"One thing I cannot understand is why the Republicans have not taken the initiative on this and demanded investigations as to how Wilson came to be pegged for this job."
Some people have noticed that the GOP has not really been very good about pointing out and fighting a great many of the Democrat's sins. Opposition party?
Some of our pubs do not possess the morale courage to what is right. One old cliche, we do not want to stoop to their level. Why would the CIA send in a person who possesses no experience in the first. Summation, as mentioned dimmycrats trying to create chaos for, President Bush. Bush/Cheny 2004
I resemble that remark, as I'm one of those who feel that way. In partial response I offer the next post in this train.
Add to all this the recent news that the uranium story does have foundation in fact and we have a good opportunity for the GOP to expose this as a model of gotcha journalism and pack mentality seems invariably to be directed at Republicans.
Bush had a big speech in Pennsylvania yesterday that was all the rage on this forum, many stating that "Bush was on fire". Well, he may have been, but he was preaching to the choir and while from the postings it sounds like he got in a couple of zingers, it was hard to tell how far they went since typical of FR posters, there's more "gee whiz, we're winning" posts and precious little substantive observations as such on what they were watching.
I didn't hear that Bush mentioned the movies of Saddam's hell-hole prisons and tortures (that was the only "circus and playground" scenes most Iraqi's were aware of - take that, MM). I didn't hear that Bush quoted the Clintons, Kennedy and Kerry on Saddam's WMD and the need to rid the world of his threats, nothing on the uranium, nothing on Gorelick's memo handcuffing the intelligence community, etc., etc.
So for a voter sitting on the sidelines with all the liberal, media, Democrat charges against Bush, where is the response? Sure Kerry flip flops, sure he voted for the war before he voted against it, but what about these charges? (1) did Bush lie to the American public? (NO), (2) was the invasion of Iraq an optional war? (NO), (3) did Husseain grind up his victims alive, drop them from buildings, rape and kill children in front of their parents? (YES, YES, YES), (4) did Hussein help and support bin Laden in his attack on the US? (NOT ONLY YES but HELL YES), and (5) are the Iraq people better off now than under Saddam (YES). And as proof all Bush needs to do is cite the evidence that has come to light since we invaded Iraq that the media has been ignoring.
That's the kind of fireworks from him We need to see.
How, exactly, would the GOP get the story out? Get DanTomPeter to highlight it on their nightly DNC infomercials? There is no widespread media outlet for conservative views or GOP rebuttals. The "useful idiots" are getting their constant indoctrination from the Dems via the mass media. Fox, Rush, Sean, etc are preaching to the choir.
Democrats lie faster than the Pubbies have time to correct them. When they do correct them, the media doesn't report.