Yahoo News - Bush pressed to answer `Downing Street Memo' questions

[DoYouEverWonder]

June 16, 2005

WASHINGTON - A hearing Thursday on a secret British intelligence memo that said President Bush was committed to waging war on Iraq months before he said so publicly ended with a request for Congress to open an inquiry into whether Bush should be impeached for misleading the nation.

"All we're asking is to know the truth," said John Bonifaz, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet,org. "Some of his supporters want to say it's a question of failed intelligence. If that's all it was, so be it."

But if not, said Bonifaz, "then the American people and the U.S. Congress deserve to know."

The hearing focused on the now-famous Downing Street memo, named after the Downing Street office of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The memo was written on July 23, 2002, by a top Blair adviser.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20050617/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_usiraq_memo_wa

Finally the M$M has put up a story about today's hearings. I guess they finally figured out the party line?

[Barrett808]

1. Rated - 5 stars with 2 votes n/t

[Beetwasher]

2. Amazing How They Are Downplaying Bonifaz's Words Though, He Said The "I"

word about a dozen times. No mention of it in the article.

[Journeyman]

10. Downplaying Bonifaz's words is inconsequential. . .

compared to burying Rep. John Conyer's involvement in the seventh paragraph.

[GetTheRightVote]

3. I love the quotes from people at the rally, great posting

:kick:

[rodeodance]

4. yabba dappa dooooooo

[Zen Democrat]

5. When I just clicked on they had "2" votes. What's up with that?

[stillcool]

6. maybe someone can help me?

Yahoo won't let me rate articles anymore. I click on the star and nothing happens...like the page won't load. Anyone know what's up?

[HeeBGBz]

7. Yahoo News is down

Gee, all those curious minds must have broke it. :sarcasm:

[BeHereNow]

8. Memo to the shrub- "Shut up, just SHUT UP!"

We are so sick of your lies.
SHUT UP, you sociopath.
You despicable filthy man.
Just SHUT UP.
BHN

[silvermachine]

34. One of the best quotes concerning Bush/Blair...

...Richard Green admitted he felt highly emotional about Tony Blair's presence at the service. "I think he's a war criminal, it's as simple as that. The man, without any consideration to the Labour parliamentary party, elected to go to war with this scabby little friend in Texas , and killed 51 of our men unnecessarily," he said.

[mindfulNJ]

9. LOL

Check this out:

Six members of the D.C. chapter of Freerepublic.com held a small counter-protest in support of Bush's policies. They brought an Iraqi expatriate, Nofel al Jazairi, who stood solemnly and held a sign reading "Saddam Lied, Millions Died."

Organizer Kristin Taylor said the Downing Street memo is "much ado about nothing."

Six members! These are tough times for the Freeptards.
:P

[Matariki]

12. why

do they always give these insignificant handful of 'counter protesters' the last word?

[Catch22Dem]

11. How'd the freeptards get mentioned???

Six members of the D.C. chapter of Freerepublic.com held a small counter-protest in support of Bush's policies. They brought an Iraqi expatriate, Nofel al Jazairi, who stood solemnly and held a sign reading "Saddam Lied, Millions Died."

Organizer Kristin Taylor said the Downing Street memo is "much ado about nothing."

"I think President Bush stands on the side of freedom and democracy, and I think he did the right thing for the Iraqi people and the American people and the world by taking the fight to the terrorists in Iraq," Taylor said.

WHAT terrorists in Iraq you ignorant, sl....Sorry, almost had a Dan Aykroyd moment there.

[shawn703]

31. They could only get 6 people to show up?

:rofl:

[redqueen]

39. How many port-a-potties do you think they rented?

:evilgrin:

[leftchick]

13. Savior of our Democracy Rep. Conyers Delivering the Petitions....

:loveya:




Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., center, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is helped by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., front row 2nd left, and Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, left, to hand-deliver petitions to the White House, outside the Northwest Appointment gate of the White House, Thursday, June 16, 2005 in Washington. The petitions are signed by 105 members of Congress and more than 540,000 Americans demanding that President Bush provide a detailed response to the evidence in the 'Downing Street Memo'. The so-called 'Downing Street memo' says the Bush administration believed that war was inevitable and was determined to use intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the ouster of Saddam (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[cliss]

14. Good news.

Now, visualize the temperature slowly heating up for Bush, as he sits in the frying pan.

As long as Iraq remains a Dante's Inferno, the flames will start heating up for Bush.

This entire administration is under intense pressure to get things fixed over there. They will be forced to come up with answers, plans, explanations, even though they don't want to.

The problem is, they won't be able to. Because the more they crack down and "round up insurgents", the worse it gets.

Enjoy the heat, George.

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[leftchick]

16. and so should you

:eyes:

http://www.pnac.info/blog/archives/000077.html

[demo dutch]

17. My thoughts exactly!!, Let's see ... Reagan, Bush (Sr), Rumsfeld ....

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Al Gore didn't invade Iraq on a lie now did he?

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[uppityperson]

19. Welcome to DU PsychicChad, the Democratic Underground

Hope you stay with us is peaceful and productive.

[PsychicChad]

36. Thank you

This site rocks!

[silvermachine]

35. Don't recall Gore launching a phony war...

...in order to impress his Momma and Dada. Do you? Guess your psychic powers are on low wattage today, and probably most other days too.

[Brundle_Fly]

20. Democrats call for inquiry into 'Downing Street Memo' (Canada On Board)

http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/06/16/memo050616.html

Senior Democrats are calling for a full investigation into a memo that appears to accuse U.S. President George W. Bush of misleading Americans into backing the war with Iraq.

Bush has always maintained that "the use of force has been and remains our last resort."

But the memo, called the Downing Street Memo, could be the first documentary proof that Bush deceived the American people.




more and more press, they were so dumb not to confront this, makes them look like they had something to hide!

[demo dutch]

21. Great, but I wish they would at least post a link to the MEMO(s)!

MSNBC didn't either!

[babylonsister]

22. Check this out:

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/

[lollipop]

23. I love how the DSM vindicates Canada

for staying out of the war.

[u4ic]

24. Too bad Cellucci wasn't still up here

Ha! We could have some fun with him :evilgrin:

[jim3775]

25. No mention yet on the CBC nightly news.

They are covering important Canadian stories though. No feel-good bullshit like on the american evening "news".

[0007]

26. Tis picking up steam......

"Neither Bush nor Blair has challenged the authenticity of the Downing Street Memo. But earlier this month both said it is wrong."

Yes, and the whole world is out step except for these two cretins.

[Erika]

28. True

Remember, Rupert Murdoch released it. I think he knows the right wing is beginning to crumble and he's turning left. Kind of like Faux news hiring Clark. They see the writing on the wall. They want the $ and the hell with the party.

[CHIMO]

27. Video

RealAudio / RealVideo
http://www.cbc.ca/clips/rm-lo/halton_downing050616.rm

QuickTime Movie
http://www.cbc.ca/clips/mov/halton_downing050616.mov

The link is on the CBC page at the top right.

[freedomburn]

37. GD that CBC news video is AWESOME! Why can't we have more...

journalism like that here in America? Is it because the M$M is owned by the major corporations who profit from the status quo? Ya think??

[frictionlessO]

29. Go rate this one, its Knight Ridder and has broader circulation. n/t

[eleny]

30. Done!

[Douglas Carpenter]

32. Done and RECOMMENDED!

It's driving the freeptards nut that this is finally getting some media attention--a lot of them blame DU for begging and whining--so let's keep up the begging and whining---






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[Plaid Adder]

38. Note that they interview the SIX Free Republic counter-protestors.

Count 'em, SIX. Jesus that's pathetic.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder