Thursday, April 06, 2006
Big News: Bush approved leak, Libby Testifies
From the Associated Press (via MSNBC):
"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.
The filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald also describes Cheney’s involvement in I. Lewis Libby’s communications with the press.
There was no indication in the filing that either Bush or Cheney authorized Libby to disclose Valerie Plame’s CIA identity. But it points to Cheney as one of the originators of the idea that Plame could be used to discredit her husband, Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson."
You can read the full story via the above link.
No surprises here, if true. The Bush administration is one of the most incompetent and corrupt administrations in recent history. We know the administration intended on going to war with Iraq months before the WMD argument was brought up. Bush has created massive budget deficits, spending hundreds of billions in the war in Iraq, while our troops continue to die because Iraqi security and military forces remain untrained. Add to that our seeming inability (or unwillingness) to capture Osama Bin Laden and an Executive branch of government that thinks it isn't subject to constitutional checks and balances and you have a recipe for disaster. Since Bush took office the number of people living in poverty has risen by 5.4% and the number of people without health insurance increased by 6%.
Right-wingers think liberals have nothing but hate for President Bush. That's not entirely true. Sure, there is some hate. But I think most of us would see we don't approve of the direction Bush and his team have taken this country, and we're not happy about it. Several recent polls show that the majority of Americans feel this way.
I think Republicans are in for a big surprise come November, when they discover they no longer hold the majority in the House. Polls have indicated the public would vote for a Democrat over a Republican if the elections were held now. It's possible we'll see a Democrat takeover of the House, much like the Republican revolution of the early 1990s. Wouldn't that be nice?
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From the Associated Press (via MSNBC):
"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.
The filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald also describes Cheney’s involvement in I. Lewis Libby’s communications with the press.
There was no indication in the filing that either Bush or Cheney authorized Libby to disclose Valerie Plame’s CIA identity. But it points to Cheney as one of the originators of the idea that Plame could be used to discredit her husband, Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson."
You can read the full story via the above link.
No surprises here, if true. The Bush administration is one of the most incompetent and corrupt administrations in recent history. We know the administration intended on going to war with Iraq months before the WMD argument was brought up. Bush has created massive budget deficits, spending hundreds of billions in the war in Iraq, while our troops continue to die because Iraqi security and military forces remain untrained. Add to that our seeming inability (or unwillingness) to capture Osama Bin Laden and an Executive branch of government that thinks it isn't subject to constitutional checks and balances and you have a recipe for disaster. Since Bush took office the number of people living in poverty has risen by 5.4% and the number of people without health insurance increased by 6%.
Right-wingers think liberals have nothing but hate for President Bush. That's not entirely true. Sure, there is some hate. But I think most of us would see we don't approve of the direction Bush and his team have taken this country, and we're not happy about it. Several recent polls show that the majority of Americans feel this way.
I think Republicans are in for a big surprise come November, when they discover they no longer hold the majority in the House. Polls have indicated the public would vote for a Democrat over a Republican if the elections were held now. It's possible we'll see a Democrat takeover of the House, much like the Republican revolution of the early 1990s. Wouldn't that be nice?
