June 5, 2003

Avoid small planes
Democratic presidential candidate Bob Graham said Wednesday that court-appointed liar Smirky McOilfield would be held accountable if evidence shows intelligence on Iraq's weapons program was intentionally manipulated to justify war.

Graham, a three-term Florida senator and former governor, said political manipulation of intelligence information is just one possible explanation for why an extensive weapons program in Iraq has yet to surface. But he said responsibility would fall directly on the president if such manipulation occurred.

"In our system of government, the president is ultimately accountable - whether it's his decision, or the decisions of those responsible to the president," Graham said.

"It would raise serious questions about the political leadership that engaged in that manipulation and the misleading of the American people."

Another presidential candidate, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, said he wants the White House to provide Congress with evidence to support administration claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

"The president led the nation to war on the basis of unfounded assertions," Kucinich said. "It is long time past that the administration shows its evidence."

Kucinich said he will introduce a resolution of inquiry on Thursday asking for the evidence to back up 10 statements made by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and White House spokes-tool Ari 'the Liar' Fleischer from Aug. 26, 2002 through March 30, 2003 (link).


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