Reply #23: great example, obnoxious personal characteristics aside.........

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of what a complete, lying shitbag he is

from MWO

http://mediawhoresonline.com/

Monday on CNN's Crossfire:

TUCKER CARLSON: More to the point, the question is "Are there ties between Saddam's government and al-Qaeda?" That's what we should be looking at, not whether some...

PAUL BEGALA: And there are not. Even the Secretary of State has said there aren't.

CARLSON: Actually the Secretary of State has said no such thing!]
BEGALA: Yes he did. He said there's no smoking gun conclusion that there's any links with al Qaeda...

CARLSON: Maybe on Media Whores.com or something, but in newspapers that is not what he said.

BEGALA: That's Media Whores ONLINE .com, by the way.

The New York Times, a newspaper:

FOREIGN DESK | January 9, 2004, Friday
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: DIPLOMACY;
Powell Admits No Hard Proof In Linking Iraq to Al Qaeda

By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS (NYT) 1155 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 10 , Column 1

ABSTRACT - Secretary of State Colin L Powell concedes that despite his assertions to United Nations last year, he has no 'smoking gun' proof of link between government of Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein and terrorists of Al Qaeda; says he thinks possibility of such connections did exist, and it was prudent to consider them at that time; his remarks are stark admission that there is no definitive evidence to back administration statements and insinuations that Hussein had ties to Al Qaeda; impression of such a link in public mind has become widely accepted--and something administration officials have done little to discourage

MSNBC.com (1/04)

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell reversed a year of administration policy, acknowledging Thursday that he had seen no "smoking gun concrete evidence" of ties between former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida...

Powell’s observation marked a turning point in administration arguments in support of the U.S. invasion of Iraq last spring. The assertion that Saddam and the terrorist network led by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden were working in concert was a primary justification for the war.

As recently as September, President Bush declared that there was “no question” that Saddam had ties to al-Qaida.

Email Tucker Carlson. Request he apologize to Mr. Begala and Media Whores Online for maligning their accuracy in reporting.

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