Seattle Times: "Too easily persuaded into an unnecessary war"

[Jax]

From their right wing op/ed writer Bruce Ramsey, a STAUNCH b*sh defender. I was frankly shocked to receive this article in my e-mail as I had given up on the Times after their endorsement of the madman occupying the Oval Office and their endorsement of the pre-emptive oily nightmare going on in Iraq. This was indeed very surprising.

Link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001854894_rams11.html

snip...
"Maybe I am being kind because I voted for him.

Apologists now say Bush was "misled" by bad intelligence. He says in his defense that others in the U.S. and British governments saw the same intelligence, and reached the same conclusions. The French and Germans didn't. The intelligence people, including Tenet, now say they never asserted such certainty. "


snip...
"It has been nearly a year. It's time for Bush's supporters to admit that there weren't any such weapons. Essentially, the president did this in the "Meet the Press" interview with Tim Russert this past weekend.

That is a serious admission. It means America was led to war under false pretenses. It means that in the first instance of the new American doctrine of preemptive war, we preempted something that wasn't real. "


I understand that the Times has also been publishing some pretty scathing letters to the editor about b*sh. Maybe they are coming around to the reality of this horrifying pre-emptive war and the real terrorist conducting it, b*sh. The Times owner, Frank Blethen was desperate to get the inheritance tax repealed.

Jax

[pscot]

1. I'll wager they endorse the shrub again

Repeal of the inheritance tax is still only temporary. The Blethen's need to have it locked in. They lost me when they endorsed Bush. They may manage to kill off the P.I., but that isn't going to make a Times reader out of me.

[flamingyouth]

2. Of course they will

I also loved (NOT) their editorial from a few weeks back, saying how the Democratic Party needs to get behind Lieberman in order to appeal to voters.

Notice how they never say BushCo should be more moderate in order to appeal to independent voters. :crazy:

[Jax]

3. I wholehardedly agree pscot

My friend who sent me this e-mail prefaced it with 'I know you really don't like the Times, but you've gotta read this'. I held my nose and read it, it surprised me but I am sticking with the P-I and DU for my news. No I won't be surprised at all when Blethen endorses his fellow 'fortunate son' again either...sickening.

Jax

[Skittles]

4. THERE WAS NO PERSUADING TO BE DONE

Bush Inc had the plans for this war in motion before the coup took place.