Kerry challenges Bush on Saddam 9/11 connection

[Cocoa]

of course, Kerry shouldn't have to do this, this should be a major scandal every time Cheney utters his big lie...

But, since Kerry has to do the whores' work for them, the timing is good with the Powell statement, Kerry can pit Powell vs. Cheney...

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/12/kerry.powell.iraq/

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In his statement Sunday, Kerry complained that Cheney "continues to intentionally mislead the American public by drawing a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 in an attempt to make the invasion of Iraq part of the global war on terror.

"The president needs to answer the question: Who do you think is right? Vice President Cheney or Secretary Powell? And if it's Secretary Powell, will you direct your vice president to stop misleading the American people?"

The Kerry statement continued: "On an issue of such importance, where U.S. troops are bearing nearly 90 percent of the burden, and American taxpayers are paying $200 billion and counting, the administration has an especially solemn obligation to conduct itself in an honest and straightforward way.

"Unfortunately, in its desperate attempts to reinvent a rationale for the Iraq war, this White House has repeatedly chosen to mislead the American people."

[Myrina]

1. "Kerry complained " ??

Groan. I hate CNN !! :eyes:

[coloradodem2005]

2. "Charged" should have been the word.

n/t

[Cocoa]

4. or "reported"

or is CNN unfamiliar with that concept?

[coloradodem2005]

7. Probably so.

Considering that they don't report.

[grannylib]

3. Next time Chimpy wants to take issue with Kerry, it better be "W whined...

[PurityOfEssence]

5. Oooh, W is for whiner...

Now that the Rubicon has been crossed, Kerry now has to hammer the issue of deliberate misleading on the connection. If it comes back to him that he was somehow "duped" by the administration, he has every right to say that "we're supposed to trust our government, I didn't think they'd deliberately scare the American People to get their way, yet it appears that this is precisely what they've done."

If he's insulted for being a rube, he can fire back that it's shocking to find out how unprincipled and duplicitous this mob is.

[redstateblues]

9. To Hell With CNN- Glad I Don't Watch Faux Lite

[mzmolly]

6. Great statement! Glad he's coming around.

*applause*

[rndmprsn]

8. agreed

smart, quick comeback...i was thinking the same thing when wateching MTP this morning.

[gasperc]

10. finally

make them fucking prove it, I'm sick of all these republicans around work, I don't care what anybody says I KNOW Saddam had something to do with 9/11, it's like thier same faith in how they believe in God.

What could be Saddam's motive? Since such an attack would immediately draw worldwide suspicion against Iraq?
From all the bank transactions, thousands of arrests how come a pile of evidence hasn't emerged showing that Iraq financed 9/11?
Or atleast Iraq financed a sub-group of a sub-group of a sub-group of al Qeada? Even I would be seduced by something THAT shallow.