I have a theory

[Marnieworld]

Could it be that those "16 words" were never in the SOTU text? Could Dubya have just added them in the moment? Could it be that just like how he recently got his stories mixed up(Saddam wouldn't allow inspectors even though we all know he did) his lazy brain retrieved a strategy they were going with as truth at one point and he just forgot? Could it be the real coverup is not intentional deception but that he's so stupid, such a puppet, and really really just doesn't giive a shit about anything he's saying when he's playing president that he just messed up? This occurred to me when I just read that it wasn't in any of the drafts. Also at one point they demanded that Hussein let the inspectors back in fully expecting that he would refuse and Saddam called their bluff.

There's a logic to this. Everyone knew the documents were forged. They allowed the "evidence" to be removed from a previous speech. How many times do you think they make him rehearse? He's nervous, some said sedated how far-fetched is it?

[DagmarK]

1. Nah, Bush could never come up with something on his own.......

He makes ZERO decisions.........

He doesn't know what's happening from one day to the next...

He does what he is told.

The only independent thing he does is when he shoots off his mouth when gets a surge of "God I'm good" or "THAT guy pisses me off". And that's it.......

(Can you imagine him being your dad? yuck)

[RevolutionStartsNow]

2. Interesting theory

and answers the question "Who PUT the words in there?"

But I would've thought that they would have run some damage control immediately afterward, or at least would have been prepared to be challenged about the statement. Far as I can see, they didn't even decide Tenet was to take the fall until right before he did just that.

[karlschneider]

6. Shrub ADMITTED that HE put it in the SOTU. I posted a link yesterday

and saw him say it on TV. He absolutely and unequivacolly said, "If I thought it was wrong, I would not have put it in" (my recollection, but very sure it's essentially a quote)

[hang a left]

3. Please don't think so much

I am having such a good day!

[SayitAintSo]

4. Ya know ? You may have nailed it .... H a Ha

Wouldn't that be some shit ?

"POTUS wings SOTU speech".... Faulty intelligence is really.....

FAULTY INTELLIGENCE .....?

( Who da' thunk it ? )

[Skittles]

5. remember that old saying

(Bush is) like a mushroom . . . kept in the dark and fed bullshit. That stupid f***er just does what he is told by his puppetmasters. They figure the less he knows the less he can screw up when speaking off the cuff.

[Athame]

7. I don't think so. Those words were too carefully crafted

to be extemporaneous. It was a very conscious intention to imply something that could not be impeached. {subliminable suggestion there, if we all just try to use that word in every possible context, maybe it will catch on} :silly:

[morningglory]

8. Naw, his lips move when he reads and he

was definitely reading off that reflective thingy.

[CWebster]

9. They deliberately used it

but they thought they would bypass any contention by pinning it on the Brits.

However, if you recall, it was Bush, the national embarrassment, himself, who insisted on putting that bit about the "axis of evil" in one of his speeches.