Cheney is "pleased" about not being able to back up his assertions???

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

OK, let's "do the math" on this one:

1). Cheney had no more information than commission investigators to support his later assertions to the contrary (his insistence that there were "collaborative links between Iraq and al Qaeda"

2). The vice president has asserted long-standing links between the former Iraqi president and Osama Bin Laden's Islamist militant network

3). Cheney spokesman Kevin Kellems denied any conflict between the commission's finding of no Saddam/al Qaeda relationship and the vice president's position

...and, as the result of having no evidence to back up his fabricated claims, Cheney is "pleased"...

:wtf:



Cheney Had No New Data on Saddam, Al Qaeda-Panel

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040707/pl_nm/iraq_cheney_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Sept. 11 commission, which reported no evidence of collaborative links between Iraq and al Qaeda, said on Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney had no more information than commission investigators to support his later assertions to the contrary. The 10-member bipartisan panel investigating the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington said it reached its conclusion after reviewing available transcripts of Cheney's public remarks on the subject.

The vice president has asserted long-standing links between the former Iraqi president and Osama Bin Laden's Islamist militant network. "The 9-11 Commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9-11 attacks," the commission said in a statement.

Cheney spokesman Kevin Kellems denied any conflict between the commission's finding of no Saddam/al Qaeda relationship and the vice president's position. He described Cheney as being "pleased" about the commission's statement and said the message "put to rest a non-story.

"As we have said all along, the administration provided the commission with unprecedented access to sensitive information so they could perform their mission," said Kellems, who noted that the commission's report was a draft.

[MallRat]

1. Cheney is pleased that the 9/11 commission smacked him down?

AGAIN?

Please, please, PLEASE, dear Media- Hammer this motherfucker until he either forks over proof or recants his position.

-MR

[Jacobin]

2. Don't hold your breath

:eyes:

[the Kelly Gang]

3. scum

[Bluzmann57]

4. OK I'm confused

Cheney is pleased about the 9/11 commission standing by its story about no link between Al Qaeda and Hussein? I thought the most telling line in the above article was the line about a "non-story". That indicates that they just want this to go away and will try to quash it if any reporters continue to pursue it.

[Sinistrous]

5. How long will it take for the bruises on my forehead to heal?

This is so wrong in so many ways and on so many levels i feel like banging my head on the desk.

The unspeakable arrogance of the man -- "So I lied. My lie got more airtime than this rebuttal, so I won. Oh yeah, and go fuck yourself."

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

[rman]

12. Cheney is the bully; he can get away with anything because a majority

is scared shitless of him.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

6. Richard Nixon, circa early August '74:

"I am pleased that the tapes show -- just as I have ever contended -- that I tried to obstruct an investigation into the break-in ... now let's put to rest this non-story."

In other news, Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[Carni]

7. Cheney/ his admirers are retarded

I just heard on cable the other day that during a recent stump speech Cheney's idiot fans started to applaud him... at which point Cheney in a disgusted fashion interupted and said "Do you want to hear this or not?"

The man's arogance and stupidity is astounding.

[Ernesto]

8. Give em hell Dick!

I think some repukes view cheney as their version of Harry Truman. Too bad facts don't matter to those that are blinded by their hatred.

[underpants]

9. Sounds to me that everyone decided to drop it

What would Cheney's publice statements tell them about what he does or doesn't know?

I think Cheney didn't respond because that would keep the story alive.

I have to say I just love how they state this "the administration provided the commission with unprecedented access to sensitive information so they could perform their mission,"

Unprecedented-\Un*prec"e*dent*ed\, a. Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec\"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.

That is not necessarily GOOD unprecendented-I read it as no one has ever so openly and blatantly refused to turn over information in the ways or scale they have.

[liveoaktx]

10. Does this mean he'sll STFU now?

[bacchant]

11. Although you'd figure this finally closes that door

how much you wanna bet they continue to elude to the "connections" during the campaign and debates.

[enough]

13. Put that picture of Cheney together

with the one of Bush posted this morning by Bush_Eats_Beef and you have two extremely frightened people. What exactly are they seeing there behind those eyes of panic?