I'm really really pissed off that the Republicans are crying like spoiled babies over the leaked intelligence memo that says absolutely nothing. Expand the probe to the White House? Of course! All the information we already have is that the White House stovepiped bad information, and we went to war based on that. Who thinks the White House shouldn't be investigated?
Now Frist has called off the whole Iraq investigation. It's time to take this to the country, if only Democrats had the money of course. We're up to ten or so deaths a day in Iraq, and Senate Republicans are desperately trying to kiss ass. Here's the WaPo:
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Angry about a leaked Democratic memo, the Republican leadership of the Senate yesterday took the unusual step of canceling all business of the committee investigating prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) called on the author of the memo -- which laid out a possible Democratic strategy to extend the investigation to include the White House and executive branch -- to "identify himself or herself . . . disavow this partisan attack in its entirety" and deliver "a personal apology" to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Only if those steps are taken, Frist said, "will it be possible for the committee to resume its work in an effective and bipartisan manner -- a manner deserving of the confidence of other members of the Senate and the executive branch."
Roberts followed Frist on the floor and said that unless the Democratic members "properly" address the issue, "I am afraid that it will be impossible to return to 'business as usual' in the committee....."
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Anyone in Tennessee/Kansas out there? I think it's time for a letter writing drive, at least, if the Dems can't run ads.