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[DannyTN]

If this is true, can't Bush fire this guy or at least send him somewhere he can't do much harm.

[Cathryn Crawford]

A bit expected, huh? :-)

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[hflynn]

Two things: Bush never said Niger and since Congress voted to approve Bush's action against Iraq months before the Bush State of the Union Address any suggestion by Congressional Democrats there was a cause and effect between the two is absolutely Orwellian because we have to believe the DNC has a Time Machine to accept the basis of the argument.

[ZEEGIRL]

I don't get it. Is there a coup in progress? If you read what Ari said, below, there's something wrong. He never allows the President to be in the wrong.

Ari cites the Niger issue, not the British intelligence.

Since they already knew there was no truth in the Niger angle, specifically, there is no reason to relate to Niger.

If he'd said "We mistakingly put blind faith in the British intelligence..." there would have been a way out.

Bush cited "Africa," not Niger.

I fear that Ari buried Bush while he was out of the country.

Is this Bush's Watergate in the making? Tenet pretends to take responsibility, but was that a pretense for giving away the methodology? Did Ari do the rest? He's too fast on his feet to make a statement like this. Knowingly living six months with the "error" only adds fuel to the fire.

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FLEISCHER: I'm sorry, I see what David is asking. Let me back up on that and explain the President's statement again, or the answer to it.

The President's statement was based on the predicate of the yellow cake from Niger. The President made a broad statement. So given the fact that the report on the yellow cake did not turn out to be accurate, that is reflective of the President's broader statement, David. So, yes, the President' broader statement was based and predicated on the yellow cake from Niger.

Q: So it was wrong?

FLEISCHER: That's what we've acknowledged with the information on --

Q: The President's statement at the State of the Union was incorrect?

FLEISCHER: Because it was based on the yellow cake from Niger.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

GOP consultant Cliff May reveals that media portrayals of Wilson as a disinterested career diplomat may be quite an exaggeration in and of themselves.

"He's a vehement opponent of the Bush administration," says May, noting that two weeks before the war Wilson was slamming Bush in the notoriously left-wing "Nation" magazine.

"media portrayals . . . may be an exaggeration."

Hold the presses, put this in "breaking news"--we have a real "Man Bites Dog" story here!

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[Defender2]

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[CyberAnt]

"he couldn't find anyone who would confirm that Niger sold uranium to Iraq"

Hmmmm? How come he didn't ask the Brits ...??

And ... like all of Hitlery's other tricks - this one doesn't sell either! Give it up Hitlery - you are NEVER GOING TO BE IN THE WH AGAIN!!!

[William McKinley]

You don't say.

[hoosiermama]

SAH--PR-EYES! SAH--PR-EYES!

[solo gringo]

Slowly but surely its commimg back to bite the democreeps in the butt,along with the media.

[Defender2]

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[genefromjersey]

Gee ! What a surprise !!!!!!!

[jagrmeister]

This is journalistic gold. The media-driven phony scandal over Bush's SOTU is actually driven by a leftist partisan in the CIA- an anti-Bush bureaucrat who leaked misleading and incomplete information in order to settle scores. The key is to get this story into the mainstream media- ideally, first through sources like the Washington Times and FoxNews, talk radio, and conservative commentators like Coulter. Then, try for more mainstream outlets like US News and World Report and Roll Call.

[1rudeboy]

Pro-Saudi, Bush-hating leftist complains of neo-conservative empire-building in The Nation. Film at eleven.

[rintense]

I'm shocked, I tell you! Shocked! /sarcasm

My best friend told me that her mom went nuts with this WMDs/Africa info this week. She's allegedly a Republican, but fell for the media stories hook, line and sinker. If she's any indicator of how the rest of America feels, Bush may be in some trouble.

[TheEaglehasLanded]

From what I understand Wilson was a high level assistant for Senator Gore in mid 1980's. He also worked for Tom Foley Speaker of House.

[DainBramage]

I have a feeling the reluctance to produce the proof of he attempt to buy Uranium (and no one ever asks but much more important) willingness to sell it, is due to the administration's desire to not expose the Europeans unless they have to. When the Dems push too hard they might be shown the hole cards and not like what they see.

Imagine what will happen between America and the EU if the evidence were to reflect that France, Germany, Canada, and a host of intermediaries from all over the world were selling Uranium for profit during a time they had agreed to a UN embargo. Niger is a French colony, and the number one source of income has been mining and sales of uranium, with the majority going to France and Japan, with holdings in mining stock by Germany and Canada. Chretian already sold Saddam 90%+ weapons grade uranium to start a electric plant that only needed 10% grade to get started, how far fetched is it to imagine France behind a sale for more? JMHO

George Jr. might be biting the bullet for the sake of the moneychangers.

[Beck_isright]

Another dirtbag alert thread reminder...