The leaders of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday disputed Vice President Dick Cheney's suggestion that he probably had access to more intelligence than the commission did about possible ties between the Qaeda terrorist network and Iraq.
In a one-sentence statement, the panel's chairman and vice chairman said that "after examining available transcripts of the vice president's public remarks, the 9/11 commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between Al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9/11 attacks."
NY Times article
In a one-sentence statement, the panel's chairman and vice chairman said that "after examining available transcripts of the vice president's public remarks, the 9/11 commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between Al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9/11 attacks."
It has been said that those who think Cheney will be dumped from the ballot do not understand that Cheney is actually running the show. I agree that he has been puppet master, but he still isn't more powerful than the GOP apparatus itself. Unless he can arrange a state of emergency cancelling elections, which I think he can. We'll just have to wait and see about that.
I might have to wonder about this Worthless Commission rebuke, though, as the Commission was selected with the protection of the administration in mind, and they are going to do just that. If they are not protecting Cheney, then they probably decided that the GOP would be better off without him. If they were really concerned with actually winning an election, they would be thinking about dropping both the puppet master and the puppet. But that would mean possibly losing Jeb Bush's manipulating the Florida vote, and they probably can't afford that.
I put all that in the conditional, because it appears that the GOP won't have to dump either asshat. They just have to spin whatever the asshats say and do.
A spokesman for Mr. Cheney, Kevin Kellems, said on Tuesday that the White House welcomed the statement, calling it proof that the White House had fully cooperated in providing the panel all available intelligence relevant to its work.
"We are pleased with today's statement from the 9/11 commission, which puts to rest a nonstory," he said. "As we have said all along, the administration provided the commission with unprecedented access to sensitive information so they could perform their mission. The vice president criticized some press coverage of the draft staff report. He did not criticize the commission's work."
"We are pleased with today's statement from the 9/11 commission, which puts to rest a nonstory," he said. "As we have said all along, the administration provided the commission with unprecedented access to sensitive information so they could perform their mission. The vice president criticized some press coverage of the draft staff report. He did not criticize the commission's work."
Oil Slick Dick is not a liar. The White House has cooperated fully. Always turn your best side to the camera.
Well, anything can happen between now and November.
And I imagine it will.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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