President Bush Needs to Address the Fitzgerald Investigation, Says Democratic National Committee
10/28/2005 11:38:00 AM
To: National Desk
Contact: Karen Finney of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee called on President Bush to delay his scheduled trip to Camp David this weekend and confront the scandal engulfing his Administration. DNC Communications Director Karen Finney said today that photo ops and speeches are not enough to provide the American people the answers they deserve, and that the President should schedule a primetime news conference to answer all of the questions that the American people have about this scandal and his failed leadership.
Finney issued the following statement:
"Public confidence in the direction of our country is crumbling under the weight of President Bush's failed leadership. From his failure to find solutions to the challenges confronting ordinary American families and his failure to put forth a clear plan for victory in Iraq, to his failure to even support his own Supreme Court nominee, the Bush Administration is clearly bogged down in a scandal that is distracting it from attending to the nation's business.
"No matter how hard he tries, President Bush is not going to be able to put this behind him with photo ops and rhetoric. The American people deserve answers directly from President Bush about what role his advisors played in manipulating intelligence to win support for the war in Iraq, orchestrating efforts to smear opponents of that war, and conspiring to cover it up. Whether or not Patrick Fitzgerald issues any indictments, President Bush should go before the American people to answer those questions so our nation can back to focusing on the business of the people."
Questions President Bush Needs to Answer
-- Facing a growing scandal with 39 months to go in his term, and with our nation facing serious issues--from the war in Iraq, to a growing deficit and skyrocketing energy prices-- will President Bush pledge to clean house in the coming days as President Reagan did after the Iran-Contra Scandal and restore some sense that the people's business, not political business, is being done?
-- If the special prosecutor does extend the investigation to continue to explore the role that Karl Rove and other members of White House Iraq Group played in the leak of Valerie Plame's identity, will Bush ask Rove and everyone else implicated in the scandal to step down?
-- With Vice President Cheney's chief of staff facing a criminal indictment over his role in disclosing classified information, why did he receive a security briefing yesterday?
-- What steps will the White House take to ensure that covert CIA operatives do not risk having their identity exposed by political operatives as part of their "politics as usual" operations?
-- After supposedly checking with them, why did White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan tell the American public that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby were not involved in the scandal, if Libby is being indicted and the grand jury is continuing its investigation of Rove's role?
-- When will he direct Vice President Cheney to explain the inconsistencies in his remarks to the public about the scandal? What did Cheney know and when did he know it?
-- Did the White House Iraq Group answer to Bush? If they didn't answer to him, who did they answer to? Will that person step aside? Was he aware of their actions? If not, why wasn't he aware of what so many of his top advisors were doing with top secret intelligence?
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What is this "Rove will not be indicted TODAY" business?
Don't worry du, and hatefest. W will do what W does.
Let not your heart be troubled.
An announcement came out earlier that the president would speak to this WAY before the DNC made it's demands.
Just reading your post was hysterical...though I can't decide if I was hysterical reading it or if their words were hysterical...or both. One look at www.democrats.org just tells the story, doesn't it? Those poor folks need therapy. Of course, I might need therapy-it's sad and I'm laughing. Can I go to hell for that?
Every time some MSM dude crticizes Harriet she should indict the reporter and have him or her taken off the air or out of print until they are tried and convicted for obstruction of justice.