This claim was discredited before we went to war.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — April 25, 2007 @ 2:04 pm

BTW, I take it you’re referring to Joe Wilson’s July 2003 article which discredited the Niger uranium claim before we went to war in March 2003. ie You’re confused.

“”"the Bush administration’s claim, now discredited”"”"

This claim was discredited before we went to war.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — April 25, 2007 @ 2:04 pm

No it wasn’t. It wasn’t their claim and it wasn’t discredited.

Their claim was that the British had learned this. That claim has never been discredited.
AFAIK the only British assessment of it after the war confirmed that there was a solid basis for making that claim.

Why nobody ever makes the distinction between the Niger-forgery-claim that Bush didn’t cite and the British-intel-claim that he did is strange, but irrelevant.

What you’ll end up with is a hearing about Niger documents which the Bush administration can still claim weren’t the reason they made these claims.

Is there even a word for a “bait-and-switch” where nobody has even noticed the switch after 4 years ?

…words to that effect…

…spoken by…

-Cundtoleaseher Rice-

…before being asked by a 9/11 Commission member if…

…she had seen a PDB entitled…

…”Bin Laden Determined to Attack on American Soil”…

Don’t forget the aluminum tube comment – on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Sept.8, 2002

‘We do know that there have been shipments going into Iran, for instance — into Iraq, for instance, of aluminum tubes that really are only suited to — high-quality aluminum tools that are only really suited for nuclear weapons programs, centrifuge programs.’ Then she went on to make the “smoking gun” / “mushroom cloud” analogy.

This is something she and the administration knew not to be true. Regardless, Dick Cheney repeated it as fact on Meet the Press, citing an article written by the now discredited administration mouthpiece, Judith Miller, in the NY Times.

The New York Times later writes that “almost a year before (her statements on CNN), Ms. Rice’s staff had been told that the government’s foremost nuclear experts seriously doubted that the tubes were for nuclear weapons…. The experts, at the Energy Department, believed the tubes were likely intended for small artillery rockets.”

This is one of the biggest lies. She needs to be held to account.

I can imagine the list of blames during that panel if she ever testifies.

But take any responsibility for fact checking or verifying reliability of sources? NEVER, I HAVE TO RELY ON OUR SOURSES!!!!!!! IT’S NOT MY JOB TO CHECK FACTS!!! DON”T IMPUNE ME!!! etc.

It’s the Bush administration’s way of “governing”

…and maybe we’ll get Bushiva’s and Lil Dick’s balls in the process…

When there are enough scared Republican Congress members up for re-election in 08 who fear for their jobs enough that they join the Democrats in a super majority. OK, that’s really a “what”. I don’t know “when”, but it sure seems closer than it was just a couple of months ago. Elections have consequences, indeed.

…and let God sort ‘em out LATER…

A few more instances of officials using the “I don’t recall” defense and we should surely have grounds for a wholesale impeachment of the entire administration for CRS.

This is the time to start writing letters to your house rep, advertisers of major media backing the PedoCon talking points. This is the make or break time. Please get busy.

What current tasks? Shoe shopping? As far as I can tell Condi has been sinbularily unsuccessful in her job and having her testify in front of congress isn’t going to prevent her from continuing to be unsuccessful.

Now, deliver that subpoena and let’s get to the truth. Then, subpoena Karl.

Comment by Dogjudge — April 25, 2007 @ 2:38 pm

What we officially have now is that Rice claims, “The intelligence was wrong!”

So Rice insists that it was an error. You said, “That the run up to Iraq was an entire lie. Most people know that already.”

Lies told by the President and his staff are considered “High Crimes” and impeachable! On the record she will without doubt use the “No Wookies on Endor Defense” but later on this will haunt her since she will not be able to defend her superiors “Boss Hog & Mini-Me” since the only thing she does apparently remember is that she is on the Earth!

What the hell is iy going to take?

Comment by Kay — April 25, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

Truly, what will it take.

What do you get out of the Rice situation? That the run up to Iraq was an entire lie. Most people know that already.

If most people knew this, more than just we would be calling for impeachment. You give the American television viewing audience way too much credit.

yada. yada. yada.
Put this bitch under oath!