Our Best Senator says he's 'fed up' with war lies, too

[katinmn]

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/10372138.htm
Dayton says he's 'fed up' with war distortions
Senator questions security funding cuts
BY TOM WEBB
Washington correspondent

Lashing out at the Bush administration's pronouncements on Iraq, U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., said Wednesday he was "fed up with being misled, having vital information withheld or distorted and being lied to."

Dayton told Minnesota reporters he is unhappy the Senate Armed Services Committee regularly hears one version of events in Iraq — whether about prisoner abuses or the overall situation — only to later read that the picture is bleaker or that officials actually hold a more dire view.

Dayton said he was venting "outrage that we are being lied to willfully and consistently by high-level administration officials," and he's asking whether "we need to put all these officials under oath every time they testify."

Separately, Dayton hinted that he might block the nomination of the just-nominated Secretary of Homeland Security until someone explains the "nonsensical" decision to declare Minneapolis and the west metro as priority areas for anti-terrorism funding, while eliminating the funds for St. Paul, Ramsey County and Dakota County.

[Cha]

1. It's refreshing to see someone in the

Senate is sick of being lied to!

I hope Dayton is able to win in 2006!

[katinmn]

2. Me too. We need more like him. n/t

[quiet.american]

3. Go, Dayton, Go! n/t

[LSparkle]

4. Speak truth to power!

The emperor (indeed) HAS NO CLOTHES!

[dflprincess]

5. Looks like Mark is coming out swinging for 2006

n/t

[CatholicEdHead]

6. That's good

That is what is needed to be done. Dayton should not let up very much at all between now and 2006.

I keep hearing that Mark Kennedy will be on the ballot against Dayton.