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While the capture of Saddam is a high point in an otherwise misdirected military action, keep in mind that we went in under false pretenses. In last year's State of the Union Address, the President lied repeatedly about Iraq's nuclear aspirations. We are still going over his words tonight to see if he has the audacity to lie to the American people again in a national address. We know he is capable of deliberately misleading the public in his ordinary appearances.
President Bush has broken faith with the American people. He has a pattern of telling people what they want to hear, especially in an election year. Remember when he said he was a "uniter, not a divider"? When have you seen the country so bitterly divided as now? Remember when he said he didn't want to use the troops for "nation building"? Now we learn that he had planned to topple Saddam from day one, irrespective of 9-11 and the ill-defined "war on terror". That means all the rhetoric leading up to the war was a deliberate misinformation campaign. And those secret energy task force papers that his Vice President is sitting on? They contain maps of oil fields in Iraq, and plans to invade, from well before September the 11th. That is the real reason for the invasion.
We need a President who tells the truth to the American people, not one who holds their opinions in contempt. We need to be buying oil on the open market, not toppling other countries to steal it. These actions under normal circumstances would be high crimes and impeachable--but because of the Republican stranglehold on Congress, impeachment is not possible. Therefore, I ask all Amercians to do what is right this November, what is best for America, and vote for a straight Democratic ticket!
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