Sen. Rockefeller On Bush: "I don’t think he reads like he says he does.”

[kpete]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 — The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration’s increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003.

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who took control of the committee this month, said that the administration was building a case against Tehran even as American intelligence agencies still know little about either Iran’s internal dynamics or its intentions in the Middle East.

“To be quite honest, I’m a little concerned that it’s Iraq again,” Senator Rockefeller said during an interview in his office. “This whole concept of moving against Iran is bizarre.”


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“I don’t think he understands the world,” Mr. Rockefeller said. “I don’t think he’s particularly curious about the world. I don’t think he reads like he says he does.”


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[Greeby]

1. Shrub doesn't read period! nt

[SharonAnn]

9. He may read, but he doesn't "comprehend". He's missing the objective of reading.

[rodeodance]

2. I think he reads but selectively.

[dogday]

3. He reads things like "My Pet Goat" and "See Dick Run"

but that is about it....

[Missy M]

4. The only thing Bush reads is the teleprompter and he doesn't..

do that very well.

[TerdlowSmedley]

5. I've always been impressed with Jay Rockefeller. Were it not for

the fact that he's homely and soft-spoken, he'd be great Presidential material.

[morningglory]

6. Caint git no homlier than Sh*thead! It would also be kinda nice if he were

soft-spoken. All those bad things they say about our great Dem candidates are double-super true about the Monkey: flip-flopper, inexperienced, etc.

[Hoosier Dem]

7. OK, that's NOT fair...Bush has MANY books

Some of them aren't even colored in yet!!

[Rageneau]

8. What an insult!! Bush ought to challenge Rockefeller to a game of Jeopardy.

How dare some Democrat suggest that Bush dosn't really read anything! If Republicans had an ounce of pride, they'd demand that Rockefeller debate Bush on Foreign Policy on live TV, with no notes, handlers or earpieces.

THEN everybody would clearly see how much Bush knows.

Yeh, they would.

[PA Democrat]

10. Translation: Bush is an ignorant, arrogant liar. n/t