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December 27, 2006

I'm just sayin'...

Lately many Democrats have, justifiably, taken Oregon Senator Gordon Smith(R) to task for his perceived insincere about-face from a staunch long-time supporter of President Bush's agenda on Iraq to a seeming critic.

But what of all those Democrats who similarly voted along with Smith? How many of them have been taken to task by the same Democrats who are taking Smith to task?

29 Democrats in the Senate voted on October 11, 2002 to give Bush a blank check which ended up embroiling us in the quagmire that is now Iraq. This after then Intelligence Committee Chairman, Senator Bob Graham, implored his colleagues to look at intelligence documents which sharply differed with the White House's assertions. And after Howard Dean argued that the administration hadn't backed up it's claims. And after media analysis revealed that Bush was stretching the evidence. And after a variety of military and intelligence experts, as well as former administration officials, publically disputed aspects of Bush's case against Iraq. 29 Democrats still voted to give Bush a blank check to wage war on Iraq only to later turn around and blame their votes on faulty intelligence given them by Bush. And a great many Democratic apologists have sung the same tune in a concerted effort to lay all the blame at the feet of the Bush administration. Which paid off this last November.

Posted by Kevin at December 27, 2006 07:57 AM