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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Chris Wallace Points Out Dem. Sen. Rockefeller Hypocrisy

On FoxNews Sunday, Chris Wallace questioned Jay Rockefeller's sincerity when he questions President Bush on "misleading the U.S." on intelligence. Wallace showed a 2002 clip of Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), in which he stated that:

Saddam Hussein poses an "imminent threat," but that should not even be the question in a post 9/11 world.

(Note that Bush only said that "while the threat may not be imminent, we cannot wait for threats to materialize...") Further, Rockefeller said:

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons."

Wallace asked the Democrat why he can make these statements based on the same intelligence while criticizing President Bush today. Rockefeller began rambling about various subjects, none of which answered the question. Unfortunately, if you look at almost any Democratic leader (including Clinton, Gore, Kerry,...), they have the same problem - they voted for the war and supported the President when he was popular and now claim they didn't have the brains to know what they were voting for...