Tim just let slip in asking Biden: "only six read it" refering to the intelligence report!
Which six senators actually took the time to read it? I guess only Tim knows and we never will!
"only six read it"
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When I heard that many of the Republican Senators who voted FOR the resolution last week to exert more control over the White House execution of the war in Iraq, excused themselves by saying that they really did not understand what they were doing!, I realized that Congress is being run by permanent staff, not our elected senators, who act like Lords.
If they did not take time to think about the effects of that critical vote, what DO they take time to think about? Very little, I would say.
Freshman Senators who voted NO actually did recognize what they were signifying by their vote. They are new and actually are still mentally engaged in acting like senators.
According to an editorial in today's Boston Herald, the original WP article said "no more than six" senators read the intelligence report. Jay Rockefeller says that he read it, as did Pat Roberts. Feinstein said she read it. Lieberman couldn't remember. "Sen. Hillary Clinton declined to say."
Of the non-readers, Kerry didn't read the whole thing (just the summary?), but claims he got a "personal briefing" at the Pentagon. Dingy Harry "admits that he didn't read the whole thing either."