Endgame for the president?

[stevedeshazer]

From the Boston Globe:

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After an excruciating delay, chickens are finally coming home to roost for George W. Bush. For over a year, critics have been pointing to the president's systematic misrepresentations of everything from Iraq to education to budget numbers. But the charge hasn't really stuck, until very lately. .

This past week, however, Bush seems to have hit a tipping point. Chief arms inspector David Kay testified before Congress that the intelligence reports were entirely wrong about Saddam's supposed weapons and that the much maligned UN inspectors were right.

Kay loyally blamed the failure on intelligence professionals, not Bush. But that argument didn't fool those who watched last year as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld strong-armed the CIA, sifted through raw, unconfirmed reports, and massaged the data until he got the story he wanted.

Bush initially resisted the pressure for a full-scale investigation, but soon agreed to appoint a major bipartisan inquiry into the "intelligence failure." The real story here is the political manipulation of intelligence, and it isn't going away. A second investigation -- about the outing of CIA official Valerie Plame -- will also shed embarrassing light about the true White House concern for intelligence professionals. Yet another investigation -- into the lapses that occurred on Bush's watch in the events leading up to 9/11 -- could also unearth awkward facts.

more: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/04/endgame_for_the_president/
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Hear those crickets chirping?

[MI Cherie]

1. Drip .... drip ... drip ...

... waiting for the flood!

[patricia92243]

2. You really believe Bush will be held accountable? Dream on!!

[sventvkg]

3. exactly...You people need to wake up..Our country is gone....

[izzie]

4. No Bush will stay above it all.

I said all alone he was in trouble when they drag out Baker and they did that, so they knew they were going to have trouble. What is really interesting is they are sure they have their base in line as where can they go but vote for Bush. They are really at each other on Free Rep. and sort of know they have been blackmailed.They are sort of fun to read now. You could see it in the people who did not vote for Bush on the GOP ticket in NH, Some of those people are really mad.Lets see if they bring back Karen (what ever) and the power fight now going on in the WH.

[dbt]

5. Instant Karma was too good for bu$h

Instead, the gods decided to brew the old-fashioned kind. It takes a lot longer, but the flavor lasts for eons. And now, the kettle's on the boil.

:evilgrin:
dbt