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	<title>Comments on: Cheney Claimed Iraq Was Providing WMD Training To Al-Qaeda Months After Source Recanted</title>
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		<title>By: Emboldened &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Fix Was In</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emboldened &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Fix Was In</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] We were told that Saddam was reconstituting his nuclear program and Iraq had WMDs. This was why we went to war, to protect the US from an attack by Iraq or its surrogates with WMDs. It was a pretty straightforward reason that we were told would be immediately proved true once our weapons inspectors got on the ground in Iraq and would look with a keener eye than any UN inspectors would dare use. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] We were told that Saddam was reconstituting his nuclear program and Iraq had WMDs. This was why we went to war, to protect the US from an attack by Iraq or its surrogates with WMDs. It was a pretty straightforward reason that we were told would be immediately proved true once our weapons inspectors got on the ground in Iraq and would look with a keener eye than any UN inspectors would dare use. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=487348', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-264659</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For your information there were links to Al Queda in Iraq. Also, WMDS and Uranium were found in Iraq. so you are the liars not the government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For your information there were links to Al Queda in Iraq. Also, WMDS and Uranium were found in Iraq. so you are the liars not the government.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=264659', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gleb</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-255307</link>
		<dc:creator>Gleb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Gogo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-213592</link>
		<dc:creator>Gogo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: kjlovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-208899</link>
		<dc:creator>kjlovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dumbya, crash-cart-cheeney, I-forindictment-libby, KKKarl, and the rest are WAR CRIMINALS.

Complete with Concentration Camps.

Who knows who is next? (probably the gays)

Ever notice that these bible thumping biggots are trying to re-christianize the world?

They cultivate hate, intollerance, and racism.

Welcome back to the Jim Crowe days!

Segregation will be back, seperate but un-equal will be the law....

Unless we stop these NAZIS!

CHIMPEACH!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dumbya, crash-cart-cheeney, I-forindictment-libby, KKKarl, and the rest are WAR CRIMINALS.</p>
<p>Complete with Concentration Camps.</p>
<p>Who knows who is next? (probably the gays)</p>
<p>Ever notice that these bible thumping biggots are trying to re-christianize the world?</p>
<p>They cultivate hate, intollerance, and racism.</p>
<p>Welcome back to the Jim Crowe days!</p>
<p>Segregation will be back, seperate but un-equal will be the law&#8230;.</p>
<p>Unless we stop these NAZIS!</p>
<p>CHIMPEACH!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=208899', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: verite</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-208757</link>
		<dc:creator>verite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other top administration officials repeatedly claimed that Iraq was providing al-Qaeda with training in chemical and biological weapons.
That was the point.
The chances are the info came from  Torture a la Chainy.
  Even when the victim stops screaming Cheney keeps to the lines, his lies.. more treason. Lying  the nation into war for Haliburton profits.. (This is the  bushism  &quot;WAR on TerrOr&quot; (sic)Bush. &quot;War IS terror&quot; (Pilger)
Under US law.. (may still be around here somewhere dammit)treason during time of war is  punishable by death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other top administration officials repeatedly claimed that Iraq was providing al-Qaeda with training in chemical and biological weapons.<br />
That was the point.<br />
The chances are the info came from  Torture a la Chainy.<br />
  Even when the victim stops screaming Cheney keeps to the lines, his lies.. more treason. Lying  the nation into war for Haliburton profits.. (This is the  bushism  &#8220;WAR on TerrOr&#8221; (sic)Bush. &#8220;War IS terror&#8221; (Pilger)<br />
Under US law.. (may still be around here somewhere dammit)treason during time of war is  punishable by death.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=208757', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: yabu</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-208355</link>
		<dc:creator>yabu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Ryan Neat
&lt;i&gt;Bush said he invented the internet, on the 6th day of creation. Didnâ€™t you catch the press release?&lt;/i&gt;

I must admit I missed that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Ryan Neat<br />
<i>Bush said he invented the internet, on the 6th day of creation. Didnâ€™t you catch the press release?</i></p>
<p>I must admit I missed that one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=208355', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-208250</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yabu,

Bush said he invented the internet, on the 6th day of creation.  Didn&#039;t you catch the press release?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yabu,</p>
<p>Bush said he invented the internet, on the 6th day of creation.  Didn&#8217;t you catch the press release?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=208250', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-208071</link>
		<dc:creator>The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Sunday Evening&lt;/strong&gt;

just keeping things interesting.  Lots of political chatter, but it&#039;s beginning to slow down, in prep for a busy Monday, I guess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sunday Evening</strong></p>
<p>just keeping things interesting.  Lots of political chatter, but it&#8217;s beginning to slow down, in prep for a busy Monday, I guess.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=208071', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: yabu</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207913</link>
		<dc:creator>yabu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Whacko from Waco:
&lt;i&gt;Some guy said he invented the internet once.&lt;/i&gt;

Who was that guy?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Whacko from Waco:<br />
<i>Some guy said he invented the internet once.</i></p>
<p>Who was that guy?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207913', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert Millman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207735</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Millman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding Comment by wwallace--

Your CNN quote is incomplete. What Mr Woolsey said was, &quot;AFTER READING THE ARTICLE IN THE WEEKLY STANDARD Anybody who says there is no working relationship between al Qaeda and Iraqi intelligence going back to the early â€™90sâ€“they can only say that if theyâ€™re illiterate. This is a slam dunk.â€ â€” James Woolsey, CIA director under President Bill Clinton, November 2003.

In the interview Mr. Woolsey he refers to a memo he has seen &quot;on the web&quot;, not seen when he was CIA.

So his source is not CIA intelligence, but the Weekly Standard.

Not the same thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding Comment by wwallace&#8211;</p>
<p>Your CNN quote is incomplete. What Mr Woolsey said was, &#8220;AFTER READING THE ARTICLE IN THE WEEKLY STANDARD Anybody who says there is no working relationship between al Qaeda and Iraqi intelligence going back to the early â€™90sâ€“they can only say that if theyâ€™re illiterate. This is a slam dunk.â€ â€” James Woolsey, CIA director under President Bill Clinton, November 2003.</p>
<p>In the interview Mr. Woolsey he refers to a memo he has seen &#8220;on the web&#8221;, not seen when he was CIA.</p>
<p>So his source is not CIA intelligence, but the Weekly Standard.</p>
<p>Not the same thing.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207735', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: gun toting liberal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207652</link>
		<dc:creator>gun toting liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I come to this cesspool of a &quot;debate&quot; very late and haven&#039;t read most of the comments, perhaps the first five or ten.

One thing I notice is that you guys on the Right, when faced with the obvious lying of the White House and the obvious manipulation of intelligence - and immediately before commencing the name-calling -  always offer a barely-relevant aside that &quot;Clinton&#039;s people believed this stuff, too, so I guess that makes you Liberals hypocrites.&quot;

Reality check: regardless of what the previous administration knew, didn&#039;t know, thought they knew but were wrong, etc. - THEY DIDN&#039;T INVADE IRAQ. 

Your point doesn&#039;t hold water. In fact, you might say, &quot;in spite of a strongly-held belief that Saddam was seeking WMD &amp; Noookyuhlur (GW&#039;s pronunciation) weapons, the Clinton administration, after assessing the intelligence and conferring with experts on both sides of the political divide including his predecessor&#039;s team, chose to heed the warnings of the broad consensus of the world&#039;s most knowledgeable experts and hold off on an invasion.

Instead, we invaded with no plan for an occupation and with a one-man plan for postwar Iraq (Ahmed Chalabi). This, like everything else the White House has done since 9/11, was incompetently planned, based on ideology rather than reality, and clearly warned against.

And not by Liberals, my Right wing friends, but by everyone -- including Brent Scowcroft and the president&#039;s own father, who was faced with some similar choices years earlier.

I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be wishing for a president like Junior&#039;s dad... show&#039;s how wrong you can be.

I love you all, right, left, and chicken wing, your negativity notwithstanding. America was a beautiful and fair country once upon a time and can be so again. Hope we get through this alive. Say a prayer for the common foot soldier.

Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I come to this cesspool of a &#8220;debate&#8221; very late and haven&#8217;t read most of the comments, perhaps the first five or ten.</p>
<p>One thing I notice is that you guys on the Right, when faced with the obvious lying of the White House and the obvious manipulation of intelligence &#8211; and immediately before commencing the name-calling &#8211;  always offer a barely-relevant aside that &#8220;Clinton&#8217;s people believed this stuff, too, so I guess that makes you Liberals hypocrites.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reality check: regardless of what the previous administration knew, didn&#8217;t know, thought they knew but were wrong, etc. &#8211; THEY DIDN&#8217;T INVADE IRAQ. </p>
<p>Your point doesn&#8217;t hold water. In fact, you might say, &#8220;in spite of a strongly-held belief that Saddam was seeking WMD &amp; Noookyuhlur (GW&#8217;s pronunciation) weapons, the Clinton administration, after assessing the intelligence and conferring with experts on both sides of the political divide including his predecessor&#8217;s team, chose to heed the warnings of the broad consensus of the world&#8217;s most knowledgeable experts and hold off on an invasion.</p>
<p>Instead, we invaded with no plan for an occupation and with a one-man plan for postwar Iraq (Ahmed Chalabi). This, like everything else the White House has done since 9/11, was incompetently planned, based on ideology rather than reality, and clearly warned against.</p>
<p>And not by Liberals, my Right wing friends, but by everyone &#8212; including Brent Scowcroft and the president&#8217;s own father, who was faced with some similar choices years earlier.</p>
<p>I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be wishing for a president like Junior&#8217;s dad&#8230; show&#8217;s how wrong you can be.</p>
<p>I love you all, right, left, and chicken wing, your negativity notwithstanding. America was a beautiful and fair country once upon a time and can be so again. Hope we get through this alive. Say a prayer for the common foot soldier.</p>
<p>Peace.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207652', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207493</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did Harry Reid Hit Bill Frist This Week With The &quot;Smoking Gun&quot;?

Posted on Monday, November 07 @ 09:22:01 EST 

---The intelligence document says that the US intelligence community knew as early as February 2002 that an Al Qaeda operative who was the source for the Bush Administration claims that Saddam was training Al Qaeda members in bomb-making and chemical weapons was indeed a fabricator. And who knew this? Rummyâ€™s Defense Intelligence Agency. And yet what did Bush do eight months later in Cincinnati just before the war resolution? 

â€œAmong the first and most prominent assertions was one by Mr. Bush, who said in a major speech in Cincinnati in October 2002 that â€˜we&#039;ve learned that Iraq has trained Al Qaeda members in bomb making and poisons and gases.â€™â€

Some of you may say that â€œbig deal; so Bush lied about this.â€ But keep in mind that we now know that the Bush Administration also knew as far back as January 2003 that the Niger uranium claim was based on forgeries. We know that the Bush Administration was also told that the aluminum tubes story was bogus before the invasion as well. We now know that the claim that Saddam was assisting Al Qaeda was also a lie, and that the Administration knew this from Rummy himself as far back as February 2002. And we know that the IAEA was still on the ground in Iraq and had not confirmed any of Bushâ€™s claims that Saddam had definitively stockpiled WMDs in violation of the two UN resolutions that Bush based his war upon.

And why exactly is this so important? Because take a look at the certification that Bush sent to Congress to start the war, which was required in the October 2002 war resolution, and then see that as we suspected over two and a half years ago, Bush has a big problem now: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-1.html

This latest revelation means that at the time Bush justified the commencement of war against Iraq consistent with what was required under Public Law 107-243, he certified things not in evidence, and made claims to Congress (Saddamâ€™s active operation of a WMD program and Saddamâ€™s assistance to Al Qaeda) that he, Cheney, and Rummy already knew were false.

That may be why the Democrats just now made their stand this week. They have new evidence that Bush lied to Congress, and that the March 18, 2003 determination was faulty, and that Bush knew it was based on fabricators, faked documents, and doctored intelligence.

http://www.globalnewsmatrix.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=3325</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did Harry Reid Hit Bill Frist This Week With The &#8220;Smoking Gun&#8221;?</p>
<p>Posted on Monday, November 07 @ 09:22:01 EST </p>
<p>&#8212;The intelligence document says that the US intelligence community knew as early as February 2002 that an Al Qaeda operative who was the source for the Bush Administration claims that Saddam was training Al Qaeda members in bomb-making and chemical weapons was indeed a fabricator. And who knew this? Rummyâ€™s Defense Intelligence Agency. And yet what did Bush do eight months later in Cincinnati just before the war resolution? </p>
<p>â€œAmong the first and most prominent assertions was one by Mr. Bush, who said in a major speech in Cincinnati in October 2002 that â€˜we&#8217;ve learned that Iraq has trained Al Qaeda members in bomb making and poisons and gases.â€™â€</p>
<p>Some of you may say that â€œbig deal; so Bush lied about this.â€ But keep in mind that we now know that the Bush Administration also knew as far back as January 2003 that the Niger uranium claim was based on forgeries. We know that the Bush Administration was also told that the aluminum tubes story was bogus before the invasion as well. We now know that the claim that Saddam was assisting Al Qaeda was also a lie, and that the Administration knew this from Rummy himself as far back as February 2002. And we know that the IAEA was still on the ground in Iraq and had not confirmed any of Bushâ€™s claims that Saddam had definitively stockpiled WMDs in violation of the two UN resolutions that Bush based his war upon.</p>
<p>And why exactly is this so important? Because take a look at the certification that Bush sent to Congress to start the war, which was required in the October 2002 war resolution, and then see that as we suspected over two and a half years ago, Bush has a big problem now: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-1.html</a></p>
<p>This latest revelation means that at the time Bush justified the commencement of war against Iraq consistent with what was required under Public Law 107-243, he certified things not in evidence, and made claims to Congress (Saddamâ€™s active operation of a WMD program and Saddamâ€™s assistance to Al Qaeda) that he, Cheney, and Rummy already knew were false.</p>
<p>That may be why the Democrats just now made their stand this week. They have new evidence that Bush lied to Congress, and that the March 18, 2003 determination was faulty, and that Bush knew it was based on fabricators, faked documents, and doctored intelligence.</p>
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		<title>By: methodishca</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207492</link>
		<dc:creator>methodishca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey wwallace...what were the facts you refer us to?...some quote from Cheney partner-in-crime Woolsey isn&#039;t really providing facts...Funny how these liberal sites let on dissenting opinions (unlike the &quot;Free&quot; Republic)...So...enlighten us please!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey wwallace&#8230;what were the facts you refer us to?&#8230;some quote from Cheney partner-in-crime Woolsey isn&#8217;t really providing facts&#8230;Funny how these liberal sites let on dissenting opinions (unlike the &#8220;Free&#8221; Republic)&#8230;So&#8230;enlighten us please!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207492', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207426</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What?
No mention of Levin&#039;s credibility issues?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What?<br />
No mention of Levin&#8217;s credibility issues?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207426', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kjlovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207192</link>
		<dc:creator>kjlovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will NOT MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE BUS!!!!!!!

Rosa Parks is my HERO!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will NOT MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE BUS!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Rosa Parks is my HERO!!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207192', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kjlovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207188</link>
		<dc:creator>kjlovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the CIA and FBI are looking at us blogging, they can kiss my big fat white AZZZZZ!~

Bush is an idiot!!!!  He is no more qualified to be pRESIDENT than Miers is to be a judge on the SC!!!!

Bush is in bed with the Saudi royal family and the Bin Ladens.... They profit from war (see Carlyle Group) and supported

HITLER AND THE NAZIS..... (see prescott bush supports hitler and uses slave labor in germany)


They are Evil, and must be stopped NOW!  Not later.

Bush-the-smarter (41) was involved in the Bay of pigs, Iran Contra and WATERGATE.

Again, they are Evil, and must be stopped NOW!!!!

If CIA and FBI is looking around, kiss my AZZZZZ!

See my post at Bushwatch.org (guests - 4th of July and I can&#039;t celebrate)

Again, CIA, FBI, Nazi-act (patriot).... Kiss my AZXZZZZ!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the CIA and FBI are looking at us blogging, they can kiss my big fat white AZZZZZ!~</p>
<p>Bush is an idiot!!!!  He is no more qualified to be pRESIDENT than Miers is to be a judge on the SC!!!!</p>
<p>Bush is in bed with the Saudi royal family and the Bin Ladens&#8230;. They profit from war (see Carlyle Group) and supported</p>
<p>HITLER AND THE NAZIS&#8230;.. (see prescott bush supports hitler and uses slave labor in germany)</p>
<p>They are Evil, and must be stopped NOW!  Not later.</p>
<p>Bush-the-smarter (41) was involved in the Bay of pigs, Iran Contra and WATERGATE.</p>
<p>Again, they are Evil, and must be stopped NOW!!!!</p>
<p>If CIA and FBI is looking around, kiss my AZZZZZ!</p>
<p>See my post at Bushwatch.org (guests &#8211; 4th of July and I can&#8217;t celebrate)</p>
<p>Again, CIA, FBI, Nazi-act (patriot)&#8230;. Kiss my AZXZZZZ!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207188', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joe Sixpack</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207166</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sixpack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Calling me names will never change the facts Iâ€™ve posted. 

Comment by wwallace


AND IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE LIES YOU POST EITHER.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Calling me names will never change the facts Iâ€™ve posted. </p>
<p>Comment by wwallace</p>
<p>AND IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE LIES YOU POST EITHER.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joe Sixpack</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207164</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sixpack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so sorry for having a REPUGNICAN breakdown....

I no longer support WAR CRIMINALS....

I SUPPORT AMERICANS AGAINST TORTURE AND CORPORATE STEALING.....


I want a fair trial for all the WAR CRIMINALS....BUSH, CHEENEY, ROVE, LIBBBY, DUMBSFAILED, CONDA SLEEZEY RICE, AND THE BUNCH.

SEND THEM TO GITMO...FOR A VACATION!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so sorry for having a REPUGNICAN breakdown&#8230;.</p>
<p>I no longer support WAR CRIMINALS&#8230;.</p>
<p>I SUPPORT AMERICANS AGAINST TORTURE AND CORPORATE STEALING&#8230;..</p>
<p>I want a fair trial for all the WAR CRIMINALS&#8230;.BUSH, CHEENEY, ROVE, LIBBBY, DUMBSFAILED, CONDA SLEEZEY RICE, AND THE BUNCH.</p>
<p>SEND THEM TO GITMO&#8230;FOR A VACATION!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207164', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/06/cheney-source-recanted/comment-page-2/#comment-207161</link>
		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wALLACE IS an idiot, so am I...

We have changed our (names and minds)


We support the impeachement of WAR CRIMINALS BUSH AND CHEENEY!!!!

WE SUPPORT THEIR TORTURE AND TRIALS.......


We NOW SUPPORT the majority of Americans that BELIEVE THAT TORTURE is a WAR CRIME.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wALLACE IS an idiot, so am I&#8230;</p>
<p>We have changed our (names and minds)</p>
<p>We support the impeachement of WAR CRIMINALS BUSH AND CHEENEY!!!!</p>
<p>WE SUPPORT THEIR TORTURE AND TRIALS&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>We NOW SUPPORT the majority of Americans that BELIEVE THAT TORTURE is a WAR CRIME.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=207161', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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