Posted on 07/09/2004 10:41:42 AM PDT by ejdrapes
President Bush said this today in response to the Senate Intelligence Committe report: "I look forward to working with members of Congress to put out reforms that will work," Bush said at a campaign event here, noting that he had not yet seen the report. "I want to know the truth. I want to know the facts, ... and I want to make this the best system we can have." The President also reiterated that Saddam Hussein had been intent on building weapons of mass destruction.
Bush has to do a better job than this to counter the media/democrat spin or he won't win the election.
President Bush said this today in response to the Senate Intelligence Committe report:
"I look forward to working with members of Congress to put out reforms that will work," Bush said at a campaign event here, noting that he had not yet seen the report.
one word: C * R * A * P !
Who gives a shit if he has/had them or not? Does it matter?
We wanted a strategic foothold in the middle east. DONE. We wanted a madman out of power. DONE. We wanted to bring democracy to a backwater place. DONE.
'nuff said.
Bush gave it all the attention it deserved.
Well, all he needs to do is get the David Letterman transcript of Joseph Wilson saying he thinks some chemical weapons, biological "precursors" and some sort of small nuke program will be found.
He should know.
But the Senate report is another spear in Bush's side. If What Kay, Wilson, etc. come true it will confuse people even more, and many will conclude the Bush admin can't control this government.
In my opinion the CIA should get to the down and gritty and release WMD and Terrorist Docs of Iraq all at once and not in pieces to the public. These Commissions seem to spin everything instead of just reading the evidence. Everytime the Liberal Media tries to get on the President's case he should respond, "read the direct report, not some doctored opinion report". The response VP Cheney got from the media for a curse word may serve the Pres. as good without the same wording but the tone.
Please take your crabbing over to the DUmmies they're tired of President Bush too.
On a weekend, when nobody pays attention.
By Monday, something else will be in the news.
You've got calm yourself, man. You have no faith in the people who are calling for the release of video of last night's hatefest in Manhattan.
I suspect there's one out there somewhere that will turn up in a GOP ad.
Bush does have to do a better job with the dolts in media. But they hate his guts anyway and he can't waste too much time on them. And who cares what the Senate think anyway.
They need to start talking with force behind their words - not empty statements like "I want to know the truth" - He already knows the truth!!
Saddam was a mad-man that ignored 17 UN resolutions - A man intent on supporting terrorism - a man intent on developing (or finding new ways) to develop WMD or WMD programs - Period!! -
The world is safer without him - period - the Middle-East will change for the better now that Saddam is gone...and freedom has a chance to take hold in Iraq - that self-worth will come to the people of Iraq....and with this self-worth they will reject the idea of terrorism....and this attitude will spread throughout the Middle East in time -
This is what GWB needs to start saying...and saying loud and clear!!
Are you people losing your marbles? The Senate report does NOT criticize Bush, and the latest British fact finding demonstrates that Wilson was dead wrong. Further, what Bush said was totally responsible. Grow up and get real.
The Bush statement is not the LAME part of this post.
I've seen this administration bringing out these points but they just seem to drop it after mentioning it or allow the evil side to scoot around the real issues. This administration needs to get tough and demand the truth and demand the evil side tell them what they would do different. Tell them where and when most of the intelligence came from (Clinton Admin.)
"'I want to know the truth'? And also, when he says Saddam was intent on building WMD..."
This is a perfect example of using the 'bully pulpit' to clearly get your message out to the American public. Fantastic rejoinders developed by the WH staff, working hand in glove with the B/C '04 team. That'll keep the hounds off your tail - right.
The way Roberts buckled to Rockerfeller it won't be long before they do blame Bush. Remember that's part 2.
It would be interesting to hear about the intelligence on Clinton's Kosovo war.
This report does not criticize Bush. It would be preposterous for Bush to start an argument with himself over a non-critical report. In case none of you have figured this out, Bush was smart enough to keep Tenet around and Tenet has been hung out to dry by all concerned.
I get a chuckle every time I hear mention of UN resolutions being ignored as one of the causes or justifications for war with Iraq. Reason being, it is mostly spouted by the same crowd that in the second breath derides the no good inept UN that is nothing more than a watering hole for tin pot dictators that hate the US and that we should get out of the UN and the UN should get out of the US.
So much hypocrisy in the selective love/hate affair with the UN.
This comment is LAME. What are people supposed to think - that he took us to war with out the facts? What facts doesn't he know?
Isn't he on the intelligence committee? If so, why did he sign off on such a stupid report? And where are Hatch and Lott on this?
Why wait for anyone to attack Bush, the president should just go off his nut and start railing about a non-critical report?? I am beginning to think Free Republic has become a haven for juveniles and has lost the logical analysis that used to be prevalent here. You people are criticizing the president for not making a fool of himself, based on what the media reaction "will be." Luckily, George Bush is a far better president and politician.
Please use the original posted title.
Enough of this ridiculous "roll with the punches" attitude of this administration. You can't lie down forever. Go after that damnable Senate for their lack of oversight, their going along with Toricelli to basically make it next to impossible to have ground intel out there (spies) because of impossible standards set for who could be an informant or not. The dems are out in force, via these stooge committee reports (with the willing complicity of weak noodled Pubs, and the Bush administration more often than not DOES NOT FIGHT BACK! That's a prescription for losing, as it allows the dems and the administration's enemies to have their accusations hanging out there in the air, with no rebuttal or alternative scenario given. Just TELL THE TRUTH! That's our weapon. State the truth and say it with determination and force. Jam it down the throats of the unwilling and liberal media. Use the bully pulpit of the presidency to state the truth. But fight back, for heaven sakes. We're too much turn the other cheek. Passivity can make you lose elections, and in a worse case scenario can lose you your life. Ask the citizens of Iraq under Hussein. Ask the Jews under Hitler, until the very end of the war, when they started fighting back. The meek do not necessarily inherit the earth. Check out Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler, Castro. Get a grip Pubs, and learn to fight back or perish as a party.
Great post. You are exactly right. The Republicans need to quit taking it on the cheek and the President has been hit too many times. Some have stated that the President must stay above that and they are somewhat correct. It does not prevent the President from getting hatchet persons like the Dems. have and blam-blasting everyone of them including Kerrywards.
In this particular case, the president's comments were appropriate and I think the post itself can be criticized for headlining that the president's response was "lame." The report was by republicans and dems, it did not criticize Bush and he would have been a fool to start arguing about it.
I too take issue with the word "lame" but the fact remains, this committee only politicize the obvious without the facts of, where are they? we know he had them! With out the Whitehouse going toe to toe with these committees to answer the two questions of where are they or what happened to them in their opinion, this will continue one committee after another giving Moore credence to the DemoRats arguments. It just seems that this administration continues to allow committees to report the obvious without conclusions. Every day the Iraqi Survey Group finds out more and more but the political damage keeps getting worse. Does any of these committee members have nuclear science degrees? Did any of them work at chemical weapons depots? If any of them did then there is no way they could come up with this report! Uranium has been found in Iraq and chemical traces have been found in the water and sand. Newt is giving them heck now!!!
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