comments and thoughts over O-Biden, or is he "Biden" time?

Possible McCain choice for VP?

















Is this Obama's foreign policy plan? (before Biden)

When introducing his running mate, Obama said, "So let me introduce to you the next president - the next vice president of the US of America, Joe Biden."

In many ways...Biden is a new Dick Cheney...brings experience and has a mouth that runs....and runs and runs...yes he talks too much...

An interesting statistic....
The majority of the white Catholic vote always goes with the Presidential winner. As of today, McCain is beating Obama among White Catholics by stunning double digits, 12%.

Only half of the Hilliary Clinton (who?) voters support "The One." One in five of those supporters have stated outright that they will vote for McCain. (Wouldn't it be a hoot if Obama hired Rove.) If these numbers remain even slightly the same, Obama cannot win.

As the Electoral Map sits today - observing both versions on CNN and FOX (MSNBC does not even figure in anything as professional wrestling gets higher ratings than MessNBC) and is most likely to remain the same - if McCain wins Michigan he wins the election. (A good reason to select Romney as he is a shoe-in for Michigan.) More than any candidate in either party, and Michigan Democrats have already admitted this...Romney is in a very strong position to deliver Michigan for McCain.

One columnist made a very startling statement: "In forty years, no Dem has emerged from their national party convention with less than a 16 (and as high as 30) point bounce."

Some headlines that caught my eye...

Sunday Boston Globe Page 1 Headline: "Foreign Policy got Biden VP nod"

Sunday New York Times Page 1 Headline: "Obama Selects Biden, Adding Foreign Policy Expertise"

I interpret that as saying that Obama has no foreign policy experience and is unqualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief, especially in this time of war and international strife. Obama's choice of Biden both proves and admits what many have been saying for months...that Obama needs to hire a "consultant" for the defense of the United States.

National Public Radio, (National Propoganda Radio) Saturday, Aug 23, 4:00pm "Barack Obama picked Sen Joe Biden to provide foreign policy experience some say Obama lacks." Really?

A great quote from a Boston radio talk show host, Jay Severin...

"Obama's foreign policy experience being entirely limited to twice having breakfasted in an International House of Pancakes, not SOME but ALL rational persons know this; and they do not SAY it but OBSERVE the FACT Obama has NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE."

"Will Hillary drop some bomb on Yo-Bomba in Denver?" asks Michelle Malkin. Imagine Hilliary trying to destroy Obama's chances in November and make herself the leading Democrat candidate in 2012. Many say she has been plotting her strategy for weeks and maybe even months. (read my prior post on the disasterous Hiliary Rodham-Clinton-Lewinsky campaign.) Imagine Hiliary endorsing McCain on the convention floor!

ABC's George Stephanopoulos had John McCain's houses issue on his agenda today when his real estate holdings were discussed with every guest. What Stephanopoulos may not have expected was Time's Mark Halperin claiming that "this is going to end up being one of the worst moments in the entire campaign for one of the candidates, but it's Barack Obama."
Adding insult to injury, much to Democrat strategist Donna Brazile's dismay, Halperin saw the Obama campaign's attack on McCain not knowing how many houses he owns as opening the door for the Arizona senator to bring up the Illinois senator's connections to Tony Rezko, Reverend Wright, and William Ayers. (I like my steak medium rare.)

"Now that Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden to be his running mate, it will be interesting to see how some journalists will distance themselves from their own scathing opinions of Biden in the past. One such case is that of Jonathan Chait, The New Republic editor, who was very downbeat on Biden in a Los Angeles Times article published on February 4, 2007. Of course, back then it was "safe" to be honest about Joe Biden since it looked like his presidential bid was going nowhere. The very title of Chait's article, "Joe Biden’s just a barrel of gaffes," explains the problems the Obama campaign is going to have with the new vice-presidential pick. Back then Chait was very blunt about Biden's problems as a candidate:
...Biden’s charming cluelessness was on display in a recent ABC news interview. The famously verbose senator was asked to state in 25 words or less why Democrats should nominate him. His response was 45 words. I suppose that, by Biden’s standards, coming in at just under twice his allotted length counts as a victory of sorts. "

Let the Games begin....and to think I get to do it all over again with the McCain convention...

lobbyists....

Now that Obama has chosen Biden, they can now round up the 35,000 lobbyists that "the big O" has campaigned that he would get rid of in Washington D&C. So, I have reserved Pods under the Obama campaign name.

Think that will be enough?

so its O-Biden.....(some of my favorite Biden quotes)

OK so it is Biden. I had thought after the harsh comments he made to "the Great One" in a few debates, that it would be Bayh. I would of loved that ticket... O-Bayh. (oh bye....ok forget it.)
Anyway, now let me share with you some of my favorite Biden quotes of late...


"I've had a great relationship [with Indian Americans]," Biden said. "In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking."

Biden calling Obama "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy"

Biden dropped out of the Democratic Presidential race September 1988 after admitting that he had used speeches by Neil Kinnock, Britain's Labor Party leader and other politicians without attribution, and after published reports that he had plagiarized while in law school.

Biden, who met Mr. Kinnock at the House of Commons, said the Welsh politician ''did not give me any more ideas for speeches, nor I him.''

Biden, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was on a two-day visit of Britain as part of a tour to consult allies on the treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

One of the most overlooked episodes during the 1987 collapse of Biden's campaign was footage taken by C-Span in which Biden, in response to a question about where he went to law school and what sort of grades he received, delivered this classic line: "I think I have a much higher IQ than you do."

During the 2006 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote this of his performance:

"Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., in his first 12 minutes of questioning the nominee, managed to get off only one question. Instead, during his 30-minute round of questioning, Biden spoke about his own Irish American roots, his "Grandfather Finnegan," his son's application to Princeton (he attended the University of Pennsylvania instead, Biden said), a speech the senator gave on the Princeton campus, the fact that Biden is "not a Princeton fan," and his views on the eyeglasses of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)."

In one of the best moments in an unending series of Democratic debates, Biden was asked by moderator Brian Williams whether he possessed the "discipline" to be the leader of the free world. Biden's simple response -- "yes"

John McCain has now released a new commercial about good 'ole Joe Biden.

Please pay particular attention to the "Big O's" facial expressions when Biden makes his comments. Watch the Obama chin raise 4 degrees, ok maybe 10 degrees North to Heaven...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVUPqoowf8

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my guess on the Obama ticket....

Evan Bayh, junior Senator from Indiana.....
Why? A considered "centrist" he'd be the balance on the ticket from Obama's left leaning thinking...
Let's see if I am right.....

The Democrats just lost the Presidency this week

from Neil Cavuto, Fox News and Managing Editor Fox Business Channel

"It's August.

It's early.

But for Democrats, it's over.

Over. Done. Fini.

At the risk of sounding like I've snapped...allow me this snap judgment.

The Democrats have just lost the presidency this week.

For them, a horrible week.

So horrible...so discombobulated. So inconsistently communicated and messaged, that they've lost their message.

And I think, this election too.

Because here's the deal as we end this week, my friends.

The Dems...are done.

I know. Laugh all you want. And I will conveniently destroy this message in the event I'm wrong.

But here's why I don't think I am.

During this crucial defining period that brought a Russian bear out of hibernation and a befuddled Nancy Pelosi into drilling reality...allow me to drill home this point.

Democrats lost a lot of mojo this week, their only saving grace that it's an August week.

I don't think that will save them.

Not when Russia threatens a new Cold War and the best their presumptive nominee can do is offer hope warring parties could put aside their hostilities...

While his opponent calls Russia what it clearly was and is: a bully. And a bully that must be dealt with.

And if his presidential metal wasn't tested enough...Barack Obama caves to Hillary Clinton and allows a roll call vote. He's doing it for all good and decent reasons. But nothing good or decent will come of it....her supporters still don't flip over him, no matter what he does to accommodate them.

He's given Hillary a prime time speech. Bill a prime time speech. Chelsea a prime time speech. Is Sox the Cat still around?

My god, who won this damn thing? Show some backbone, man!

Then in the middle of the week Obama's economic team comes out with this grand explanation of a tax cut package that reminds all again...not of cuts promised for the middle class...but serious hikes for those who don't much consider themselves above middle class.

And charges again that these new numbers "still" don't add up as we explored on this very show.

On the very same week Nancy Pelosi read the furor among her own members and decided to backtrack on that no-drilling vote thing.

Not good things for a party that said it would lead the charge.

It shouldn't be this way...with the slowing economy, democrats should be running away.

But they look weak on a military crisis.

Inconsistent on an economic crisis.

And impotent on their own brewing political convention crisis.

Things change. Tides ebb and flow.

But I think we will look back to this week in August as the time the party that had it all in the bag...just puked in it."

meanwhile another possible Obama running mate....

Yup you read it here first. (or second) Kerry brings more money and name recognition to the table. Many do like the comeback kid role too. Also, Kerry has foreign relations experience being a veteran and long time member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. Plus in 2004 Kerry did draw the most votes of any Democrat running for President. But look at this pic. The love and admiration??

How about the foul look on The Big O's face. And look, Mr.Kerry's botox shots needs a reboot. Looks like eye brow one is down four degrees from the other. And I can't wait for Teresa Heinz Kerry to make another dramatic convention speech.

some Friday funnies to end the week....

< < Reminiscent of the good ole days of the 2004 Election Season.....minus the windsufing flip flopping.....
















in the tradition of Michael Dukakis....(Tank Obama to the rescue..)






Meanwhile Al "Christ the Lord" Gore is back pitching the end if we won't recycle that 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke....
too many carbon emissions? Stay away from the buffet table Al. Your post dining emissions are enough to fog up the Beijing air...

While on vacation in Hawaii........

While Lord Obama vacations in Hawaii.....(wonder how he can afford that trip...thanks Mr. Rezko!) a look at his new Energy Policy and his new ad aimed at voters in Province town, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California...

Introducing the Democratic Dream team.....

Introducing...the Pelosi/Sheehan show. What a way to open the convention! You can see in the pic the closeness and mutual love and understanding they share. The smiles and expressions of love, especially on Ms. Sheehan's face are symbolic of the unity of the Democratic party.

a Kennedy Family honor....

An ole friend, Chris Hogan, sent me a great email yesterday. I'll share below.

Officials at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are expected to announce plans today to change the name of the school's cadet training ship to honor the Kennedy family."We've got five Kennedy's here who have truly been inspiring public leaders and public servants to the people of Cape Cod," said Admiral Rick Gurnon, president of the school in Buzzards Bay.He said that US Representative William D. Delahunt proposed the idea to him about a month ago, partly to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Howie Carr will be using this in many columns I'm sure. There are so many jokes here and so little time but I have to throw in my two cents. First, with the Kennedy history of operating boats (pt 109), improvised boats (Delmont 88), automobiles (Patches and Joe II) and planes ( Joe jr. and JFK jr), would you feel safe being on a boat named after such a hexed family ? Also, if the boat is in trouble and taking on water, does it wait ten hours to send out a distress signal?

quote of the day..........

Quoted by Jimmy Myers, Sunday afternoon talk show host on 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK.
"This country is not worthy of Obama..."
I say based on what I have started to read in "The Obama Nation" by Jerome R. Corsi that may corrected to read "Obama is not worthy of this country..."

a serious error in judgment

What is it with Democratic presidential candidates? Between Jackson, Clinton, Kerry (he was caught holding hands with Edwards, remember?) and others, including some Grand Ole Party, aka GOP, there sure seem to be plenty of errors in judgment.
Now the wife has cancer but had her cancer in remission when Mr. Edwards (now known as "Buzz", see new pic) banged on Ms. Hunter's door, pardon the pun.
His political days over, perhaps he can now host a new CNN program, called "Cheaters", hosted by "Buzz" Edwards, Bill "Cigar Afficiano" Clinton, and John "Heinz" Kerry...Only trouble is...this takes all the thunder out of the John Edwards/Paris Hilton ticket...

Hilliary's not given up yet.....??

Click out and/or check the link to the video below. (if you can stand the 5 minutes of b.s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8gdU_1MM44

from the Washington Post February 24, 2005

The Senator's Humble Beginning
Rising Star Barack Obama Is Resolutely Down to Earth

By Mark Leibovich
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 24, 2005; Page C01

There's nothing exotic or complicated about how phenoms are made in Washington, and, more to the point, how they are broken.

"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."

Happy Birthday to "The One"

Unfortunately "The Big O's" birthday is one day shy of mine. Otherwise I am sure he would of invited me to his $5Million fundraiser yesterday, and given me my $1000 fuel subsidy and perhaps a lap dance from his wife. (She does have the booty to boogie, you have to admit.)

But the reason for today's blog entry is this: Take a look at the yellow tape. Ya see behind the yellow tape are regular folk. (OK, maybe not so regular as they adore the toilet paper Obama wipes with, but bear with me here..)
The "regular" folk are just that. "Regular." On the other side of that yellow tape are the big spenders, rich folk, etc. who have an agenda. (AKA they want somethin for somethin.) These are the folks who shelled out $28,000 to have a picture taken with the "One" (I still call him the "Big O and Hilliary, (who?) the Big C)
These folks are what Obama needs and wants. The ones behind the tape in Walmart clothing are backdrop and make for a great picture. Don't ya think?

So instead of beating the drum on all the changes in "The Big O's" positions on issues, I thought I'd share my thought on this one pic and how I "seen" it...

The One....

Yes it has been a while since I posted on this blog. I wanted to wait and let all the "bs" fall through the cracks. Now it seems to be re-bubbling up.
"The One" has promised free whipped cream in all hot chocolate from now but is now waffling...and on drilling for oil of all things.
The Dems calls an end to Congress for the Summer and the Repubs continue on with no lights, no camera. Will anything appear on YouTube?

I am delighted to see the back and forth..especially from Juan McAmnesty/aka John McCain. I hope it isn't too late. I think it Obama's election to lose and McCain's to help him lose it. (Although I am all set with seeing Britney and/or Paris Hilton is another ad. May I suggest Monika Lewinsky? Before anything I want to have a three way pro wrestling steel cage match with Obama, Rev. Jackson (aka father of a gal out of wedlock) and Rev. Sharpton (the felon).
I am sure the "n" words would fly.

How is it that President Bush has higher ratings than the Democratically controlled Congress?

How will Oliver Stone's movie about George W do weeks before the election?

Will McCain go to the podium in full military gear and repeat the same..."reporting for duty.."

We have not heard a peep from Hilliary. Or for Bill. The silence is interesting.

Now the Sunday talk shows flash up with short pieces on potential vice Presidential running mates. While I had once thought this was just a bread and butter type of thing, it is actually quite important, in wake of McCain stating that he would be in one term. My choice for McCain is Romney. He has the financing, would make a great President and can make more verbal fights to the Obama campaign. He's polished and has no issues in his family. But who knows....maybe Obama will choose Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans...What the heck happend to him anyway?

Lots happening and I am back in blog land....hope you enjoy. I shall try to blog at least once a week.

the politics of the price of oil

The politics and speculation over the price of oil continues. Both John (Juan) McAmnesty/McCain and Barack Hussein-Obamadamadoo/Obama both have offered their miracle solutions to this problem. An editorial in the Wall Street Journal sure reiterates much of what has been said from those in the know. Here is a copy of that editorial:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121426475050198395.html

Tear down this wall.............

June 12 was the 21st anniversary of that famous

speech by President Ronald Reagan.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xK30k2WTxY0&feature=related

week ending mumblings.....

So Senate Democrats want the Government to determine just how much profit is too much for oil companies and to tax them with a "windfall profits tax."
This borders on acting outside of the Constitution. It also reads like what was once done in a place called the Soviet Union.


From the Wall Street Journal....
"California won't drill for the estimated 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil off its coast because of bad memories of the Santa Barbara oil spill – in 1969.We won't drill for the estimated 5.6 billion to 16 billion barrels of oil in the moonscape known as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) because of – the caribou.
In 1990, George H.W. Bush, calling himself "the environmental president," signed an order putting virtually all the U.S. outer continental shelf's oil and gas reserves in the deep freeze. Bill Clinton extended that lockup until 2013. A Clinton veto also threw away the key to ANWR's oil 13 years ago.Our waters may hold 60 trillion untapped cubic feet of natural gas. As in Brazil, these are surely conservative estimates."

Meanwhile, China is reportedly drilling for oil some 60 miles off the Florida coast.

From today's Boston Herald..

By Boston Herald Editorial Staff | Sunday, June 15, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Editorials

The Gallup Poll reported last month that 57 percent of the American people favor oil and gas exploration in offshore waters and wilderness areas now off-limits. But politicians of both parties seem determined to whine about oil at $130 a barrel without doing a thing to increase supply.

Environmentalists have succeeded in selling the false proposition that exploration risks unacceptable pollution.

Our nation may refuse to produce certain oil, but it produces unlimited hogwash. Large amounts of oil and natural gas are produced off Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and in state waters off California. There hasn’t been a major offshore spill since the 1969 incident off Santa Barbara, Calif., that gave birth to the modern anti-drilling movement. Hurricanes roar through production areas in the Gulf of Mexico without spilling oil.

Locked up offshore is at least an 11-year supply of crude oil plus an 18-year supply of natural gas. Every other nation with offshore reserves happily drills for them. A Chinese outfit is exploring, on behalf of Cuba, areas only 60 miles from the Florida coast.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska could contain a 17-month supply of crude all by itself. But environmentalists weep for alleged damage to caribou and other wildlife habitat. More hogwash. That refuge is the size of Maine; all production areas together would fit in Logan Airport.

Not enough oil to justify the risk? Then tackle the vast oil shale formations of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, which contain a 278-year supply that should start being profitable at $70 per barrel - also off-limits.

The Democrats are hopelessly advocating - unsuccessfully so far, thank heavens - a production-suppressing “windfall” profits tax.

Yet John McCain, while open to some offshore exploration, in January said he opposed drilling in the Arctic refuge.

Why? “As far as ANWR is concerned, I don’t want to drill in the Grand Canyon, and I don’t want to drill in the Everglades. This is one of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world.”

This unwarranted aesthetic sensitivity helps condemn motorists to $4 gasoline. Voters will not put up with bipartisan fecklessness much longer.

Bush lied people died......

A week or so ago, Senator John Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence released the report on pre-war Iraq intelligence.
The press release :
Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence
-- Two Bipartisan Reports Detail Administration Misstatements on Prewar Iraq Intelligence, and Inappropriate Intelligence Activities by Pentagon Policy Office --
Contact: Wendy Morigi (202) 224-6101Thursday, June 5, 2008
Washington, DC -- The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), today unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq. The second report details inappropriate, sensitive intelligence activities conducted by the DoD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department.

“Before taking the country to war, this Administration owed it to the American people to give them a 100 percent accurate picture of the threat we faced. Unfortunately, our Committee has concluded that the Administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence,” Rockefeller said. “In making the case for war, the Administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent. As a result, the American people were led to believe that the threat from Iraq was much greater than actually existed.”

“It is my belief that the Bush Administration was fixated on Iraq, and used the 9/11 attacks by al Qa’ida as justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein. To accomplish this, top Administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and al Qa’ida as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11. Sadly, the Bush Administration led the nation into war under false pretenses.

“There is no question we all relied on flawed intelligence. But, there is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate.

“These reports represent the final chapter in our oversight of prewar intelligence. They complete the story of mistakes and failures – both by the Intelligence Community and the Administration – in the lead up to the war. Fundamentally, these reports are about transparency and holding our government accountable, and making sure these mistakes never happen again,” Rockefeller added.

The Committee’s report cites several conclusions in which the Administration’s public statements were NOT supported by the intelligence. They include:

Ø Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa’ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa’ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.

Ø Statements by the President and the Vice President indicating that Saddam Hussein was prepared to give weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups for attacks against the United States were contradicted by available intelligence information.

Ø Statements by President Bush and Vice President Cheney regarding the postwar situation in Iraq, in terms of the political, security, and economic, did not reflect the concerns and uncertainties expressed in the intelligence products.

Ø Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq’s chemical weapons production capability and activities did not reflect the intelligence community’s uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing.

Ø The Secretary of Defense’s statement that the Iraqi government operated underground WMD facilities that were not vulnerable to conventional airstrikes because they were underground and deeply buried was not substantiated by available intelligence information.

Ø The Intelligence Community did not confirm that Muhammad Atta met an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in 2001 as the Vice President repeatedly claimed.


Additionally, the Committee issued a report on the Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. The report found that the clandestine meetings between Pentagon officials and Iranians in Rome and Paris were inappropriate and mishandled from beginning to end. Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz failed to keep the Intelligence Community and the State Department appropriately informed about the meetings. The involvement of Manucher Ghobanifer and Michael Ledeen in the meetings was inappropriate. Potentially important information collected during the meetings was withheld from intelligence agencies by Pentagon officials. Finally, senior Defense Department officials cut short internal investigations of the meetings and failed to implement the recommendations of their own counterintelligence experts.

Today’s reports are the culmination of efforts that began in March 2003, when, as Vice Chairman, Senator Rockefeller initially requested an investigation into the origin of the fraudulent Niger documents. In June 2003, he was joined by all Democrats on the Committee in pushing for a full investigation into prewar intelligence, which was eventually expanded by the Committee in February 2004 to include the five phase II tasks.

The Committee released its first report on July 9, 2004, which focused primarily on the Intelligence Community’s prewar assessments of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs and links to terrorism. Those findings helped lay the foundation for some of the intelligence reforms enacted into law in late 2004.

In September 2006, the Committee completed and publicly released two sections of Phase II: The Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress; and Postwar Findings About Iraq’s WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How They Compare with Prewar Assessments.

In May 2007, the Committee released the third section of Phase II: Prewar Intelligence Assessments About Postwar Iraq.

Separately, in early 2007, the Pentagon Inspector General released its own report on the intelligence activities conducted by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and also concluded that those activities were inappropriate.

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The report is here: http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2b.pdf

I have read the entire report and have a slightly different read on this report...
In regard to "Bush lied" about what his intelligence agencies were telling him about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein....
on Iraq's nuclear weapons program, the president's statements "were generally substantiated by intelligence community estimates.."
On biological weapons, production capability and mobile labs, the president's statements "were substantiated by intelligence information.."
On chemical weapons "substantiated by intelligence information"...
On weapons of mass destruction, "generally substantiated by intelligence information.."
On Saddam Hussein's ties and support for terrorist groups.."were substantiated by intelligence information.."
There are many more examples. The bottom line: the reliance on bad intelligence reports. The Bush administration did speak with exaggaration at times and failed to plan or prepare us for just how difficult the Iraq war would be.