Bob Graham's book calls for bush's removal from office.

[milkyway]

I just purchased the book tonight at a Barnes and Noble and took a quick look at it. Here's what he says in the Introduction:

"In sum, I will argue that the Bush administration's action and inaction--in protecting a foreign government which played a central role in the loss of nearly 3,000 lives; in failing to alert government agencies of known tactics of terrorists; in diverting the nation from the real war on terrorism in Afghanistan to a falsely justified war in Iraq; and in politicizing and falsifying intelligence in order to build support for that war, and then in covering up these and other actions--constitute an indictment of President Bush's leadership so serious that it warrants his removal from office."

In the Conclusion Graham lists 11 issues regarding terrorism and national security in which bush has ill-served the American people. The first two are:

• After he was briefed in August 2001 that al-Qaeda was making preparations consistent with hijackings, the President did not take executive action to alert the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense, or other agencies that might have used this information to harden commercial aviation against an attack.

• Throughout 2002, the President directed the FBI to restrain and obfuscate the investigation of the foreign government support that some and possibly all of the September 11 hijackers received.

After listing these 11 reasons, Graham says, "Any one of these things would warrant a leader's removal from office. Taken together, they are a searing indictment of a President who, despite lofty words to the contrary, has not been a leader, has not been honest, and has not made America safer."

The mainstream media cannot ignore these charges made by the leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee (can they?).

[Kool Kitty]

1. The mainstream media cannot ignore these charges?

Oh, just watch them, honey. They will give it their best.

[TA]

2. Kool Kitty - Me think you are talking to yourself.

At least you are responding to your own statements. But thats OK, it's been a rough week.

[Carla in Ca]

4. Kool Kitty's response was right on!

and I totally agree.
Some newspapers will pick it up and run with it and then maybe these damn networks will have to report it as well. I send each one an email every week to remind them.

[Kool Kitty]

5. Uh, how was I responding to my own statements?

Maybe I should have put the subject line in quotes.

On edit-Thanks, Carla. That's exactly what I meant, but I guess I didn't say it very well. ;-)

[Carla in Ca]

6. Kool Kitty

Some people just don't appreciate funny,sassy comments. Oh well.

[EST]

20. Don't worry, you're still beautiful!

Love it - we're agittin' them houndawgs on the run! These are the most exiting times.

[Gloria]

3. kick!

eom

[JDPriestly]

7. Thanks.

Sounds like a must read.

[Nordic]

8. and the mainstream media ignores another nuclear bomb

why oh why can't we fire these losers?

[Sugarbleus]

9. I believe B. Graham along with Buchannan was on Meet the Press

Yesterday and on re run late last night. He had his book with him.

Hopefully, someone will pick this up and run with it. Though, I agree that our media is in the pockets of big business and only does what it feels like doing or does what it's told to do.

Still, if persons keep urging stations to take a look at the details of his book, maybe, just maybe it will get MORE attention..

WTG BOB!!

[Michael Harrington]

10. Is anybody else

Really surprised that Bob for Godsakes Graham has turned out to be such a forthright critic? I always thought of him as one of those tiresome Nunn type Democrats we're stuck with all over the South. To have such a previously (I hate this term) moderate person come out like this would, you would think, make a big difference in this book's reception.

[jwirr]

23. A Smart Person

picks his fights and doesn't let others push him into fights not so important.

[EST]

21. Problem was

Timmy has no balls. He went out of his way to avoid getting too deep into the book. I watched the show and was severely disappointed!

[DeepModem Mom]

11. Wow! nt

[milkyway]

12. kick.

[Q]

13. This shows the state of the 'free press' and democracy...

...when treasonous acts have to be exposed in a book instead of the Senate or the media.

- The American media works for those who want Bush* to stay in office. That's all you need to know to understand why you won't hear much about this.

[cthrumatrix]

16. bingo.... the corp press won't touch it

[democracy eh]

14. BAM!!! time to place an order

has anyone read Imperial Hubris? I was about to buy it, but Graham's book looks excellent

[A_Possum]

25. You go!

[truthspeaker]

15. Yeah, but did he get a blowjob from an intern and lie about it?

Priorities, Senator, priorities.

[cthrumatrix]

17. the liberal media will let this drop.... I hope the familes of soldiers

in Iraq have a few pennies to buy this and start asking questions...becuase the media never will.

[Jackpine Radical]

18. Wrong question. Was he a DEM who got a blowjob & lied...?

Pugs, being already beatified for their public stance against gays, get a free pass & their antics are of no interest to the press.

[rhite5]

19. Looking forward to reading ....

This is an analysis of 9/11 from someone who sat on an important Senate committee through at least two different administrations and was privy to a lot of classified foreign policy information.

Besides that, I hope this book will give us an inside look (or at least a clue) to what life has been like for Democratic senators during the Bush regime, both before and after 9/11. I've been wondering a lot about that, anthrax scares and all.

Bob Graham has been a good Senator, never made headlines like Byrd or Kennedy, so he is largely unknown outside his home state. His voting record is among the best. He was also a good governor of Florida before he became a senator.

[dennis4868]

22. The mainstream media cannot ignore these charges ?

Why not? They have ignored everything else.....why all of a sudden will they wake up just because some senator has wriiten a book?

[A_Possum]

24. Buy it

Amazon

If we were freepers, we'd make it #1.

But it's still at #28 today. How come? No wonder we can't get any attention.

The media will talk about it WHEN and IF we make this book a #1 bestseller.

[A_Possum]

26. milky, you can write a review at Barnes and Noble.com

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=VQ84qZz9vp&cds2Pid=946&isbn=1400063523

Their readers comments are open.