That's easy. These dems loved and trusted President Bush and Vice President Cheney so much that they simply took them at their word. Now they feel betrayed. /sarc off.
The 92-page estimate was provided by the CIA to members of Congress before they had to vote Oct. 11, 2002, on whether to authorize the use of force in Iraq.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, earlier this month repeated that only six senators had read the document, saying he was one and the committee chairman, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), was another. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who prodded President Bush to make sure the estimate was finished in time, said she was another. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) couldnt remember. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) declined to say.
Kerry admits that he did not read the whole document. I got a personal briefing at the Pentagon, he said - which is not the equivalent. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), one of the loudest We wuz misled! whiners, admits that he didnt read the whole thing either.
http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=114273