Rice cites 'personal responsibility' over disputed uranium claim

[freeforall]

Another claim of responsibility.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said she feels "personal responsibility" for the flap over President Bush's State of the Union address, which included a discredited claim that Iraq had sought to buy uranium from Africa.

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[Skittles]

1. AIN'T THAT SWEET

:nopity:

[Maple]

2. Again?

Didn't she do this a couple of days ago...before everyone started taking responsibility for it?

[young_at_heart]

3. I feel SO much better now!

I guess we have to forgive her now since she finally has taken responsibility........what about the mushroom cloud?

[osaMABUSh]

4. No, I take personal responsibility for the 16 words

No, really it was my fault. I didn't read the CIA briefing and we went to War because of me.

What is it with these people? First, nobody wanted to take responsibility then they blamed on Tenet now * and Condy claim they are personally responsible.

Pick a story and stay with it.

[ferg]

16. No, Clinton was responsible for the 16 words.

This is getting silly.

[radfringe]

22. no no no

AWOL's dog, Barney, ate the memo. Bad Barney Bad

[dansolo]

5. So when is she going to resign?

While she's at it, she should take responsibility for allowing 9/11 to happen on her watch. Does anyone feel secure knowing she's in charge of national security?

[young_at_heart]

6. Bush said she's "fabulous" at his news conference

He would never get rid of her.....she's mentored him for too long.

[PennyLane]

10. He Will

Karl Rove will insist on it!

[Cha]

8. It must feel awful go Down in History as the worst

National Security Advisor on the face of the Planet. If she has any conscience at all.

That's what you get when you hook up with the bushcrimefamily.

[oasis]

21. Anything other than "traditional hijackings" was not her responsibility.

She was only expecting 200 to 300 fatalities.

[Pale_Rider]

7. Waiting for Rove ...

... to now claim responsibility.

[Cha]

13. I thought even bush took responsibility for it in

that whacko press conference he had on Weds.?

[Pale_Rider]

14. Only in the defense of Rice ...

Q Mr. President, you often speak about the need for accountability in many areas. I wonder then, why is Dr. Condoleezza Rice not being held accountable for the statement that your own White House has acknowledged was a mistake in your State of the Union address regarding Iraq's attempts to purchase uranium? And also, do you take personal responsibility for that inaccuracy?

THE PRESIDENT: I take personal responsibility for everything I say, of course. Absolutely. I also take responsibility for making decisions on war and peace. And I analyzed a thorough body of intelligence -- good, solid, sound intelligence -- that led me to come to the conclusion that it was necessary to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

We gave the world a chance to do it. We had -- remember there's -- again, I don't want to get repetitive here, but it's important to remind everybody that there was 12 resolutions that came out of the United Nations because others recognized the threat of Saddam Hussein. Twelve times the United Nations Security Council passed resolutions in recognition of the threat that he posed. And the difference was, is that some were not willing to act on those resolutions. We were -- along with a lot of other countries -- because he posed a threat.

Dr. Condoleezza Rice is an honest, fabulous person. And America is lucky to have her service. Period.

It's been a dilution of personal responsibility. Enough people took responsibility before Bush's utterance, that his own personal responsibility has now been so completely diluted that its meaningless.

"there ought to be limits to freedom"
Bush 1999

[grytpype]

9. OK, now that she admits it, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO?

Resign?
Come clean about the whole thing?
Tell us all the behind-the-scenes stuff about this little Iraqi adventure?

OR

Stay "fabulous"
Lie
Tell nothing.

You get three guesses and the first two don't count.

[kskiska]

11. How come they made Poindexter resign

after a 2-day story, when Condi, Cheney, and * seem to hang on forever over something much, much worse?

[Gman]

12. That's a right wing buzz phrase

She's not worried about apologizing... She's playing to the right wing that was starting to wonder. She's shoring up the base... that's all.

[nuxvomica]

15. They keep skirting the issue

The letters were obvious forgeries. So obvious they had to know. To present them as otherwise is tantamount to enging in forgery as well.

[moondust]

17. It took them a long time but they finally figured it out.

If everybody takes responsibility then nobody takes responsibility. An old POW trick.

[lazarus]

18. link?

Please provide a link, per DU rules.

lazarus, DU moderator

[dfong63]

19. LOL. i'd love to see...

... the next tape of Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein, taking "personal responsibility", and then "now let's move on and let bygones be bygones."

[aquart]

20. Responsibility without consequences.

The Bushco reality.

[umcwb]

23. Locking- No Link

LBN threads must have a link to the original article.


Thanks,
UMCWB
DU LBN Moderator