Saddam’s Verdict Announced Four Days Early, Court Won’t Finish Writing Decision Until Thursday
Saddam’s Verdict Announced Four Days Early, Court Won’t Finish Writing Decision Until Thursday
Yesterday, the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal announced that Saddam Hussein had been found guilty and would be sentenced to death. But it didn’t release the official verdict. NBC News has the story:
The full verdict, a document of several hundred pages, explaining how and why today’s judgment was reached was not released. U.S. officials said it should be ready by Thursday. So why issue the verdict today? U.S. court advisors told reporters today it was delayed mainly for technical reasons.
The court was created by the administration-controlled Coalition Provisional Authority and the administration still exercises considerable control over the court. The New York Times reports, “American influence…has been undeniably pervasive, with about 90 percent of the $145 million in annual costs for the court and associated investigations paid for by the United States Justice Department, and lawyers sent by Washington acting as advisers.”
(HT: Talking Points Memo)
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So why issue the verdict today?
Umm… methinks it has something to do with getting it in the Monday morning papers the day before the Tuesday elections.
But, hey, that’s too obvious for the MSM to figure out.
If it walks like a duck… quacks like a duck…
November 6th, 2006 at 11:20 amBut nobody cares…
November 6th, 2006 at 11:21 amAny American who does not acknowledge the change in Verdict date is in a state of Denial. Clearly it was timed to impact and manipulate the mid-terms as proven by the Times.
Funny thing is American voters are not as dumb as the administration trying to manipulate them.
Do the world a favor, avoid a pre-emptive illegal war with Iran and vote Dems into power.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:23 amUS funded Iraqi Kangaroo Court sentenced Saddam Hussein to death to help the GOP in tomorrow’s election > Karl Rove milks verdict for sleazy propaganda purposes and to cover up massive GOP vote fraud as well!
November 6th, 2006 at 11:25 amThis doesn’t suprise me on several levels. First, there was no doubt in my mind that he’d be found guilty. That’s a no brainer. Second, of course the timing is for a republican boost. I don’t see this swinging any voters from one party to another. Now if they had OBL on a stake then I would believe the timing was manipulated and I’d also believe there would be substantial votes for the party in power that ended the OBL reign.
Since that won’t happen I’ll just look at the trial of Saddam as a side issue. Something like that carrot salad dish somebody brings to family gatherings. “I’ll probably enjoy it if I have some but I won’t miss it if I don’t”.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:27 amPeople have caught on…
November 6th, 2006 at 11:28 amI have to say that if the Adminsitration manipulated the verdict date to impact the elections, it may very well have the opposite affect they were intending. What does it say that Saddam’s trial has gone on for so long and we have yet to capture bin Laden for his trial? Why wasn’t his trial conducted in the World Court where the verdict would’ve been controlled by a unbiased court who could’ve stood for a level of credibility that a brand new Iraqi government would have trouble in establishing?
I don’t know…I just think that this particular issue will overall hurt the GOP, not help them. But that’s logic - something the GOP-faithful have a really hard time with…
November 6th, 2006 at 11:31 amWow, they didn’t spend NEARLY this much money killing Pat Tillman!
:(
November 6th, 2006 at 11:31 amSomething like that carrot salad dish somebody brings to family gatherings.
LOL
November 6th, 2006 at 11:33 amWhy does NBC News hate freedom?
November 6th, 2006 at 11:33 amGet people talking about Iraq before the elections. Sometimes i wonder about the republicans political advisors. Are they really that stupid to do something like this? Only way republicans have shot of holding power is to make people forget about Iraq.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:33 amBush is likely upset he couldn’t hang Saddam himself on the front porch of the White House.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:34 amWhen, O’ when, will G.W.B. be put on trial ?
November 6th, 2006 at 11:35 amHey karl rove…what happened?…you have just HOURS left for that Oct. suprise! If you pull a ‘diebold’ on us, you might want to leave the country…..
November 6th, 2006 at 11:36 am“American voters are not as dumb as the administration trying to manipulate them”
I’m not so sure, but I’ll cross my fingers. But this reminds me of one of my favorite quotes…
“Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of us are stupider than that,” — George Carlin.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:36 amThis is just great.
Saddam is tried and convicted not of possessing WMD’s and preparing to attack the United States or sell weapons to other countries (and/or terrorists), but of what?
Crimes against humanity.
That would make us the “policemen of the world†for capturing him.
Yet Bush told us as a candidate in 2000 that this was exactly what the U.S. shouldn’t be.
Liar.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:43 amI wonder if under Iraqi law whether the premature announcement of a decision for purely partisan American politics is grounds for a mistrial. Not that I’d be on the side of Saddam’s defense team, but what a technicality that would be!
November 6th, 2006 at 11:45 amMission accomplished (look at the polls changing).
ROTFL
November 6th, 2006 at 11:47 amI recall other CRITICAL milestones
1. Catching Sadam
2. Killing his kids
3. Elections.
4. Purple fingers
5. Constitution
6. Death of Zawahiri
7. 300,000 trained police and army
Thats a lot of corners to turn to end up where you started,
November 6th, 2006 at 11:47 amHappy Guy, word to the wise, that jingolism term, (mission accomplished)even for a wannabe brown shirt, is one of the worst you could use to make a point.
Speaks volumes to your lack of awareness and credebility. Then again we know you as a troll for hit and runs. All hat no cowboy
November 6th, 2006 at 11:51 am#18 - Far be it from me to push a drowning man underwater! If you feel this incredibly small bump in the polls is going to save the Republican majority in the House, go right ahead and think that.
Don’t worry! We’ll be here Wednesday morning to talk about how Speaker Pelosi will slow down the excesses of the Republican party!
November 6th, 2006 at 11:52 amHappy Guy > you must be sick to help the GOP and kiss Bush’s butt > lol.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:58 ambobcat_grad, If he does the crime then he must do the time.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:00 pmSo what your saying is that you almost got the point but missed it at the last second?!?
Don’t worry. I will be here Wednesday to hear all the “Oh My GOD what Happened” cries. (even some of you will find GOD. Or Allah since most of you seem to support terrorists more than American lives)
I know you people don’t like Drudge, Sean or Rush. But at least they present both sides and they admit what side they are coming from. If you people stay locked in your own little click or left-wing conspiracy-nuts you won’t get any real news.
Flame on – and don’t forget to practice “They stole the electionâ€! (losers)
November 6th, 2006 at 12:03 pmWatch Democracy Now today. They had a international lawyer on explaining the American influence. Pretty gross.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:05 pmWe’re winning now right?! RIGHT!??
November 6th, 2006 at 12:06 pmHappy Guy, there’s a reason why the polls are changing. It’s the work of God. We can’t have a party that lacks morals/values in the House and Senate.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:07 pmWisedup, the october suprise was the Saddam verdict. I don’t think it’s going to work.
BTW, democracy now can be watched on line.
http://www.democracynow.org
If you want Iraqi impressions riverbend’s blog “Baghdad Burning
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
When All Else Fails…
… Execute the dictator. It’s that simple. When American troops are being killed by the dozen, when the country you are occupying is threatening to break up into smaller countries, when you have militias and death squads roaming the streets and you’ve put a group of Mullahs in power- execute the dictator.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:09 pmRush presents both sides? Like the far right and the extreme right but he doesn’t even come close to showing all sides. HG, Rush is an entertainer, Like Chris Rock or Carrot Top only he has a daily gig. the man said it himself in Playboy awhile ago. He himself doesn’t believe the sh*t he spews but knows there are many like you that need to be led. Hannity? won’t even begin with that hack. The same goes for Drudge.
Read the Military times to see what great conservative thinkers are saying about this administration. What about the likes of Pearle and George Will and the like. Within their writings is a sobering view of this adminstration and that’s coming from the conservative camp.
Do you honestly believe the Republicans will legally maintain the Senate and the House? Funny how polls become peoples friends when something friendly can be found in them, but when they show doom and gloom for your party they’re just numbers.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:12 pm#27 - “We can’t have a party that lacks morals/values in the House and Senate. ”
Then why the heck are the Republicans in office? Or are you teeling me that Rep. Foley is your idea of “morals and values”?
I guess you just skip right past the verses in the Bible that don’t quite support your prejudices.
Oh, well! I guess when Speaker Pelosi is gaveled into office that you’ll wake up to reality.
Even the right-whiner web-sites are calling for a Democrat Majority in the house.
http://www.electionprojection.com/elections2006.html
November 6th, 2006 at 12:14 pmJeanne,
where can i listen to the lawyer speak about the american influence?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:15 pmLet’s not forget where the “trial” is being held and who is actually guarding Saddam
Thats a lot of corners to turn to end up where you started,
Comment by Heterodoxy
Like a NASCAR race!
November 6th, 2006 at 12:15 pmWe can’t have a party that lacks morals/values in the House and Senate.
Comment by Daryll
ROTFL!! There’s been a non-stop party of immorality and corrupt values in the House and Senate since the neoconservatives took control. That’s not the work of the God that I know - too bad about yours.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:16 pm#24 - you’ve got to be joking. Rush presents both sides? Thats a good laugh. I’ve yet to see any of these jokers you mention present the oposing viewpoint without distorting it, leaving out crucial points, or without using the most crazy supporter of the opposing viewpoint to show the “average” progressive.
Then you say that these talking heads have the “honesty” to say what side they are on… as if it wasn’t already blaringly obvious to all but the most brain dead (their listenership).
November 6th, 2006 at 12:16 pmHappy Guy and the other Bush trolls should be given prison terms after this election! They act like fascist Nazi brownshirts > shame on them!
November 6th, 2006 at 12:16 pm“Do you honestly believe the Republicans will legally maintain the Senate and the House?”
Here we go! Spin, spin, spin.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:19 pmAs Republicans would tell you, suggesting that the timing is done for election purposes is simply preposterous!
Whereas naturally suggesting that the Iraqi insurgents are timing their attacks to help Democrats in the election is of course completely reasonable.
You know, sometimes it’s tempting to just allow the rosy, cozy republican mindset to just numb the brain. But no. No matter how grizzly it may be, I will still choose reality. I just could not live in such a tiny, tiny place.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:22 pmGod doe not play politics Daryll. Politics are a machination of mankind.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:24 pmI don’t think the release of the verdict before the full document is completed is a big deal; the early release of the verdict two days before a US election IS a big deal.
But Tony Snopw assures us that it’s absrud to think that the timing was determined by political considerations in the US. In the next bretahm however, the administration insists that the Iraqi insurgents have stepped up the violence in order to influence the elections.
No, let me get this straight… Iraqi insurgents coordinate and schedule their attacks in order to influcence American elections… but the Bush-installed Iraqi government PAYS NO ATTENTION to those elections and just HAPPENED to “move up” the announcement of Saddam’s verdict to 48 hours before the polls open? Okay, got it. Thanks.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:26 pmthey’re so damned corrupt
November 6th, 2006 at 12:26 pm“As Republicans would tell you, suggesting that the timing is done for election purposes is simply preposterous!
Whereas naturally suggesting that the Iraqi insurgents are timing their attacks to help Democrats in the election is of course completely reasonable.”
Loonie, I swear your comment wasn’t posted when I composed mine. Great minds just think alike.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:27 pm#31
It’s on democracynow.org
http://www.democracynow.org
Scott Horton is the guy’s name.
SCOTT HORTON: Well, I think the evidence against Saddam Hussein is clear and impressive and, in fact, I think we have to salute Human Rights Watch, which did a tremendous job over many years of documenting the violations, including the Dujail incident. So I think people are relieved to see that sentence.
But when we come to the fairness and legitimacy of the proceedings, there, there are very, very deep concerns, and I think it’s all wrapped around the timing of the announcement of the verdict, which was very carefully planned to be the last print media day, so we would have headlines above the fold in American newspapers on the day before Americans go to vote in very, very important mid-term elections.
Amy Goodman then asks who decides whent he verdict will be handed down. Guess who. I didn’t like Saddam but democracy is about fairness. How do you instill democracy when you never practice it?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:27 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian, Foley’s and Abramoff’s issues were committed internally, which means it doesn’t affect our society/economy, but your party wants to instill abortion rights, same sex marriages and pro-illegal immigration laws into our society. These are immoral acts that will affect our society/economy dearly.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:29 pmDrudge, Sean or Rush. But at least they present both sides…
Comment by Happy Guy — November 6, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
it’s true then… “ignorance IS bliss”…
November 6th, 2006 at 12:31 pmThe Bush administration has been trying to create a civil war, not defuse it. They are trying to spin the Saddam verdict as progress on the war on terror, [Even Ledeen, top neo-con, knows Iraq has nothing to do with the war on Terror] when it isn’t.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:32 pmokay, I’ll bite:
November 6th, 2006 at 12:33 pmWho are Drudge, Sean, and Rush?
Bush is likely upset he couldn’t hang Saddam himself on the front porch of the White House.
Comment by Fools on the Hill — November 6, 2006 @ 11:34 am
I’ll let him borrow my hangman’s noose.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:33 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian, Foley’s and Abramoff’s issues were committed internally, which means it doesn’t affect our society/economy, but your party wants to instill abortion rights, same sex marriages and pro-illegal immigration laws into our society. These are immoral acts that will affect our society/economy dearly.
Comment by Daryll — November 6, 2006 @ 12:29 pm
I meant effect vs. affect. I’m currently on my pda so expect mistakes.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:36 pmHappy Guy and the other Bush trolls should be given prison terms after this election! They act like fascist Nazi brownshirts > shame on them!
Comment by Jay Randal — November 6, 2006
Yes!!!! Prison terms for anyone that practices that freedom of speech thing. Show those Nazi’s.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:38 pmI’m currently on my pda so expect mistakes.
Comment by Daryll — November 6, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
PDA. Is that an abbrievation for a new anti-psychosis medicine I’m not aware of?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:39 pmOr Allah since most of you seem to support terrorists more than American lives. I know you people don’t like Drudge, Sean or Rush. But at least they present both sides and they admit what side they are coming from…. (losers).
Comment by Happy Guy
You ougth to watch what you say here, or someone might say something nasty or use curse words. Luckily for us, TP won’t let them. Still, they might use names like buttface or rectumbreath or something.
Say, Happy. When Nancy Pelosi takes over as House Majority Leader, think you will still be a Happy Guy? Things look really, really bad, huh, pal? And it might get worse: I mean, just think that maybe even that liberal milktoast, Harry Reid, might be in charge of Senate. What a pisser, huh?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:39 pm“Foley’s and Abramoff’s issues were committed internally, which means it doesn’t affect our society/economy”–Comment by Daryll
How can you say that Abramoff’s actions didn’t affect our economy? He influenced politicians who in turn voted to benefit abramoff’s clients - FINANCIALLY. He bought congressional votes!!! Those votes determine how your tax dollars are spent. Thats a direct effect on society/economy!!!
Your money was spent on Abramoff’s clients interests. Are you OK with that?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:40 pmWrong, Abramoff screwed over alot of people, most notably the evangelicals that Scanlon [Delay aide] called Whackos, yes Rove and Delay and Scanlon and Abramoff and Ralph Reed think you are wackos and only want your money and vote, Internal my butt.
That was decided by the Supreme court and will again be decided by the supreme court. Not me, not you. This is a moot issue.
But Abramoff bieng a crook doesn’t? What about Foley? Or Cunningham? Or Safavian? Or the AIPAC Spy case? What about Ney? Delay? These guys are moral?
Really Darylll your being an apologetioc for the culture of corruption.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:43 pmabbrievation
November 6th, 2006 at 12:44 pmby the way, absolutely great spell check on my part!!!
Darryll, got any extra PDA’s?
Saddam was a tool of the US for years in the war against Iran, and that’s where he got his chemical, nuclear and bioweapons programs from. His sin was refusing to follow US orders; Bush is in bed with dictators from the Central Asian ‘Stans that are just as bloody-handed as Saddam was.
Bush calls it a ‘major achievement for Iraq’s young democracy’ - what a talking head! Fact is, in a real trial George HW Bush, the Saudis and a few heads of European and American engineering firms would also face charges of war crimes - in which case it would have been another Iran-Contra deal - pardons all around with a nod and a chuckle.
The whole thing was eerily similar to East German and Soviet-era “show trials”.
Are there people who will really buy this story?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:45 pm#49 - “Prison terms for anyone that practices that freedom of speech thing. Show those Nazi’s.”
Actually, we should take a page from the Republican party, and create a “free speech” zone where anyone who doesn’t agree with your positions is kept far away from where you post.
The first amendment said “freedom of speech”, it didn’t say “everywhere in the US”. Just because that was the spirit of the law shouldn’t change the minds of the Republican sheeple.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:48 pmBush has lost track of 8 billion dollars in Iraq under Bremers CPA? And you ‘think’ we support the terrorists?
How much money did bush give to Chalabi Happy Guy?
American Lives? Bush sent these people to war for a pack of lies, the people here are against war, the opposite of Death, and now you try to claim, ignorantly, that we dont support troops lives?
That is such stupid logic Happy Guy. It is the President who sends them to war that puts the troops in harms way, it is the Sec of Defense that didn’t supply the troops with Armor. The death of American troops lies squarely on the shoulders of the GOP and Bush.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:49 pmOr Allah since most of you seem to support terrorists more than American lives. I know you people don’t like Drudge, Sean or Rush. But at least they present both sides and they admit what side they are coming from….
Wow. Where to even begin?
Please show me the evidence of any Democrat or Progressive saying: “Dear Terrorists, we love you and hope you kill lots of us. We want you to win!”
What a stupid, fake argument. By the way, Happy Guy, you have a much better chance of dying from drowning in a bathtub or being mauled by a dog than you do of being the victim of a terrorist attack. But, hey, don’t let that little fact get in the way.
And on your ‘point’ about Drudge, Sean or Rush showing both sides of the issue…. did you type that with a straight face?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:50 pmSo what is it HG, first you think everyone here is an Atheist, now you think they are Atheists that believe in God?
Your a few french fries short of a happy meal.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:51 pmI’m currently on my pda so expect mistakes.
Comment by Daryll — November 6, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
How do you explain all of the mistakes you make when you aren’t on your PDA? You know…. mistakes in judgement, support for Republicans, and general knowledge about reality?
(I had to take this shot. You set the ball on the tee and begged me to hit it with that statement.)
November 6th, 2006 at 12:53 pmActually, we should take a page from the Republican party, and create a “free speech†zone where anyone who doesn’t agree with your positions is kept far away from where you post.
If that’s what you support.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:55 pmSeems like more and more rats jump the corrupt ship lollipop every day, when are you gonna bail Happy Guy?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:55 pmYou are typing on a device created by the beast?
You do know that PDA’s are embedded with the 666 don’t you Darylll?
November 6th, 2006 at 12:57 pmDaryll,
If Foley and Abramoff’s behaviors did not affect society, why do we even have laws forbidding what they did?
They had an indirect effect on society, that is not easy to see. They are leaders in a position of power. The attitudes and culture do have an effect on people. Its an overall cumulative effect, and we are still feeling the effects as poeple like these two have assisted in “normalizing” corruption. It seems you are too stupid to see the bigger picture here.
Abortion is going to be legal no matter who is running the government, you just like to think your party will stop it, thats how they get your vote, again, you are stupid.
November 6th, 2006 at 12:58 pm#58 - “And on your ‘point’ about Drudge, Sean or Rush showing both sides of the issue…. did you type that with a straight face?”
Hey, be nice! Drudge, Sean and Rush show two sides: thier side, and the Republican side.
Just because they’re usually both the same side doesn’t mean that two sides aren’t shown! ;-)
Don’t worry. When the Republicans lose the House, I’m sure they’ll blame everyone but themselves.
November 6th, 2006 at 1:00 pmSentenced to death… Great, so now he’ll become a martyr to other extremists. Good job, Bush. And before the conservative trolls pipe up, I’m not saying let the murdering former dictator go free. I’m simply saying that this is being perceived as a mock trial with a U.S.A. scripted ending that will help more than hurt terrorist groups that already want us dead.
November 6th, 2006 at 1:03 pmDaryll
I have asked a number of fundamentalists a question, without an answer, so maybe you’d like to try.
Provide me even ONE secular reason (i.e., a way in which there will be a negative effect on “our society/economy”) due to gay marriage.
I probably won’t be back on TP for about three hours - plenty of time for you to research, collaborate, think, or whatever else you need to do to copy or invent a response.
November 6th, 2006 at 1:15 pmSaddam who?
November 6th, 2006 at 1:26 pmMy LTTE:
I see that Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes
against humanity and will be made to answer for these, along
with two of his associates.
I note that these crimes were committed in 1982. Perhaps
some of his other associates of that time might also face
justice someday. Donald Rumsfeld, for one, went to shake
Saddam’s hand shortly after that time, and the U.S.
administration was one of Saddam’s allies … as long an he
was fighting the evil Iranians.
Sad to see what happens though when friends fall out … who’s
a dictator to trust, when the winds of politics blow another
direction and your old friends desert you for their own political
advantage?
Cheers,
November 6th, 2006 at 3:58 pmAnd how bizarre is this?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15570667/?GT1=8717
Saddam Hussein, appeaser?
November 6th, 2006 at 4:04 pmGood letter, #70. I asked the office dittohead about “us” (especially Rummy) supplying Saddam with dangerous crap well into the mid-1980s and he replied, “Oh, that was so long ago, why dig that up?”. Well, Saddam’s “war crimes” were even longer ago, DUMBASS. And he committed those crimes with a wink & a nod from us.
November 6th, 2006 at 4:26 pmThis indicates that Rove is losing his sense of timing. A smarter Rove would have EXECUTED Saddam yesterday. The only thing this surprise buys them is the promise of continued appeals.
November 6th, 2006 at 4:34 pmPerhaps they’re saving the execution for 2008.
Saddam’s guilty as all hell, but why is he being tried in a US Funded Iraqi court, instead of at the Hague, like Milosevic? He is not guilty under the law of the Iraqi land, as he was the state, so how did the Iraqi court establish jurisdiction? I really wonder if this will stick and to whom he would appeal the case. hopefully some dumb bush appointee didn’t screw this thing up.
November 6th, 2006 at 4:44 pmthe natural question is:
when does george w. bush’s war-crimes trial start?????
November 6th, 2006 at 4:59 pmp-l-banana,
the first question the court must ask ‘do we have jurisdiction?’… this court did not have jurisdiction, and, if there really is an appellate process, the verdict will be vacated for lack of jurisdiction. yes, he could have been tried in an international venue, applying iraqi law. if this had been done, the trial would not have gone very far.
under iraqi law at the time of the alleged crime, he was the supreme commander, the president, these 148 people were found guilty, had trials, and were executed. period.
in fact, there is an argument to be made that he remains the president…
November 6th, 2006 at 5:07 pmyou may find this piece from today’s la times interesting. it gives an insight into how the ‘real world’–read, the one without bush in it–sees the verdict and the process underlying it….
November 6th, 2006 at 5:11 pm[…] If you still doubted that the Saddam Hussein verdict was politically timed, consider the following: the official verdict– the court’s written opinion, which says why Hussein was convicted, will not be ready until Thursday. They just had to announce the verdict two days before the US midterm elections, though. Nobody but Karl Rove knows why. […]
November 6th, 2006 at 5:20 pmIS THAT ALL YOU”VE GOT, ROVE!!!!
November 6th, 2006 at 5:23 pmDear Judd - Let’s suppose your conspiracy theory is correct - the EVIL Bush administration, in an attempt to steal yet another election from hapless Dems, convince the Iraqis to release the findings of the court. If your numbers are accurate, that info is not going to make a whiff of difference to the “majority” who take the prog/lib position on the War and GWB. Once again, much ado about nothing……
November 6th, 2006 at 6:18 pmHey, be nice! Drudge, Sean and Rush show two sides: thier side, and the Republican side.
Just because they’re usually both the same side doesn’t mean that two sides aren’t shown! ;-)
Don’t worry. When the Republicans lose the House, I’m sure they’ll blame everyone but themselves.
Comment by Democrat Soldier — November 6, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
As for the 3 Stooges show both sides, I think the first person they’ll blame for for the loss of both Houses will be, let’s see, who would be the first person to blame on?
Could it be ………CLINTON? ;)
November 6th, 2006 at 6:21 pmIf the Republicans thought that getting the verdict pushed a few days would help them, then it will backfire in their face.
November 6th, 2006 at 6:53 pm[…] The Republicans seem to feel they’re above the law, as their robo-calling spree keeps going, and now a fun bit of information about the Saddam Hussein trial has been brought to light: the verdict was announced early. […]
November 6th, 2006 at 7:28 pm#3 - Your Conscience
We’ll find out how right you are on tomorrow night/Wednesday morning. One can’t fool all of the people all of the time, but can one fool enough of the people when it really counts?
November 6th, 2006 at 7:39 pm[…] The verdict was announced four days before the court will finish writing their decision and two days before the U.S. midterm elections.read more | digg story […]
November 6th, 2006 at 8:08 pmHappy Guy: There is an important distinction between supporting the war and supporting the people who fight it. Our government, going to war for causes that at this point are still unclear, in my opinion does not deserve support. The brave men and women who go over to Iraq and Afghanistan and put their lives on the line do. What I see in your argument (or part of it anyway) is that we do not support the war, therefore we do not support or care about the lives of the troops. If the war were to stop, Americans would stop dying in Iraq, right? If anything, (and I know I’ll get flamed for this) I would think that it would be showing more care for our troops to oppose the war.
November 6th, 2006 at 8:09 pm[…] (From Digg.com) The verdict was announced four days before the court will finish writing their decision and two days before the U.S. midterm elections.read more | digg story […]
November 6th, 2006 at 8:19 pm[…] We find out why now. Turns out the Tribunal released their verdict 4 days early. US officials said the decision should be ready by Thursday. […]
November 6th, 2006 at 10:08 pm[…] Source: Think Progress Posted by Michael Kolanos Filed in Iraq War, Politics […]
November 7th, 2006 at 12:24 amWhat’s the BLOWBACK for 2 days of curfew lockdown so they can announce Saddam’s death penalty early for the US elections? This little Rovian trick, meddling in foreign policy for domestic political gain, will have consequences. If any American blood is spilled as a result, Rova and anyone in the chain of command behind this decision should be tried for treason.
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