This should be a big boost to John McCain's effort to secure a third term for George Bush.

The Senate Intelligence Committee finally issued its report on prewar intelligence during build up to the Iraq War -- and in the very nice language of the U.S. Senate -- the report confirms that Bush lied to the American people about the Iraq War:

The Committee’s report cites several conclusions in which the Administration’s public statements were NOT supported by the intelligence. They include:

Senate Panel Finds Iraq Intelligence Exaggerations - NYTimes.com

Whatever. These senators saw the same intelligence Bush did before the war started and still voted to go to war. This is political whitewashing in an election year to make themselves presentable to the public for election times.

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I'm sure a well timed report with partisanship shining on each and every page will probably help him.

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Of course it was only Bush saying Saddam had WMD's though.....


http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv

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They did not say he lied, the only place they used the term mislead or withheld is on IRAN.

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-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

It took a fucking Senate report to confirm this?

Jesus.

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No it took a Democratic Controlled Senate to rewrite history and facts to confirm this. And it took them 18 months to do it at that. Magically coming out just before an election cycle.

The 2002 NIE is clear. This report is a bald faced lie on its own.

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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

One is of course entitled to their opinion. Olympia Snow and Chuck Hagel disagree with you though.

They are Liberals that pretend to be republicans. But then we have been over this before.

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

Have we?

I wonder... is it the chicken or the egg?

Is it that no RGS-approved Republican would ever criticize the president such, or is it that no Republican that criticized the president as such would meet the criteria of RGS-approval?

Olympia Snow is a Liberal, so is Hagel, you know it, I know it and everyone but their voter base knows it.

Just as a certain Pennsylvanian Senator is a democrat pretending to be a Republican to get elected cycle after Cycle.

You can be dishonest about it and pretend otherwise but the facts are plain and there for all to see.

Remind me what the Dems do to Conservative Members? I can think of two that were run off just short of tarring and feathering them and putting them on a log. One having just a couple years before been the Vice Presidential choice.

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-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

I'm not sure you can accurately depict Hagel as a liberal. He's weak on immigration, but in most other areas he's pretty conservative.

He's more libertarian leaning, but he's got some votes in his record that I simply can't agree with.

His record looks typical of a politician who probably compromises their REAL positions for the sake of votes. So basically, a typical politician. Some votes on some bills seem to directly contradict votes on other bills.

I gotta say though, McCain as the nominee, I'm sitting this one out or voting 3rd party out of principle. If Hagel were the nominee though, I think I just MIGHT pull the lever. And that's a huge MIGHT.

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Hagel, Snow and the Democrats are right on this one? Did you see the earlier posts of all those Democrats stating that Saddam had WMD's and trying to develop nuclear weapons? But it was Bush who misled us.....

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They saw the same intelligence because Bush's admin gave them the phony intel. D'uh.

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Well I guess Bush controlled the intelligence that was given to President Clinton as well, before he was even in office.

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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel or envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

JFK

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain