CBS on-line - "Bush KNEW info on Iraq was false!!!!"

[ElementaryPenguin]

This is the HEADLINE!!!!! Lord Almighty, the damn is beginning to burst! ChimpCo is going down in flames, folks!


http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

[ChrisNYC]

1. I've been waiting 6 months

And finally the truth begins to come out!

[madmax]

2. I'd also like to see this headline

'Bush KNEW and terrorists flew'.

[Elidor]

3. Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick!

Suh-weet!!!

(CBS) Senior administration officials tell CBS News the President’s mistaken claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa was included in his State of the Union address -- despite objections from the CIA.

Before the speech was delivered, the portions dealing with Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction were checked with the CIA for accuracy, reports CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin.

CIA officials warned members of the President’s National Security Council staff the intelligence was not good enough to make the flat statement Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa.
<snip>

The fat is in the fuckin' fire!!! Looks like they're going to blame it on Condi. Couldn't happen to a nicer bitch. And she DENIED it ALL! Bye, Condi. You're the first head overboard after all.

[susu369]

15. Poor Condi

Hey-you-won't-find-me-down-in-the-bowels-of-the-CIA Condi's head must certainly be bobbling non-stop right now.

;)

[Room101]

4. Holy shit !!! Start the articles of impeachment!!!

DU has known this for along time, but This is huge for mainstream CBS to say BUSH knew!keep your fingers crossed. DRIP DRIP DRIP!

[aquart]

64. A Democrat would be impeached. A Republican?

Sent to bed without dessert.

[symbolman]

97. Here's how

you Impeach Bush:

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/howtoimpeach.html

remember, 97 Senators voted today to get the UN to take Iraq back -- and when Nixon stepped down it was his own party that took him down..

It CAN happen.

[indepat]

67. Let's not get ahead of ourselves: after all, didn't Colin say it was an

honest mistake?

[OneTwentyoNine]

80. Absolutely GD right !!!! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP n/t

....

[ibegurpard]

5. Holy shit!

That's a pretty damning headline....Now, will anyone care?

[shave_your_bush]

6. Just emailed this to a few people

Who happen to be huge * supporters :puke:. Can't wait to hear what they have to say about it. I am sure I will get the same "It doesn't matter, Saddam was the biggest threat to the world, and at least * didn't lie about a blowjob" line like I constantly hear.

I'm happy to see that as the headline though. Hopefully something will come out of it!

[Cha]

63. Can those repukes say,,,,"bush lied ,,,,Soldiers Died"?,,,,,

Cause I know they don't care about the Iraqis!

[procopia]

7. They will say it wasn't a lie because...

"As long as the statement was attributed to British Intelligence, the White House officials argued, it would be factually accurate. The CIA officials dropped their objections and that’s how it was delivered."

[htuttle]

10. Oh, they'll say that...

...and some of them will really believe it.

But lots of them will get a pang in the pit of their stomach when they say it.

[Mountainman]

8. It all depends on what your definition of is is.

It all depends on what your definition of a lie is. You may say Bush did not lie because he said that the British had evidence or if you think he lied because he knew the evidince to be false.

[CatWoman]

9. LOOK AT THE VIDEO DIRECTLY BENEATH THE STORY

it's labeled "Bush's Phoney Iraq Claim"


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Bush's Phony Iraq Claim

In a CBS exclusive, officials tell David Martin that President Bush's mistaken claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa was in his State of the Union address despite CIA objections.

[ElementaryPenguin]

14. Great pick-up, Cat!! Bwhahahaha!! Bwahahahahahahahahah!!!!

Phoney! Phoney! Phoney! Evil Phoney fucking president!!

[elsiesummers]

90. Interesting, the word choice, "Phony"

That's John Edwards line: "Bush is a phony." Then paraphrased: "you know how you tell a counterfitt bill, you place a real one next to it."

Interesting word choice, phony.

[meisje]

34. I'm going to frame that page

I'll save a spot next to it for the impeachment headline.

[ElementaryPenguin]

11. Bush knew/Bush knew!!

This is the new Bush knew - being examined at the same time the reports are being recycled that Bush knew that Al-Qaeda was going to attack America!! Even Joe Six-Pack can now see that Bush is a lying sack of shit, treasoness, warmongering monster!! IMPEACH!!!IMPEACH!!!IMPEACH!!! Shout it from the rooftops!!!

[twilight]

56. Lets shout this from the rooftops!

Maybe if we all shout loud enough, some of our troops will hear our calls! They too know Bush lied - they are living the freaking lie in Iraq!

Bring our Troops Home Now!

Reclaim America for its People!!!

Impeach Bush Now!!!!!

:kick:

P.S. The Pope was right!

[fizzana]

12. Notice how they fudged the issue though

“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa,” Mr. Bush said

If it ever comes down to impeachment or anything like that, they can use the "technically he didn't lie'" defence. Despite that it is obvious he was lying and I hope to God everyone hammers him over and over on this.

[Dudley_DUright]

13. Yes, but it will be easy to demonstrate that

they knew that the British info was based on the same BS forged documents (and nothing else, Tony Blair's ridiculous assertions to the contrary) that the CIA was objecting to. This will be seen as it is, a too clever by half dodge of responsibility.

[ElementaryPenguin]

16. Jpe Six Pack ONLY sees the HEADLINE!!! That's what counts!!

At least in 'Murica!!

[Dudley_DUright]

20. True enough

but taking your argument one step further, it is what people hear on broadcast news that really counts. I wonder what the "headlines" will be tomorrow on Tom, Peter, and Dan's shows?

[Pathwalker]

58. IT WAS THE LEAD TONIGHT!!!

David Martin led the show with an EXCLUSIVE that said - in no uncertain terms - that the Bush White House DELIBERATELY chose the phrase "According to British Intelligence" for the explicit and sole purpose of denying PERSONAL responsibility - should they get caught!!! It was totally samning, completely clear that they used this phrase JUST TO BLAME THE BRITISH if they got caught! Am I the only person who watched this tonight???

[procopia]

36. In spite of their fudging,

this was STILL a false statement:

“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa,” Mr. Bush said.

The British government had actually learned no such thing, and Bush knew that.

[WEagle]

54. on ABC news tonight

they spent agreat deal of time on this. They pointed out that crediting this to Brittish intelligence in the Scam Of The Union Address probably meant the CIA had warned them that it was not kosher info, thus a built in disclaimer.
I thought ABC hit pretty hard tonight.

[calimary]

84. Nice guy, that george.

Cozies up to Blair, calls him his great good buddy, probably has a cool little nickname for him. Then he leaves him hanging out to dry...

With friends like that...

[Rose Siding]

17. CBS exclusive?

David Ensor got scooped. He alluded to a source giving him this earlier.

[LeftCoast]

18. Hey! When did I cross over into the Twilight Zone?!?

[ElementaryPenguin]

19. Just within the past 48 hours, I believe!! We're witnessing history!!

Or, in some small way here - perhaps making it!

[newsguyatl]

21. THIS IS AWESOME!

can someone copy the cbs page as a graphic to post before it's gone??

[LearnedHand]

40. I captured the graphic...

...but I don't have anyplace to store it online. Is there a way to upload the file to DU?

[electricmonk]

44. Screen cap.

[LearnedHand]

49. How'd you do that? --- n/t

[Pastiche423]

70. Screen shot

Look on your keyboard, up and to the right and you will see the key: *Prt Sc SysRq*. When you hit that key, it saves whatever is on your screen at the time to your clipboard. If you have a graphic program, you can paste it from your clipboard into your program. Name it, save it to your hard drive, the upload it to a server.



Are those BEAUTIFUL words, or what!

[Eloriel]

22. Who the hell are these "Senior Administration officials"??????

Boy, that's what I'd like to know. Whew! Talk about guts.

Eloriel

[section321]

23. The guy in the next cube is giving me a high-five. We hate the chimp

Please let this be the beginning of the end of:

bad economic policy
bad international policy
bad energy policy
bad environmental policy
bad speeches
bad smirks
and bad chimps

:bounce:

[grasswire]

24. I saved it

....just in case it gets wilkinsoned.

[bicentennial_baby]

26. We think alike

Nothing beats "print screen" + MS Word! :toast:

[newsguyatl]

29. thanks grass!

let's post it all we can :-) this is the beginning of the end for the bush cabal!!

[WilliamPitt]

25. HOW DO YOU DO A SCREEN GRAB?

[bicentennial_baby]

28. Like this

Print Screen, Open MS Word, Click in Word window & Paste!

[WilliamPitt]

30. Do you mean print the screen, or is there a 'Print Screen' button?

[bicentennial_baby]

31. The button

On mine it's above the "Insert" button :-)

[WilliamPitt]

33. Nope

:grr:

[tinnypriv]

37. It has a different label

Look for PrtSc. :)

Then the best way is opening a paint program and cutting and pasting.

[WilliamPitt]

42. A less stupid person than me

is emailing it to me.

[LewisJackson]

45. Media Whores Has It Up on their site

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com

Right Click, Save Image As, and it's yours.

[Maru]

I used the print screen button, but I can't get it to paste!

Gah!

[cycleberg]

59. it 'pasted' into PhotoShop and

also into Corel Wordperfect. cool.

thanks for the tip.

[LearnedHand]

46. There's a wonderful, FREE utility

...called ScreenSeize that PC Magazine posted a number of years ago. I don't know if you can still get it, but I have a copy that I can send to you if you'd like. It's WAY better than the Windows utility. And it doesn't "install" so it doesn't write anything to your registry in case you have problems with it.

[blondeatlast]

27. Interesting how they work the headlines:

CNN
"Democrats go bolder in criticism of Bush on Iraq"

ABC
Powell says Americans not misled or deceived on Iraq
(says you, gooooood puppy)

MSNBC
disgusting--just see for yourself
http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp?0ct=-34o

Faux
US to play role of supprt in Liberia--not a single suggestion of the LIE

Guess where my TV news is coming from? Yep,

None of the Above.

[newsguyatl]

32. hey,

don't be so quick to dismiss abc news! they had a KICK-ASS news show tonight... the best i've seen in terms of being damning against the bush admin! check the "cbs just said it" thread for more...

[blondeatlast]

41. But there on-line coverage isn't even mentioned on the home page

(5:05 PM AZ time--I believe the east is three ahead?).

I'm a language geek; I wanted to point out the differences is how the outlets were "lighting the fire," so to speak.

[blondeatlast]

35. If the headline was damning, just read the opening sentence:

When President Bush told the nation, incorrectly, that Iraq had tried to buy uranium from Africa, he did so despite being warned by the CIA that it wasn't true, CBS News has learned exclusively.

All emphasis is mine.

[ElementaryPenguin]

38. Haven't felt this good since Gore was the projected winner in Florida..!

Oops. Sorry to bring that up. And then the whole world went to hell and life as we know it went down the shitter!!!

[ibegurpard]

43. Bite your tongue!

:spank:

[ElementaryPenguin]

52. I am!

Sorry!

[Papa]

57. That was a good one.

I was laughing out loud at your comment. Nice one. I am also feeling really good right now.

Hope this is the nail in the coffin.

[deacon]

39. finally

hopefully the media will break down on him like it did for his father and the floodgates will open.

[newsguyatl]

47. DU

should have an online party... let's all get drunk! this has been a terrific (and much deserved) day for us! :bounce: :beer:

on edit: let's FLOOD CBS with POSITIVE and gracious emails!

[blondeatlast]

48. Check out MWO!

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/

YIPPEE--I am finally excited about being an American again!

[Maru]

51. Damn!

Someone HAS to get a screen save of that "video: Bush's Phony Iraq Claim", though!

on edit: got it! I was finally able to save it as a Word document.

[tinnypriv]

61. Snap

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

50. The headline doesn't mince words--

two little words will send him and the chickenhawks and military-industrial pigs in flames

BUSH KNEW.

This is a historic day.

[ElementaryPenguin]

53. Historic indeed, Comrade!!

And don't it feel good!!!!!!!!!

[thinkahead]

55. "Technically" not a lie

I can't wait to see him try to squirm his way through this one - and watch the freepers justify it...

"Depends on what your definition of Uranium is" - Bush

[blondeatlast]

62. He already has, he already has--

As long as the statement was attributed to British Intelligence, the White House officials argued, it would be factually accurate. The CIA officials dropped their objections and that’s how it was delivered.


"But moooooo-oooom; Tony said it fiii-iiirst"

delivered in only the way a cornered six year old can--and I sould know.

[OneTwentyoNine]

82. Unbelievable spin--that has to rank with the best....

Damn,will the Murikan public really buy into that line of shit?!?!

Lets see....The US invades Iraq,kills thousands,kill hundreds of Americans all on British Intelligence and not our own??

Man,thats a howler. Fuck... if Tony Blair is calling the shots then what the hell do we need with Chimpboy??


David

[wellst0nev0ter]

89. "But moooooo-oooom; Tony said it fiii-iiirst"

Sorry, he's not going to get much mileage with that as well:

CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim
Advice on Alleged Uranium Buy Was Refused

The CIA tried unsuccessfully in early September 2002 to persuade the British government to drop from an official intelligence paper a reference to Iraqi attempts to buy uranium in Africa that President Bush included in his State of the Union address four months later, senior Bush administration officials said yesterday.

"We consulted about the paper and recommended against using that material," a senior administration official familiar with the intelligence program said. The British government rejected the U.S. suggestion, saying it had separate intelligence unavailable to the United States.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40684-2003Jul10.html?nav=hptop_tb

[calimary]

60. I just realized I have a nice new way to use some old bumper stickers!

Those old "Bush Knew" ones that - at the time, MAINLY applied to bush's foreknowledge of 9/11. NOW, look what they apply to!

Whee!

Time to revisit the John Dean article in findlaw.com - the one that said words to the effect of - "if bush led this country to war under false pretenses, he is toast." I don't remember the exact wording of the first part, but I HAVE NOT forgotten the "he is toast" part.

Getting interestinger and interestinger - to rip off Lewis Carroll.

[Cha]

66. I'm wondering how this will affect Cynthia McKinney?

Wasn't she treated like a pariah because of those words?

bush Knew

[Pastiche423]

76. ! BUSH KNEW !

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~pastiche2/bushknew!.jpg

[osaMABUSh]

65. Awesome - this one is not going away anytime soon!

Other scandals - Enron, Harken, CA energy crisis, Cheney Energy Task Force have been quietly pushed aside - but this one involves direct life and death consequences.

BUSH LIED! PEOPLE DIED!

[David Zephyr]

68. Kick!

Kicking this breathtaking and refreshing NEWS story to the top of the heap!

:bounce:

[DemoTex]

69. Has legs. Strong legs.

Marathon runner legs! Whoo hoo!

[TheDonkey]

71. Let's go media, get liberalized asap

Holy crap!!!! CBS's whole page was filled with anti-Bush tilted articles! I can only hope this is a sign that the media is turning against the monster.

HORRID economy.
Liar and cheat.
Conservative prick.

Tear him apart dems!!!

[tridim]

75. This is not a "Liberal media" thing

This is cold, hard, factual news. No politics are necessary. Bush lied, he knew he lied, he lied about the lie, and he continues to lie about lying that he lied. It's entirely on his head. There's no need to label the media, they're just finally reporting the news.

[spanone]

72. Wow! that's more truth than I've seen in the media in eons.

!!!

[HootieMcBoob]

73. Sweet Merciful Crap!

I can't stop reading that headline! :toast:

[HootieMcBoob]

74. Did you see the other story?

Link to the right: Just call him old Stonewall!!! about the 9/11 investigation!!

woah! for a couple of seconds I thought maybe the whole thing was a hoax. It just seems too good to be true.

[HootieMcBoob]

77. Holy Crap Again!

And the other story Iraqui Cops order US to clear out! I have to be dreaming this, right?

[HellKat]

78. Good Shot

Christmas is coming very early this year

:toast:

[Caution]

79. Bump

Since this is the single biggest event of the current year, I figured it deserved a bump.

[RamboLiberal]

81. Now Drudge has it up as his Big Ass Headline

YES! I know we hate Drudgie here - but remember there's a lot of Freepers and RW pundits who use him and Newsmax as their prime news sources.

Freepers must be going nuts!

[Oilwellian]

83. Be sure and write CBS to thank them

It's imperative they get plenty of good feedback for their decision to finally expose Bush's illegally pre-emptive war on a country that never threatened us. Here's their feedback address:
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml

I have champagne in the fridge...should I pop the cork? :D

[sonias]

85. CIA Doubted Uranium Report

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usintel0711,0,5728369.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines
(snip)
The CIA "from day one" was highly skeptical of reports that Iraq had been shopping for uranium ore in Africa, and the State Department also was highly suspicious, according to intelligence officials.
(snip)
The intelligence official said that the CIA could have done a better job of conveying to policymakers, including the White House, its skepticism about Iraq shopping for uranium ore. "We probably didn't convey it well enough for them to understand it," he said. "We probably should have smacked them between the eyes."
---------------------

A tamer story line but it is getting out there. This story makes it look like the regime was just incompetent, but either way it looks bad.

Loved that last part "We probably should have smacked them between the eyes"

Sonia

[opihimoimoi]

87. Sheer Arrogant Behavior, born of disdain for the truth and obsession for

power and re election at any cost.

Bush: OK guys, how do I continue to look good?

staff: do the Wag Dog thing

Bush: Huh?

Staff: create a war, a new one. Since we can't find Osama, we go after Saddam

Bush: How we do that?

Staff: easy, we find reasons to get the bad guy, free the people, we look like heros

and so it went......

[IkeWarnedUs]

86. Am I dreaming?

This great news deserves another kick.

Especially with the graphics of the screen. I just printed it - this is going on the fridge.

:kick:

[lpbk2713]

88. I love it!!!!

Read My Lips, Jr. is going down, down, down. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth!! He needs to find a new line of work because he sure as hell is not good at this.

[P_228]

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[ElementaryPenguin]

98. Encore performance!

:kick: