My Republican Reps. response on the Downing St. Memo

[NewJeffCT]

I'm in Connecticut, and Republican & ex-CIA "analyst" Rob Simmons is my congressional representative. A few weeks back, I had emailed him on the Downing Street Memo and last night he sent back a PDF of a Washington Post editorial from June 15, 2005 that basically says it adds no facts to the debate:

(forgive my bad cut & paste job, I'm not sure how to do from PDF)

Iraq, Then and Now

AFTER LAGGING for months, debate on
Iraq in Washington is picking up again.
. That's a needed and welcome devel-
opment, but much of the discussion is being
diverted to the wrong subject. War opponents
have been trumpeting several British government
memos from July 2002, which describe
the Bush administration's preparations for invasion,
as revelatory of President Bush's de-
'ceptions about Iraq. Bloggers have demanded
to know why "the mainstream media" have
,not paid more attention to them. Though we
"~'t 'speak for The Post's news department,
the answer appears .obvious: The memos add
not a single fact to what was previously known
'al;)out the administration's prewar delibera-
'Jions. Not only that: They add nothing to what
~s publicly known in July 2002.
, " Three summers ago the pages of this and
,other newspapers were filled with reports
.about military planning for war to remove Saddam
Hussein and Mr. Bush's determination to
force a showdown. "Debate over whether the
'United States should go to war against Iraq, "
\ve stated in a lead editorial on Aug. 4, "has
-lUrched into a higher gear." Concern that the
"B!1shadministration was not adequately pre-
"pared for a postwar occupation - another
supposed revelation of the British memos -
'prompted widely reported public hearings by
.the SenateForeignRelationsCommitteestart-
'mg on July 31, 2002.
.....<rest cut out>

[cornermouse]

1. Didn't hear a word you said, did he?

[NewJeffCT]

2. nope

still repeating that "old news" meme.

[cornermouse]

3. I've had the same thing happen with the addition

that they wanted to know the source I heard it from... Yep. That's right. They wanted to know the source.

[WePurrsevere]

4. "Somedays it's not even worth chewing through the restraints" is it?

It's so frustrating isn't it? It's like all of the DC Republican politicians are all walking around with their fingers stuck in their ears loudly singing "La la la la la I can't hear you La la la la la" in the hopes that if they ignore us long enough we and the situation will shut up and go away. :eyes:

If it wasn't going be like teaching a pig to sing you could always respond with a nice big pdf of FACTS from one of the wonderful "talking points" and/or case against BushCo postings here complete with LOTS of links to good sources to back it all up. Ask that he please address each point individually, thoroughly and with more then just an editorial *opinion* to back up what he's saying. :evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

6. Is there a good summary somewhere?

Of all the facts?

Thanks

[stevietheman]

8. The GOP is a bunch of "Vancome Ladies" :) n/t

n/t

[Swamp Rat]

5. Rob Simmons is part of the problem

He's a fascist enabler.

[NewJeffCT]

7. late morning kick

hoping to get some a place for a good summary that I can email back to him...

[helderheid]

9. hope this helps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_memo

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=downing+street+minutes+summary