are Clintonesque. Listen to what the WH is saying, it goes something like “what the President said wasn’t true, but he had no intent to deceive.” Next thing they will say is it depends on what your definition of “is” is.

The President needs to come completely clean so that the issue will go away. Every statement he made will now be subject to scrutiny and all need to be justified in light of the intelligence at the time, not in terms of what we know after having occupied Iraq for six months. These Clinton-type denials will not serve him well, just as they didn’t serve Clinton.