Me <-- "Boxer Barfing" even as I sit here...
Posted on 01/13/2005 4:15:15 PM PST by Jeff Gordon
On Tuesday, January 18th and Wednesday, January 19th, National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a confirmation hearing for her appointment as Secretary of State.
Dr. Rice's confirmation hearing must not be a rubber stamp of President Bush's appointment. The Senate must take its "advice and consent" role seriously.
That's why, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, I intend to stand up and ask Condoleeza Rice the tough questions that Americans deserve to have answered. Questions like:
* Why did the United States go to war in Iraq based on misleading -- if not false and fraudulent -- evidence?
* Why did we divert valuable resources and intelligence personnel to Iraq, taking them away from Afghanistan and the pursuit of Osama bin Laden?
* Why did you mislead the American people into thinking there was a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaida before September 11th?
We must hold Condoleeza Rice accountable for her misleading statements leading up to the Iraq war and beyond before we can even consider promoting her to Secretary of State.
So I ask you to join with me: Lend your voice to the chorus of millions of Americans across our great land who are demanding that Condoleeza Rice tell the truth about Iraq, weapons of mass destruction, the search for Osama bin Laden, the fight against Al Qaida, and the war on terrorism.
I urge you to sign my petition below, so I can take your voice with me to the committee room and the floor of the Senate in the pursuit of the truth from Condoleeza Rice.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer U.S. Senator
I look forward to watching Dr. Rice eat Babs' lunch.
kerry is also on the committtee, I wonder if he'll actually show, I doubt it, he probably has a lunch scheduled with chirac.
Somebody needs to ask boxer why the US senate voted to go to Iraq also?
There won't be a crumb left.
Anybody have a petition to have Boxer SHTU and sit down?
Because we wanted to. Next!
* Why did we divert valuable resources and intelligence personnel to Iraq, taking them away from Afghanistan and the pursuit of Osama bin Laden?
Because we needed to. Next!
* Why did you mislead the American people into thinking there was a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaida before September 11th?
The American people did then, and still DO believe, that there is a connection between Saddam Hussein and Alquida. When are you going to get that into your thick head?
Let's hold the scum of the Senate, Barbara BoxWHORE, accountable for all the lies she told and the sedition she engaged in by trying to make US democracy look like a Central American banana republic in challenging Bush's LAWFUL re-election to the presidency. The way she and other DEMONcrats talked about the US, it made it sound like they absolutely despise this country and think we're little better than Nazi Germany. That kind of rhetoric questioning the soundness of American democracy, all for little more than cheap partisan political gain, was no doubt heard by America's enemies. Bozo Boxer needs to have a sock stuffed in it. TIME TO RECALL THIS ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT CALIFORNIA!!!
she is just a munchican out of touch still living in Oz
Barbara Boxer U.S. Senator
This incompetent POS is one of the most powerful people
on the face of the earth.
sadly we can't recall this senator.....only live in the agony which is her big mouth.....
Just in time to bend the spotlight away from the archives thief whazzizname. Oh yeh, Sandstone Burglar and company. Sandstone. What they use to scrub things clean.
Boxer is punch drunk.
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18,1998.
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.
"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by Joe Lieberman (D-CT), John McCain (Rino-AZ) and others, Dec. 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002.
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002.
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002.
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I b elieve that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002.
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Jay Rockerfeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002.
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002.
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weap ons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002.
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002.
"[W]ithout question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his contin ued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ..."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003.
Rice will win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for brokering a Palestinian-Israeli peace treaty!!
Very interesting........McCain has his Hagel and Her Heinous has her Babs.
If anyone wanted to give the U.S. Senate an enema, I would nominate Barbara Boxer to be the recipient of the probe!
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