WP: Live Chat with Michael Smith (Sunday Times) - The Downing Street Memo

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/14/DI2005061401261.html?nav=rss_world

here's a good one...

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Orlando, Fla.: You hae experienced reaction to the Bush/Blair mendacity on the Iraq runup on both sides of the pond.. How do you compare them?

Is there a chance Blair will eventual go with a vote of No Confidence (nice that you have it)..

Here, the chance of Bush being impeached seems slim... Thought the facts certainly justify it..

Michael Smith: I think Blair will go although I personally think Bush is much more at risk because there is an unstoppable public feeling against the continued presence of US soldiers as targets for insurgents. The polls and the public pressure are not going Bush's way. There is no doubt in my mind that the administration lied and distorted the truth, one Congress begins to realise the scale of it, Bush could be in serious trouble.

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[sabra]

1. some good questions being asked of Smith...

[LightningFlash]

2. We've come past Downing Street, Bush.....

Begin telling the truth now......Your options have run out. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Instead of daring to say anything, he stands in defiance and says "We will go to war with Iran and we will fight back and destroy the terrorists!!!!"

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: I think you've used up some of your last cards Bush admin, the Americans don't care about your exscuses anymore.....

[NewJeffCT]

4. It will be like that Onion article from a month or two back...

Our exit strategy for Iraq will be to go through Iran!!

[lala_rawraw]

3. Thank you Mr. Smith...

For doing what NBC, Newsweek, et al fail to do over and over:

Fairfax, Va.: What role do you think bloggers and their persistence played in the mainstream American media picking up the Downing Street Memo story? The MSM here ignored the story for more than a month.

Michael Smith: I think your question says it all. They played a crucial role. AfterDowningStreet.org; DowningStreetMemo.com. RawStory adn Salon have all played major parts. I had better stop naming sites or I will be accused of leaving out other important ones!

(although not blogs, he gives credit as a journalist should).

[lala_rawraw]

5. Keep this kicked... he is the

The journalist who broke it abroad at the risk of, still pending, jail. He is a hero as much as his source. Keep kicked.

[sabra]

6. Hero, indeed...

Rawstory isn't far behind, though :-)

[lala_rawraw]

7. Aww, thank you...

If only I could find my ciggies now... I am a nervous wreck with worry about today. I just want everyone protesting to be safe. When you back a deranged animal into a corner, it will react... I fear what they might do.

[LightningFlash]

9. We're all past Downing Street....

[hiley]

12. lala

i know, it worries me too.
hiley

[lala_rawraw]

13. Shit, when Cindy started speaking

I got a nose bleed... shit.

[understandinglife]

8. "There is no doubt in my mind that the administration lied and distorted

.... the truth..."

Even the simplest of minds should be able to understand that statement.

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us

[Coexist]

10. kick

there was a previous thread on this somewhere.

[hiley]

11. here's a good one...sabra thank you

:)