Please tell us, O sophisticated one, why did the Bush administration choose to invade Iraq?
I can t wait&

The initial revolving door reasons were for the slam dunk haul of weapons of mass destruction and OBL, Frank. Remember …? The revolving door moved around and around after neither were found and door #2 revealed “regime change” and “democracy”.

Please tell us, O sophisticated one, why did the Bush administration choose to invade Iraq?
I can’t wait…

Rats run in the streets of DC
With Karl Rove in the clear
The bite homeless Vets and give them disease
and Karl Rove’s in the clear
46 million can’t pay no doctor bills
and Karl Rove’s in the clear
Ten years from now they’ll be dying still
while Karl Rove’s in the clear
The man just upped my gas price again
cause Karl Rove’s in the clear
No job, no home, no car
but Karl Rove’s in the clear
I wonder why he’s upping me?
while Karl Rove’s in the clear
I was already paying $50 a week
and now Karl Rove’s in the clear
Taxes take my whole damn check
The terrarists make me a nervous wreck
The price of food is going up
and if that wasn’t enough
rats run in the streets of DC
While Karl Rove’s in the clear

The Clinton death list is even funnier. 85 year old people listed as dying from “suspicious” causes.

47 individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine were convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes with 33 of these occurring during the Clinton administration itself.

Names?

(Hint: I don’t want to see Clinton opponent Jim Guy Tucker listed as part of the “Clinton machine,” okay Sparky?)

They seem to honor military service when it benefits their cause, Kerry.
Then they abandon it as irrelevent, Clinton.

Which, of course, is the exact opposite of the Republicans who abandon the military first (Bush, Rove, Cheney, DeLay, et al) and then honor it later when it benefits their cause.

What the ruling says is carte blanche is granted to one of the chief architects (if not the mastermind) to slander and intimidate any reputable critic of (false) WMD or “Imminent Threat” claims so that a path can be cleared for the deaths of 2400+ Americans and 30,000+ Iraqis.

Anyone who is naive enough to still believe that “regime change” and “democracy” for Iraqis were the chief motives behind the Iraq war ought to have the shit they have for brains flushed out- because it’s clogging their ears. Just once, prove that if the “Imminent Threat” claim were taken off the table, as it should have- that the invasion was justifiable.

All For Nothing, get it?
Zero. Zip. Nada.

Congratulations.

Just taking a cue from willy clinton…

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V112/N37/clinton.37w.html

DCPanic, obviously military service is not a requirement to have a legitimate opinion on how we should conduct a war, to be President, or to be any sort of elected official. I find it insulting that so many people feel compelled to tell a civilian to “clam up” when they state their opinion. Also, there seems to be this misconception that all Democrats are a bunch of draft-dodging, milk toast weaklings that don’t have the moxy to fight for their country. Just my opinion though.

What does Clinton’s military service, or lack thereof have to do with anything?

My favorite:
James Downing Aalund..
Mr. Aalund’s name is the first on a long list of young Texans who died in Vietnam. These young men did not have influential fathers to pull the strings necessary to get them into the Texas Air National Guard. If they had been so lucky, they would surely have fulfilled their responsibilities to the ANG, if only out of gratitude that they did not have to die, thousands of miles away in a strange land. They surely would not have disappeared from duty for over a year, as did our fearless leader George W. Bush.

Fact-
Of course I am cutting and pasting, there’s no need to re-type the numerous instances of fraud and corruption.

Luskin’s statement;

“”On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.”"In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation. We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct.”

You could drive a truck through what is not said in this statement.

A commenter @ FDL (Otis) had a speculation that is not wildly Moonbatty;

” The language used by Luskin strongly suggests that Rove got immunity in exchange for his cooperation (it is probably the same deal I have been suggesting was offered to Novak way back when. . . )Otherwise he never would have testified in the Grand Jury to begin with.

 Does not anticipate seeking charges means that if Rove testifies at Libby s trial as expected, and as his agreement no doubt provides for him to testify, (lawyers call it providing  ongoing cooperation ), then all will be well for him. But if he  goes sideways on Fitz and testifies differently from what is now expected, he could be charged w/perjury certainly, and his deal to avoid criminal liability in the larger conspiracy could be  off as he could face charges in that as well.

All told, a very standard deal and not unexpected. The more interesting issue and the reason for optimism now is that he couldn t have gotten such a deal without having something important to offer Fitz. The  no prosecution letter pretty much guarantees that he that he made a good deal. Either he offered up Cheney himself, or he offered up Libby to guarantee a conviction so Fitz can roll up Libby to Cheney. Either way, for me, I see Cheney going down and that s something I can live with!

One thing is for certain. One side or the other is going to be eating a lot of crow when the dust settles on this internecine affair.

You can also shoot a turnip and stab a potato, but that doesn’t mean that when it happens to a person, it’s no big deal.

And with that, I am going to announce my undefeated retirement from the comments sections. I’m off to other places where debating people isn’t like shooting fish in a barrel.

Cunningham did not operate in a vaccum, and his scandalous behavior has threads leading to other GOP scandals of late, whereas Jefferson’s transgressions have yet to expand beyond himself and his immediate circle, and they have certainly not exposed any other nefarious behavior by congressional Dems.

So, if we takes the facts as they are and until any evidence to the contrary is discovered…the GOP has pretty much cornered the corruption racket.

Don’t shoot messenger.