Mr. Harryman, You have written not only your opinion but the truth. The evidence is there for anyone in search of the truth. Unfortunately, most of those who support Bush are not in search of facts, only revisions of facts; the watered down, twisted, Bush version of the truth. The numerous posts to follow will reveal that to be so.

As I have said in previous posts, Condi proved herself to be in the same catagory as her boss- the liars and decievers club. In a way I understand her plight but do not respect her lack of scruples. She prostituted her ideals to support Bush. Bad decision (in the long run).

Bush has made a habit of trying to discredit anyone who challanges his "truths". In some cases Bush has even put those people's lives in danger. Yet, he continues to fool a large number of our population. They continue to buy into his pious, good old boy routine.

Reagan spoke the truth when he said "I have no recollection of that" while Bush says "They're lying. I never said that." (And he keeps on saying the same things over and over until people believe his lies are truths.)

Oh, well, such is life.

WOW David has discovered a Republican lying. Imagine a lying republican.

At one time lying under oath before the senate was considered some kind of crime. I'm glad those days are over and civil servants have absolutely no shame in lying themselves silly and being treated as if they are decent people.

In fact, I wonder about our senators. Liddy Dole seems to applaud lying, genocide, and torture. The other one--looks like a shoe salesman--can never remember his name. Dick something... Well, he's new. Probably doesn't even know where the men's room is yet. But he was right there to stand up for perjury, genocide, and torture. Republicans must be very proud.

Well, I see the usual group of screaming left wing liberals has once again used this as a forum to denegrate, slander, rail against, and generally act an ass with regards to our current administration.
The whole country heard your lies during the presidential campaign from "Swift Boat" John Kerry...and they didn't buy it, thank goodness.
Just shows that not everybody is a gullible as you guys.

Condi in '08!

Rice is a well-educated, accomplished diplomat. She deserves admiration for exploring her many talents and discovering where they can carry her. That is wonderful. However, she has sadly aligned herself with a seriously flawed group of rich white men that place ideals before fact. Their desire to "win at all cost" at the expense of what is right for America and the world, has corrupted Rice. Her statements prior to 9/11 do not square with those she has made after 9/11. It took her nearly 9 months to arrange a meeting with terrorist expert Richard Clark and the president. A meeting he requested to specifically educate the president about the threats from bin Laden and al Queda. It was her job as security advisor to make this happen. She did not. Her testimony before the 9/11 commission and her recent confirmation hearings were perfectly choreographed performances designed to evade answering simple and direct questions. Oh crap, she'll make a perfect president! Think I'll be sick...

You seem to think that because Clarke is a Democrat that somehow he is right, should be exalted and listened to like some god, and that the current administration had some obligation to gives his ideas credence. He's not, he's pretty much a hack. I wouldn't have given him much credence if I were in the administration, either.
The "important" information Clarke possessed was so vague you could have gotten the same by reading any major newspaper. We all knew about Al Quaeda and their threat, just as we knew that the failure of the Clinton administration to take even a smidgen of action against the terrorist threat would lead to further attacks on the US. It was being discussed in most knowledgeable circles (military, intel, etc.) after Clinton killed our troops in Mogadishu and then failed to take further action.
Clarke's advice would have made no difference at all.

Glen,
For starters, referring to anyone who disagrees with you and the current administration as "screaming, left-wing liberals" adds nothing to the debate.
Second, the "whole country" not buying John Kerry's lies is a ridiculous statement. If you'll recall, about 49% of the country voted for John Kerry. Any generalization about the "whole country" buying any one candidate over the other is laughable. Additionally, the 51% that voted for Bush didn't necessarily do so because they thought Kerry was a liar. I'd implore you to read some exit polling data to educate yourself about some of the reasons why folks voted the way they did.
Third, many folks think that Clarke should have been listened to because he turned out to be right. We can debate the semantics about how vague or detailed his information was, but the truth be known, he spoke in relative detail about an Al Queda threat and wasn't given an audience with the president until 9 months after he was elected. You can no possible way of knowing what would have happened had Clarke been given an audience with the president in the early days of the administration. Your comments in this regard are mere conjecture.

Richard Clarke is (or was) a self-identified republican. It is one of the reasons (by his own statement) he was surprised Clinton ask him to stay in his position as the top expert on terrorism. Clarke had served under seven or eight presidents. I guess all of them, including Bush Sr., gave no creadence to his opinion. Wonder who they were taking advice from? And exactly how did those presidents justify keeping someone on payroll who served no purpose?

You are right about one thing, Glenn. Clarke's advice would not have made any difference at all because Bush had already decided to go after Sadaam, consequences and cost be damned.

Saddam had already bullied Slick Willy Clinton and the UN for all those years, consequences be damned. And he was on an escalation course, consequences and costs be damend. Thanks goodness President Bush had the courage that Clinton lacked and ridded the world of this horrid beast. Saddam was the biggest threat to the stability of the entire Middle East.

Bush let Osama attack us. Bush let Osama escape. Bush has forgotten entirely about Osama, and hopes you have, too. Clinton bombed Osama. Study history a bit before you attempt to spout it.

Condi claims she had no advanced warning of 911. Recently released documents prove that she was lying, under oath, before congress. That's perjury. At one time the right wing objected to perjury, but apparently when a right winger lies (Ollie North, George Bush--both of 'em--G. Gordon Liddy, Rush Limbaugh, Condi Rice) they don't really mind so much. Yeah, sure. Condi in 08. You deserve her.

As Gabby has pointed out it was bin lauden who was on an escalation course. It was Osama who boldly attacked us. So exactly how did Sadaam rank being the top dog in the middle east? I will need you to explain that one as it escapes logic to me.

And exactly where was Bush's courage when his country was counting on him to fight for us in Vietnam? He was hiding out in the US somewhere because he was such a coward. At least Kerry, whether it was four days or four months, volunteered to serve. Kerry had no way of knowing if he would ever return home or not. That, Glenn, is courage.

Bush can afford to appear courageous when he puts other people in harms way. He risks nothing except being criticized by those who do not support his cowardice.

Clinton had the good sense act with restraint and, unlike the mad dash to war by Bush, retain our allies rather than thumping his nose at them.
Now Bush is courting those former allies like an ardent suitor.

Bush is, unequivocally, the greatest threat to our own precious country. As I have stated before, history will prove me right. Just like I have also previously stated, Condi was making a case for war with Iran. Now Bush has joined her. He is a total control freak who has the ability to engage otherwise sensible people into doing foolish things. Much like Jim Jones, George Manson and Hitler.

Who will rid the world of our horrible beast?

Yvonne and "Gabby" if you believe half of the lies you just spouted, you must have been living on another planet.
So Al Quadea only sprouted AFTER bush was elected? Ummm...remember a little place called Somalia? Osama's first battle against us, and Clinton ran and hid like a scared puppy. Osama himself has said that was a defining moment in his struggle against the US, it showed we were cowards. Clinton DID NOT bomb Osama, show me one shred of evidence to back up that claim. He fired a couple of missiles at a deserted camp.
How do you know what Bush has forgotten about, or what he is thinking? Are you clairvoyant? Use a crystal ball? Go down to Ft. Bragg and talk to Special Forces soldiers from units that are killing Al Qaeda in Afghanistan every day. Just because your liberal media does not report on the war in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and Osama does not mean it's not happening. I guess you rely solely on outlets such as CNN for your news, when they're not making up lies about things like the US military murdering journalists on purpose.
If you've ever been in Afghanistan (I have) you'd know how assinine it is to assert that the president "let" Osama escape. Does that also mean that the FBI "let" Eric Rudolph escape in our NC mountains? You need a reality check, bud.
Yvonne, I'm sorry you know nothing about how Saddam came to have the power he had. It's not my job to educate you on everything, do a little bit of your own work here.
So every man who did not go to Vietnam is a coward? How about the ones who didn't even volunteer for the National Guard or Reserve but just lived their lives letting others perform military service? Are they even bigger cowards than the "cowards" that served in the Guard and Reserve? Try going to a VFW club and telling all those guys what cowards they were. I think you'd get a quick education.
Why did Clinton allow things to degenerate to the state that Osama and others felt they could attack us so brazenly? Why didn't Clinton accept Osama's capture when it was offered in a silver platter? Was he too busy counting the cash delivered by Bagman Al Gore from Communist Chinese in exchange for our military secrets? Was he too busy hiding his criminal activities from investigations? Was he too busy ducking lamps thrown by Hillary in yet another her domestic violence rages?
The blood over every American that died on 9/11/01 in on Clinton's hands because he was asleep at the wheel for eight years and failed to do his duy to protect us. President Bush has done a miraculous job at bringing our country back from the brink of moral, financial, and foreign policy disaster generated by Bill Clinton.

Glenn, You win the prize for totally misconstruing about everything anyone who doesn't agree with you posts. It was more that a giant leap to take my statement about the cowardice of Bush to umbrella everyone who didn't serve in the military as a coward. Logical thinking does lead one to logical conclusions but I see nothing logical about your statements, only sweeping generalizations.

I never said I didn't know how Saddam gainned the power he had. I can only reiterate my original post: Since it was Osama who lead the attack on us and Osama who was the leader of the largest terrorist cells, how do you figure Saddam was the most powerful man in the middle east? Seems to me Osama should have been awarded that (dis)honor.

You, like Bush, seem to have mastered the art of hocus pocus. You take something someone says and twist it until it fits your own agenda.

"How do you know what Bush has forgotten about, or what he is thinking? Are you clairvoyant? Use a crystal ball?" I might ask you the same in regards to your statements about Clinton.

If you are going to critique MY posts, please stick to what I post, not your embellishments of my posts. Thank you.

Glenn, I'll agree that bush took out an awful monster... and about 100,000 civilians. Osama can't touch that record.

Sadamm bullied Clinton???? Apparently the WMDs disapeared in the '90s. Must have been over confidence on Sadamms part.

take care,

Yvonne, you say that by volunteering and serving honorably in the National Guard, earning an Honorable Discharge (which Kerry DID NOT receive) he was a coward hiding in the US. I ask you again, if you think someone who volunteers for military service and serves honorably but only in the US is a coward, what must you think of those that never volunteered or served?
Saddam led a COUNTRY in the Middle East, his power over his subjects was far greater than Osama. Just because Osama attacked the US after being emboldened by Clinton's cowardice is not related to Saddam's stranglehold over his neighbors by virtue of WMD's he did not hesitate to use. Saddam threatened everyone in the Middle East, Osama had a small, well defined target.
My statements about Clinton are the result of well-established facts, well published in the world news media. Specifically, Osama's statements about Clinton and Somalia, published accounts of the offer of Osama's capture to Clinton, AlGore and the Buddhist temples bags of cash, investigations into Chinese influence with the Dems and subsequent investigations into Chinese receipt of weapons technology, and first person accounts by Secret Service agents of Hillary and Willy's domestic altercations in our White House.
Marshall, please provide a source that President Bush killed 100,000 innocent civilians not involved in the conflict. And if you KNOW when the WMD's were spirited out of the country in violation of UN sanctions, please advise the UN weapons inspectors, because apparently you have far more knowledge of that than the guys that were there inspecting them.

When Condi runs for President against Hillary, I will be proud to once again vote Republican.

Here Glenn. It's not that hard to find if you look for it.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6596

Do I know when the WMDs were spirited out of the country? Nope.

Do you have proof that they WERE spirited out of the country? If so, please advise the UN weapons inspectors, because apparently you have far more knowledge of that than the guys that were there inspecting them.

Chow amigo!