Seems our Republican friends have their knickers in a knot once again. A memo, written without authorization by a Dem staffer, has surfaced:
The memo laid out plans for highlighting contradictions between the intelligence and statements by administration officials. It suggested approaches for beginning a separate Democratic investigation or renewing calls for an independent probe.
Among its recommendations were "pull the majority along as far as we can on issues that may lead to major new disclosures" and that Democrats "can pull the trigger on an independent investigation" after exhausting the opportunity to usefully collaborate with Republicans.
Sounds reasonable to me. However, some on the other side seem a little upset:
"I never saw the kind of blatant partisan politics emerge that has apparently emerged as revealed in this memorandum," said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
Such outrage! My, oh my. Should we Dems just roll over and play dead? Maybe not:
"It is disturbing that individuals are seeking to score political points and that a draft paper describing the rights of the minority to push for a full and fair review of these issues is being so grossly mischaracterized to try to deflect attention from the real issue," Rockefeller said.
No shit. If exposing lies that lead us to war isn't political fair game, I'd like to know what is! The American people have been steamrolled by this administration and for once, the Democrats better not cave.
The rest of the article is here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20031105/ap_o
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