Memo not "Old News" to Harry Reid- but direclty tied to CURRENT EVENTS

[Dr Fate]

This is what top Democrats need to do with this memo- constantly use "the memo" to cast doubt on CURRENT GOP actions.

Hello 2006 and GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY!!!!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats rejected a Republican compromise over John Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador on Thursday and cited a British report backing their view that the Bush administration hyped intelligence on Iraq before the 2003 invasion.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid demanded a full accounting of whether Bolton exaggerated U.S. assessments of several countries' weapons programs, one of the points made by critics of the contentious and long-stalled nomination.

"All over the news the last few days has been concerns about weapons of mass destruction by virtue of the memo that was discovered," the Nevada Democrat said, referring to the so-called "Downing Street memo."

The July 2002 memo, prepared for Prime Minister Tony Blair, said President Bush had already decided to invade Iraq and intelligence was being made to fit that policy.

"Concerns about this administration hyping intelligence and Great Britain hyping intelligence cannot be dismissed lightly," he said, adding that it "is no small matter for us to learn whether Mr. Bolton was a party to other efforts to hype intelligence."

Original LBN thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1554665

~snip~
more: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050616/pl...

[ibegurpard]

1. Never mind

misread your post and basically repeated it.
Discussion ongoing here as well. Good strategy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1554665

[Dr Fate]

2. I know- that is the LBN version of the same article...

I posted it here for the good 'ol GDP crowd.

[Cha]

3. The link said the

page may have Expired:(

[Dr Fate]

4. Try this one...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050616/pl...

[Dr Fate]

5. Weird- OK try the origianl LBN link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1554665

[Cha]

6. Thank you, Fate!

Rated and Recommended!

[Supersedeas]

7. FINALLY - connecting Bolton to the DSM manipulation of Intelligence!!!

[Dr Fate]

8. They should bring up "the memo" every time "Iraq" comes up.

Hell, I think they should bring it up whenever FP in general is on the table.

I applaud Reid for tying the memo directly to CURRENT EVENTS.

Old news my eye!!!

[MsTryska]

9. heh. that's slick.

good on harry reid -

for all of y'all doubting the senators until just now - here ya go.

[kentuck]

10. Maybe Arlen Specter will bring up the "memo" to Bolton....?

the next time he is questioned?

[Dr Fate]

11. Kick

n/t