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Donald Rumsfeld, Pants On Fire

By Christy Harvey on Jun 23rd, 2005 at 12:05 pm

Donald Rumsfeld, Pants On Fire

RUMSFELD: We know for a fact, I know for a fact that no one in the Administration lied about weapons of mass destruction. — Fox News Radio, 6/21/05

VERSUS

RUMSFELD: We know where they are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. — ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, 3/30/03

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14 Responses to “Donald Rumsfeld, Pants On Fire”

Skid says:

Let’s see…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie
June 23rd, 2005 at 12:14 pm
Russ Ruszkowski says:

If these guys will lie about something as substantive about GOING TO A WAR, then what’s to stop them from lying about telling lies?
June 23rd, 2005 at 12:17 pm
Jesus Christ God of WAR says:

… and here I thought speaking the truth was some kind of super serious really important thing for Christians … I haven’t seen such a large band of corrupt liars since Nixon, Ray-gun and BushI …
June 23rd, 2005 at 12:53 pm
Zookeeper says:

The news programs will be all over this one! Oh, wait, I forgot…

Back to watching the Daily Show.
June 23rd, 2005 at 1:13 pm
Flamethrower says:

and those were the exact areas that we secured and searched to make sure all the weapons and bombs were strictly under our control.

We did this for our safety and to use as evidence in the war’s success.

Right, Donald?
June 23rd, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Andros says:

Yeah, so? Those things were known before the election. We have to realize that many of our compatriots are rather ignorant. The majority of the Bus voters still believe that we’ve found WMD in Iraq and Sadam was responsible for 911….
I mean with a little effort, basic critical skills, and the interest to know–even if you don’t like the truth–anyone would have known that Rummie, Condi and her “husband” lied about Iraq. So, too many people don’t bother with the facts. And, I’m not talking about little obscure details, but about issues that have major implications.. like committing the nation to war!

On the other hand, we live in a world where: there are 2 sides to a coin! Those who believe our leaders lied and those who don’t!! Go figure (in a fair & balanced way)….
June 23rd, 2005 at 1:27 pm
The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile says:

It’s Getting Brutal Out There

Rumsfeld, Rove, The Supreme Court and more. Let’s get all the issues on the table and talk about them.
June 23rd, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Jesus Christ God of WAR says:

#7, what do you mean “It’s getting brutal out there”? It’s been brutal ever since the Republicans drafted their “Contract On America”. Their mouthpieces, Limbaugh, Hannity, Larson, and the entire rightwing Christian media circus/echo chamber, has been going for decades now.

It’s been brutal for far too long! If we don’t take back the country, they aren’t going to _give_ it back.
June 23rd, 2005 at 2:27 pm
Skid says:

Check out the look in Rummie’s face when Sen. Teddy K. asks “Isn’t it time for you to resign?”

Damn near PRICELESS!
June 23rd, 2005 at 2:57 pm
Big Al says:

#4…..It is a crazy world where the real news comes from the Daily Show hosted by a comedian on the Comedy Channel! Although there are some sincere journalists on the networks and cable stations, the main corporate impetus is for tabloid features and entertainment. In the meantime, we can all be thankful for Comedy Central’s world news headquarters in New York.
June 23rd, 2005 at 4:38 pm
Ryan Neat says:

In all fairness since it was Rumsfeld who sold the WMDs to Iraq in the first place under the Reagan adminstration – and who even personally gave the go ahead for Iraq to use WMDs in its war with separatists and Iranians, one could see how a delusional nut job like him would believe they still had the weapons.

Of course if had read any of the IAEA assessment reports or even talked to the field commanders who had been involved in inspection and destruction of Saddam’s arsenal he might have known better. But then when you’re a delusional prick like Rumsfeld is who’s just looking for an excuse to go grab some power, facts and details never are allowed in the way…

There’s a great story that was done by Newsweek and that’s archived at thruthout about how we helped create Saddam in the first place:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18A.neswk.us.iraq.htm

Here’s an archive from the Washington post story where they outline how Saddam was given the go ahead to use WMDs.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/122003B.shtml

And of course the revelation that Rumsfeld was the original architect of the whole iraqi weapons program.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.30A.byrd.wmd.htm

And while we’re on the present and future lies of rumsfeld, lets focus on Iran. It was Rumsfeld (isn’t it funny how his name always pops up anytime something smacking of illegal or poorly considered is discussed) who sold the Plutonium reactors needed to build a nuclear bomb to Iran!

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9925/printer

Big fat lying idiots is I think a great description of this entire administration!
June 23rd, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Willie Loucks says:

This crazy world we live in. Democrates turn Republican, Republicans turn Democrates, The United States turns USSR and USSR tries to turn USA. If we make King George a Monarch we will be right back in 1775. See how quick you can lose your property rights. One more act from congress and you will lose your liberty rights.
June 23rd, 2005 at 10:10 pm
dirty hippie says:

FSTV(free speech tv) and Democracy Now (a news show) are also great news sources, besides the Daily Show. (If you have sat. or cable.)
June 23rd, 2005 at 10:32 pm
1217 says:

1217

Take your time to check the sites dedicated to 1878
November 5th, 2005 at 2:28 pm

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