I feel it coming!
Posted on 07/25/2003 9:17:34 AM PDT by dufekin
In recent weeks, America has learned that President Bush's statement in his State of the Union address that "Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" was based on false intelligence.
But President Bush has refused to take responsibility for the statement he made. Instead, he has pointed fingers and placed blame in every direction but back at himself.
Apparently, Bush can't take responsibility for the words that come out of his own mouth. Just look at the following exchange between a reporter and White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan:
Reporter: I'm asking the question, is responsibility for what was in the President's own State of the Union ultimately with the President, or with somebody else?
Scott McClellan: This has been discussed.
Reporter: So you won't say that the President is responsible for his own State of the Union speech?
Scott McClellan: It's been addressed.
Reporter: ...Isn't the President responsible for the words that come out of his own mouth?
Scott McClellan: We've already acknowledged, Terry, that it should not have been included in there. I think that the American people appreciate that recognition. [White House pressgaggle, 7/17/03]
Why can't we get straight answers out of this White House? Why does President Bush keep trying to pass the buck instead of taking responsibility for a speech that -- according to the White House -- he reviewed closely?
The Iraq-Niger-uranium story is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to President Bush misleading the American people.
In his 2003 State of the Union address, Bush also tried to tie Iraq to al Qaeda to drum up support for his war, saying, "Evidence from intelligence sources, secret communications, and statements by people now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al Qaeda."
But a new report by the joint congressional committee that investigated the September 11 attacks showed that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.
So what is President Bush doing instead of taking responsibility for his own actions? Smearing anyone who opposes him.
Democrats have stood up and demanded Bush be held accountable, and the White House smear machine is gearing up. According to a report in the July 24 USA Today, White House strategists are planning a campaign that questions the motives of Democrats who demand the truth from President Bush.
The American people deserve truth, not smear campaigns.
And there's more. Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson traveled to Niger to investigate the Iraq uranium story almost a year before President Bush touted it in his State of the Union address. Wilson found the story to be false, but the Bush administration claims they never heard about Wilson's trip.
And when Wilson went public with his story recently the White House fought back the only way it knows how: petty retaliation.
Senior Bush administration officials revealed that Joseph Wilson's wife was an undercover CIA operative, essentially ruining her career and breaking laws against revealing the identity of covert agents. [NBC News, 7/21/03]
Misleading the American people. Smearing those who tell the truth. President Bush will say anything to advance his goals, and it's clear the American people cannot trust him.
If President Bush won't stand up and take responsibility for himself, then the American people will have to do it for him.
If you haven't already signed the petition calling for an independent, bipartisan investigation into President Bush's statements in the State of the Union address, sign it today.
And be sure to forward this message on to your friends to help spread the word that it's time for President Bush to stand up and take responsibility for the words that come out of his mouth.
"The administration sold the connection [between Iraq and al-Qaida] to scare the pants off the American people and justify the war. What you've seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends.... Had this report come out in January like it should have done, we would have known these things before the war in Iraq, which would not have suited the administration."
Former Senator Max Cleland (D-GA), member of the joint congressional committee that conducted the investigation into September 11 [UPI, 7/23/03]
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Who's next? After Bush is impeached, convicted, and removed, or otherwise done away with, it's Cheney, who I doubt stands a cry. Welcome President Howard Dean, who can say no lie, for he is a Democrat. Just like Clinton never lied. Maybe they'll stop at Powell, though, maybe just for long enough. Woops, Black Republican President, NEVER, NEVER in the cry of the Liberal Establishment!
You read a DNC memo and you get all depressed and gloomy? Do you think a GOP controlled House will impeach Bush? I doubt it. And even if they do, will a GOP-controlled Senate remove him? No way.
Fry him!
I feel it coming!
You're out of your friggin' mind. Even Clinton said this was all much ado about nothing.
SPECTACULAR, MULTI-COLORED ZOT!
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