*ahem*

[WilliamPitt]

The last one is my favorite.

"We are greatly concerned about any possible linkup between terrorists and regimes that have or seek weapons of mass destruction...In the case of Saddam Hussein, we've got a dictator who is clearly pursuing and already possesses some of these weapons. A regime that hates America and everything we stand for must never be permitted to threaten America with weapons of mass destruction."

- Dick Cheney, Vice President
Detroit, Fund-Raiser
6/20/2002

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."

- Dick Cheney, Vice President
Speech to VFW National Convention
8/26/2002

"There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Response to Question From Press
9/6/2002

"We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."

- Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor
CNN Late Edition
9/8/2002

"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons."

- George W. Bush, President
Speech to UN General Assembly
9/12/2002

"Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons. We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have."

- George W. Bush, President
Radio Address
10/5/2002

"The Iraqi regime...possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas."

- George W. Bush, President
Cincinnati, Ohio Speech
10/7/2002

"And surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons."

- George W. Bush, President
Cincinnati, Ohio Speech
10/7/2002

"After eleven years during which we have tried containment, sanctions, inspections, even selected military action, the end result is that Saddam Hussein still has chemical and biological weapons and is increasing his capabilities to make more. And he is moving ever closer to developing a nuclear weapon."

- George W. Bush, President
Cincinnati, Ohio Speech
10/7/2002

"We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas."

- George W. Bush, President
Cincinnati, Ohio Speech
10/7/2002

"Iraq, despite UN sanctions, maintains an aggressive program to rebuild the infrastructure for its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs. In each instance, Iraq's procurement agents are actively working to obtain both weapons-specific and dual-use materials and technologies critical to their rebuilding and expansion efforts, using front companies and whatever illicit means are at hand."

- John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control
Speech to the Hudson Institute
11/1/2002

"We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material -- whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability -- it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. It has rebuilt its civilian chemical infrastructure and renewed production of chemical warfare agents, probably including mustard, sarin, and VX. It actively maintains all key aspects of its offensive BW program."

- John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control
Speech to the Hudson Institute
11/1/2002

"Iraq could decide on any given day to provide biological or chemical weapons to a terrorist group or to individual terrorists...The war on terror will not be won until Iraq is completely and verifiably deprived of weapons of mass destruction."

- Dick Cheney, Vice President
Denver, Address To Air National Guard
12/1/2002

"If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
12/2/2002

"The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Response to Question From Press
12/4/2002

"We know for a fact that there are weapons there."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
1/9/2003

"I am absolutely convinced, based on the information that's been given to me, that the weapon of mass destruction which can kill more people than an atomic bomb -- that is, biological weapons -- is in the hands of the leadership of Iraq."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
MSNBC Interview
1/10/2003

"What is unique about Iraq compared to, I would argue, any other country in the world, in this juncture, is the exhaustion of diplomacy thus far, and, No. 2, this intersection of weapons of mass destruction."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
NewsHour Interview
1/22/2003

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production."

- George W. Bush, President
State of the Union Address
1/28/2003

"Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent."

- George W. Bush, President
State of the Union Address
1/28/2003

"We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Remarks to UN Security Council
2/5/2003

"There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. And he has the ability to dispense these lethal poisons and diseases in ways that can cause massive death and destruction. If biological weapons seem too terrible to contemplate, chemical weapons are equally chilling."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Addresses the U.N. Security Council
2/5/2003

"In Iraq, a dictator is building and hiding weapons that could enable him to dominate the Middle East and intimidate the civilized world -- and we will not allow it."

- George W. Bush, President
Speech to the American Enterprise Institute
2/26/2003

"If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the crisis that we now have before us...But the suggestion that we are doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Interview with Radio France International
2/28/2003

"I am not eager to send young Americans into harm's way in Iraq, or to see innocent people killed or hurt in military operations. Given all of the facts and circumstances known to us, however, I am convinced that if we wait, a threat will continue to materialize in Iraq that could cause incalculable damage to world peace in general, and to the United States in particular."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
Letter to Future of Freedom Foundation
3/1/2003

"Iraq is a grave threat to this nation. It desires to acquire and use weapons of mass terror and is run by a despot with a proven record of willingness to use them. Iraq has had 12 years to comply with UN requirements for disarmament and has failed to do so. The president is right to say it's time has run out."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
Senate Speech
3/7/2003

"So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Remarks to UN Security Council
3/7/2003

"Getting rid of Saddam Hussein's regime is our best inoculation. Destroying once and for all his weapons of disease and death is a vaccination for the world."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
Washington Post op-ed
3/16/2003

"Let's talk about the nuclear proposition for a minute. We know that based on intelligence, that has been very, very good at hiding these kinds of efforts. He's had years to get good at it and we know he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."

- Dick Cheney, Vice President
Meet The Press
3/16/2003

"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

- George W. Bush, President
Address to the Nation
3/17/2003

"The United States...is now at war so we will not ever see what terrorists could do if supplied with weapons of mass destruction by Saddam Hussein."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
Senate Debate
3/20/2003

"Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
3/21/2003

"There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. And...as this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them."

- General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief Central Command
Press Conference
3/22/2003

"One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites."

- Victoria Clark, Pentagon Spokeswoman
Press Briefing
3/22/2003

"I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction."

- Kenneth Adelman, Defense Policy Board member
Washington Post, p. A27
3/23/2003

"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
ABC Interview
3/30/2003

"We simply cannot live in fear of a ruthless dictator, aggressor and terrorist such as Saddam Hussein, who possesses the world's most deadly weapons."

- Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader
Speech to American Israel Political Action Committee
3/31/2003

"We still need to find and secure Iraq's weapons of mass destruction facilities and secure Iraq's borders so we can prevent the flow of weapons of mass destruction materials and senior regime officials out of the country."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Press Conference
4/9/2003

"You bet we're concerned about it. And one of the reasons it's important is because the nexus between terrorist states with weapons of mass destruction...and terrorist groups -- networks -- is a critical link. And the thought that...some of those materials could leave the country and in the hands of terrorist networks would be a very unhappy prospect. So it is important to us to see that that doesn't happen."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Press Conference
4/9/2003

"Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty."

- Robert Kagan, Neocon scholar
Washington Post op-ed
4/9/2003

"I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
4/10/2003

"But make no mistake -- as I said earlier -- we have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about. And we have high confidence it will be found."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
4/10/2003

"Were not going to find anything until we find people who tell us where the things are. And we have that very high on our priority list, to find the people who know. And when we do, then well learn precisely where things were and what was done."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Meet the Press
4/13/2003

"I have absolute confidence that there are weapons of mass destruction inside this country. Whether we will turn out, at the end of the day, to find them in one of the 2,000 or 3,000 sites we already know about or whether contact with one of these officials who we may come in contact with will tell us, 'Oh, well, there's actually another site,' and we'll find it there, I'm not sure."

- General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief Central Command
Fox News
4/13/2003

"We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them."

- George W. Bush, President
NBC Interview
4/24/2003

"There are people who in large measure have information that we need...so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Press Briefing
4/25/2003

"We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so."

- George W. Bush, President
Remarks to Reporters
5/3/2003

"I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Remarks to Reporters
5/4/2003

"We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Fox News Interview
5/4/2003

"I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program."

- George W. Bush, President
Remarks to Reporters
5/6/2003

"U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction."

- Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor
Reuters Interview
5/12/2003

"I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden."

- Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne
Press Briefing
5/13/2003

"We said all along that we will never get to the bottom of the Iraqi WMD program simply by going and searching specific sites, that you'd have to be able to get people who know about the programs to talk to you."

- Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Interview with Australian Broadcasting
5/13/2003

"Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found."

- Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Interview with Reporters
5/21/2003

"It's going to take time to find them, but we know he had them. And whether he destroyed them, moved them or hid them, we're going to find out the truth. One thing is for certain: Saddam Hussein no longer threatens America with weapons of mass destruction."

- George W. Bush, President
Speech at a weapons factory in Ohio
5/25/2003

"Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction."

- Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
NBC Today Show interview
5/26/2003

"They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Remarks to Council on Foreign Relations
5/27/2003

"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on."

- Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Vanity Fair interview
5/28/2003

"The President is indeed satisfied with the intelligence that he received. And I think that's borne out by the fact that, just as Secretary Powell described at the United Nations, we have found the bio trucks that can be used only for the purpose of producing biological weapons. That's proof-perfect that the intelligence in that regard was right on target."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
5/29/2003

"We have teams of people that are out looking. They've investigated a number of sites. And within the last week or two, they have in fact captured and have in custody two of the mobile trailers that Secretary Powell talked about at the United Nations as being biological weapons laboratories."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Infinity Radio Interview
5/30/2003

"But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."

- George W. Bush, President
Interview with TVP Poland
5/30/2003

"You remember when Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological weapons...They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two...And we'll find more weapons as time goes on."

- George W. Bush, President
Press Briefing
5/30/2003

"It was a surprise to me then -- it remains a surprise to me now -- that we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward dispersal sites. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad, but they're simply not there."

- Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Press Interview
5/30/2003

"Do I think we're going to find something? Yeah, I kind of do, because I think there's a lot of information out there."

- Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, Defense Intelligence Agency
Press Conference
5/30/2003

"This wasn't material I was making up, it came from the intelligence community."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Press Briefing
6/2/2003

"We recently found two mobile biological weapons facilities which were capable of producing biological agents. This is the man who spent decades hiding tools of mass murder. He knew the inspectors were looking for them. You know better than me he's got a big country in which to hide them. We're on the look. We'll reveal the truth."

- George W. Bush, President Camp Sayliya, Qatar
6/5/2003

"I would put before you Exhibit A, the mobile biological labs that we have found. People are saying, 'Well, are they truly mobile biological labs?' Yes, they are. And the DCI, George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence, stands behind that assessment."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Fox News Interview
6/8/2003

"No one ever said that we knew precisely where all of these agents were, where they were stored."

- Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor
Meet the Press
6/8/2003

"What the president has said is because it's been the long-standing view of numerous people, not only in this country, not only in this administration, but around the world, including at the United Nations, who came to those conclusions...And the president is not going to engage in the rewriting of history that others may be trying to engage in."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Response to Question From Press
6/9/2003

"Iraq had a weapons program...Intelligence throughout the decade showed they had a weapons program. I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out they did have a weapons program."

- George W. Bush, President
Comment to Reporters
6/9/2003

"The biological weapons labs that we believe strongly are biological weapons labs, we didn't find any biological weapons with those labs. But should that give us any comfort? Not at all. Those were labs that could produce biological weapons whenever Saddam Hussein might have wanted to have a biological weapons inventory."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Associated Press Interview
6/12/2003

"Those documents were only one piece of evidence in a larger body of evidence suggesting that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium from Africa...The issue of Iraq's pursuit of uranium in Africa is supported by multiple sources of intelligence. The other sources of evidence did and do support the president's statement."

- Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman
Statement to press
6/13/2003

"My personal view is that their intelligence has been, I'm sure, imperfect, but good. In other words, I think the intelligence was correct in general, and that you always will find out precisely what it was once you get on the ground and have a chance to talk to people and explore it, and I think that will happen."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Press Briefing
6/18/2003

"I have reason, every reason, to believe that the intelligence that we were operating off was correct and that we will, in fact, find weapons or evidence of weapons, programs, that are conclusive. But that's just a matter of time...It's now less than eight weeks since the end of major combat in Iraq and I believe that patience will prove to be a virtue."

- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Pentagon media briefing
6/24/2003

MS. BLOCK: There were no toxins found in those trailers. SECRETARY POWELL: Which could mean one of several things: one, they hadn't been used yet to develop toxins; or, secondly, they had been sterilized so thoroughly that there is no residual left. It may well be that they hadn't been used yet.

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
All Things Considered, Interview
6/27/2003

"That was the concern we had with Saddam Hussein. Not only did he have weapons -- and we'll uncover not only his weapons but all of his weapons programs -- he never lost the intent to have these kinds of weapons."

- Colin Powell, Secretary of State
All Things Considered, Interview
6/27/2003

"I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
7/9/2003

[Rex]

1. What is this?

My look at all those lies.

[angstlessk]

2. We all know the REAL enemy was Iran all along..it was just a trick to get close

enough to Iran to attack...gee golly wiz...don't you watch faux snooze?

[tears4terra]

10. Yes!!!

We've got a bogey man (our NEW face of evil) to go after now too. Thank Jeebus!!!

[Swede]

3. Aluminum fucking tubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxOzMz2jlrs

[onethatcares]

4. and through the looking glass we go,

and no one seems to care except for a few.

Can you almost imagine Clinton invading Iraq and not finding wmds after stating unequivically they were there??? Gadddamm liberal media.

[Hydra]

14. I'm one of those few

too bad we keep getting shouted down...and then they'll say "Well, I had no IDEA they would lie to me! Everyone else believed it too!!!"

[FREEWILL56]

55. Count me as one of the few.

I knew it was horsecrap, but nobody listened to me either. No, I wasn't posting here, but I and a few others were battling the republicons on the old Charlie Rose forum and we were shouted down in many instances by sheer numbers of posts that used diversion tactics. That is their MO.

[pnwmom]

5. Wow. Thanks for pulling all this together. K & R.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Interesting how it shifts over time, isn't it?

Bunch of half-assed liars, that's what they all are...

:nuke:

K&R

[jhrobbins]

40. No Peggy, I think they have progressed to 'full-assed' liars.

[formercia]

7. A little at a time, please.....

My system can't digest that many lies at one sitting....

[FREEWILL56]

56. Maybe it's time people did

so that those who don't see them for what they are can finally get a grasp.

[TomInTib]

8. Good enough for me.

All of those people couldn't have been so completely wrong or mendacious.

We'll find 'em, Barney.

[CGowen]

9. Cheney told the truth in 1991

“The notion that we ought to now go to Baghdad and somehow take control of the country strikes me as an extremely serious one in terms of what we’d have to do once we got there. You’d probably have to put some new government in place. It’s not clear what kind of government that would be, how long you’d have to stay. For the U.S. to get involved militarily in determining the outcome of the struggle over who’s going to govern in Iraq strikes me as a classic definition of a quagmire.”

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10021.html

[Raejeanowl]

33. I Remember That

That quote resurfaced recently. And I do wonder if anyone has been able to directly confront him-or Bush-with it.

[CGowen]

34. He was, it's in that article, he cited 911 n/t

[robinlynne]

11. beautiful. but I was so hoping there would be a Petreaus quote in there....

[Jacobin]

12. I saw one a while back from pre invasion

off to the googles

on edit:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1780931

DU link to those 'mobile bio labs'

:rofl:

[immoderate]

15. There is.

--IMM

[mcscajun]

31. There is...from 2003

"I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden."

- Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne
Press Briefing
5/13/2003

[Hydra]

13. Well done, Will

And notice how many of those lies were Powell's...to think he wants all of those to disappear so that he can return to the public forum as a Hero.

Also, sounds so much like what we hear about Iran these days, doesn't it?

[lonestarnot]

16. Lying puking freaks!

They do know how to lie don't they.

[ClayZ]

17. K and R

[benld74]

18. The onyl WMD's they have are the

lies coming out their mouths
the inability of the so-called news from reporting what is happening
the inability of people from recalling what they said previously

[Blue-Jay]

19. As much as I agree with you...

There are just as many quotes from prominent Democrats. You can search in your RW emails and find many of them. Personally, I think that they were either looking to make a profit OR they were trying to score political points. (Likely, BOTH)

They were all wrong for various reasons, and to single out only the Republicans is disingenuous. Of course, there were a few congress-critters who spoke the truth, regardless of telling people what they thought what they wanted people to hear (post-9/11), but to cherry-pick Republican quotes is fucking weak, dude.

You've probably gotten several of the numerous RW emails that make the same point as your OP, only quoting Democrats, right? That was simplistic bullshit, as is your post. You, of all people, should know the difference between "What people NEED to hear" versus "What people WANT to hear".

[gateley]

50. But Bush, et al KNEW they were lies. The Dems at that time were being fed

the same lies. The quotes attributable to the Dems are probably a result of the belief that our LEADERS were telling us the truth.

[FREEWILL56]

57. All of the dems that voted along with bush

can't have been deceived.

[gateley]

62. Why not? I was. A lot of the American people were. We believed Bush -- god

help us. And the Dems weren't privy to the machinations going on behind the scenes -- they were hoodwinked as well.

Well maybe not Lieberman, but I give the others the benefit of the doubt.

[Chipster]

65. Is it really weak?

Blue-Jay, is it really weak to call out the Republicans when they are the ones moving in lock-step, as the US is in peril of yet another aggression action against a sovereign nation? I don't think it's as simplistic as you say.

[seemunkee]

20. Come on, you made those up didn't you?

Cheeky little devil.

[Swamp Rat]

21. George W. Bush - Address to a Joint Session of Congress, September 21, 2001

"Americans are asking 'Why do they (terrorists) hate us?' They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other."

[FREEWILL56]

59. So who needs enemies when bush is doing away with all of those

things he said they hate about us. Way to go bush. You're a real Amerikan now aren't you?:wtf: :puke:

[Swamp Rat]

63. Remember, it's not just him.

(snip)

None are more conscious of the vital limits on judicial authority than are the members of this Court, and none stand more in admiration of the Constitution’s design to leave the selection of the President to the people, through their legislatures, and to the political sphere. When contending parties invoke the process of the courts, however, it becomes our unsought responsibility to resolve the federal and constitutional issues the judicial system has been forced to confront.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

Pursuant to this Court’s Rule 45.2, the Clerk is directed to issue the mandate in this case forthwith.

It is so ordered.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html





blivet

[LiberalEsto]

22. Now they can recycle these comments for Iran

All they have to do is change the "q"s to "n"s.

So very easy, and nobody will be the wiser.

[AuntPatsy]

24. From reading many du posts today it seems to be working already.

[KoKo]

23. PLEASE! Do something about UNIONS and Strikes for Health Care/Job Security

Can you get out there and cover this?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. "We simply cannot live in fear of a ruthless dictator, aggressor and terrorist"

Why not Bill, you were his Senate Majority Leader, videodoc.

[hfojvt]

26. been spelunking in the memory hole again?

:thumbsup: That last one IS precious

One of my favorites though was Senator Pat Roberts who said, at one point, 'Saddam had WMD and we have found some but I can't talk specifics because it is classified.' Then he admitted a year or so later 'turns out there aren't any WMD.'

[annabanana]

27. k&r for a staggering trail of mendacity. . . n/t

[Free Speech Zone]

28. At the end of that list....

... you should ad:

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky"
- President Clinton


The comparison makes my head ache.

[Stardust]

42. Or how about: ""We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th. "

G.W. Bush
Sept. 18, 2003

and

"I've not seen any indication that would lead me to believe that I could say that."
Donald Rumsfeld responding to a reporter's question whether there was a link between Saddam and 9/11

and

"We have never claimed that Saddam Hussein...had either direction or control of 9/11."
Condoleeza Rice

They lie about their lies.

[gateley]

51. Huh? nt

[Blackhatjack]

29. Any Republicans Want To Take A Shot In Reconciling All These Statements? LOL

[ljm2002]

30. Wow, that is a great list Will!

I especially liked the very last one, which is not so much a lie as an example of twisted reasoning at its worst:

"I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are."

- Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
Press Briefing
7/9/2003

No surprise this twisted pretzel logic came from Ari "better watch what you say" Fleischer.

[FREEWILL56]

60. The wmds are coming out of the republicons mouths.

It's either that or junior is hatching one from his ass.

[astonamous]

32. Greenspan's comments (book)

stating that it is/was really about the oil kinda puts all your quotes in perspective...tied up with a pretty little bow. :sarcasm:

[usregimechange]

35. The only reason you get that many recs is because you are willpitt

had to say it. Not that you aren't a stud or anything.

[onehandle]

36. Idiots. Total idiots.

I'm talking about Americans.

Clearly the Bushies were lucky fools. Nothing more.

[superkia]

37. Hillary Clinton, the next president with the war button at her hands.

Now, I believe the facts that have brought us to this fateful vote are not in doubt. Saddam Hussein is a tyrant who has tortured and killed his own people, even his own family members, to maintain his iron grip on power. He used chemical weapons on Iraqi Kurds and on Iranians, killing over 20 thousand people. Unfortunately, during the 1980's, while he engaged in such horrific activity, he enjoyed the support of the American government, because he had oil and was seen as a counterweight to the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran.

I want to insure that Saddam Hussein makes no mistake about our national unity and for our support for the President's efforts to wage America's war against terrorists and weapons of mass destruction.

In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001.

It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.

[f the letter]

38. wow

This really happened.. it's still hard to believe. Nice to see the sheer number of highly publicized repetitions of the same lie by the same official in short periods of time.


iiiiiiiiiimpeach

[mmonk]

39. Best post of today.

Stay sober people. Don't get caught up in the media's and the administration's hype.

[Perseid]

41. history

important, but still history. thanks for the listing.

[Spazito]

43. Damn, who knew ALL the speech writers mistakenly typed

a Q when they really meant to type an N!

Wrong letter = attacking the wrong country!

Edited to add: Thanks for the quotes, have bookmarked for future use. I suspect we will see/are seeing the same language in the march to war with Iran with increasing frequency.

[Fading Captain]

44. Ahem? Like, uh, you discovered a new continent?

EOM

[Name removed]

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[Fading Captain]

61. Well, treat it nicely

Caio bella

[Shredr]

45. Staggering. Shameful.

Thanks for the post.

[opihimoimoi]

46. The Pubs are always talking BS CRAP....thats all they know..and thats all they do...

MOOT LEVEL.....thats the PUB way

[bleever]

48. Because I had been reading Truthout

I knew these were lies at the time they were told.

Would that the Congress had been as well informed. A lot of lives would have been saved.

A lot of lives.

[LaStrega]

49. k + r n/t

[bleever]

52. Welcome to DU, LaStrega.

And, :kick:

[gateley]

53. And - amazingly - it doesn't end there as evidenced by the additional quotes

posted in this thread alone! Speechless.

[Senator]

54. Only Impeachment Can Stop The Redux

Time to stop being "Anti-War" and start being "Pro-Impeachment."

No, you can't ride two horses with the same behind.

==

[calimary]

58. Another great compilation for my Good Quotes file!

Thanks, Will! :toast:

Too many to list - I just pasted the link into place.

[Lasher]

64. And who could forget this one?

Already, the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations.

- George W. Bush, President
State of the Union Address
1/20/2004

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-7.html

"...weapons of mass destruction-related program activities..." Getting pretty desperate right then.



Edit: Oh and by the way, here's another slant on the subject from a good DU article of over 4 years ago: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/06/10_wmd.html

[malaise]

66. This would be laughable if it didn't cause so many deaths

and if they weren't attempting the same madness with Iran.

[xchrom]

67. kicking because it's good to remember how we got here.

[liberal N proud]

68. Stupid quotes from stupid puppets

[maine_raptor]

69. You're right, Will, the last is the best one.

Yup, true classic.

Ari's asking you to prove a negative, and to have physical proof of the existance of that negative.

Me wonders if he ever asked a similar question, as a kid, to a person of religious authority?

"Can God make a rock so big that even he can't move it?"

[shaniqua6392]

70. Damn.

That is one heck of a list!

[Lochloosa]

71. Nice list...thanks

[zeemike]

72. A few hundred lies or so...so what

Our decider president is also our diviner president.
He looked into Saddam's eyes and saw in his soul that he WANTED WMDs
That is good enough for me

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

:sarcasm:

[Pacifist Patriot]

73. *ahem*

I don't think you provided enough examples. :P

[leveymg]

74. When war is a fraud, all orders are unlawful.

There have to be consequences for this sort of lie. If there is no certainty of legal culpability, there will be unanticipated ones.

[Tyler Durden]

75. That's what they taught us in Boot Camp and Hospital Corps School

One of my instructors: "If you aren't ready, willing, and able to disobey an unlawful order, go become a 'deck ape.' There's no place for you in the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps, because we are called to the Geneva Conventions."

I wish I could remember his name. HMC, a highly decorated Vietnam Vet.

[leveymg]

76. The outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs learned that lesson, too.

I'm not so sure about the incoming, Admiral Mullen seems to be a believer in the Long War and that this is all just about a fight to the death between Good and Evil. Or, so he says. He may have to learn his own lessons, too, at all our expense.

[mod mom]

79. If these criminals do not face justice, then we have lost our moral standing in the world forever

A wise man-HMC.

[Tyler Durden]

80. CPO is another way of saying it...

Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer is the formal way.

I WISH I COULD REMEMBER HIS NAME.

[sinkingfeeling]

77. Okay class, now subsitute 'Iran' for 'Iraq' and put a check mark next to each

statement you're hearing repeated on cable news this week! Thanks Will for consolidating all these lies in one place.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

78. DEAD WRONG or Rebuilt under Sanctions and NSA Surveillance?

UNSCOM
3 December 1997

Major Sites Associated With Iraq's Past WMD Programs

Biological sites:


1 - Salman Pak: Laboratory scale research on Anthrax, Botulinum toxin, Clostridium, perfringens (gas gangrene), mycotoxins, aflatoxins, and Ricin. Researchers at this site carried out toxicity evaluations of these agents and examined their growth characteristics and survivability. Located 40 km SE of Baghdad.

2- Al Hakum: This site was specifically designed and constructed as Iraq'ss main biological agent production facility. Prior to the Gulf War this facility produced thousands of lines of Anthrax and concentrated Botulinum toxin. Hundreds of litres of Clostridium perfringen were also produced. The site was destroyed by UNSCOM in May and and June 1996. Located 60 km SW of Baghdad.

3 - Daura Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Facility. Also known as Al Manal, this site was taken over by the BW program in fall 1990. Site conducted initial research on viral warfare agents including: haemorraghic conjunctivitis, human rota virus, and camelpox. The site was also used to produce thousands of litres of botulinum toxin. Located in Southeastern outskirts of Baghdad.

4 - The Agricultural and Water Resources Research Centre at Fudaliyah: Also known as Al Safa, this site was a dedicated aflatoxin production facility. Nearly 2000 litres of agent were produced. Site was converted from a scientific agricultural research station. Located in Northeastern outskirts of Baghdad.

5- Taji Single Cell Protein Plant: This site was converted for the production of hundreds of litres of Botulinum toxin in the late 1980s. Located 10 km NW of Baghdad.

6 - Muthanna State Establishment: Initial location for Iraq's BW program in 1985/86. Researchers at this site carried out initial toxins evaluations of several BW agents and examined their growth characteristics and survivability. Agents investigated include Anthrax, botulinum toxin, aflatoxin, and ricin. Muthanna also conducted small scale production of botulinum toxin. BW equipment moved to Salman Pak in 1987. Muthanna heavily damaged during Gulf War. Muthanna also provided weaponization expertise to the BW program, primarily CW munition technology and testing. Located 170 km NW of Baghdad.

Chemical sites:

1 - Muthanna State Establishment: This 5 km by 5 km facility was Iraq's primary chemical weapons research, development, and production facility. The site operated continuously from 1983 to 1991, producing thousands of tons of precursors, nerve agents and mustard gas. Chemical agents included mustard gas, Sarin, Tabun, and VX. The site was heavily bombed during the Gulf War. From 1992 to 1994 the UNSCOM Chemical Destruction Group operated at this site to eliminate remaining precursor materials, destroy production plants and equipment, and hydrolyse or burn remaining chemical warfare agents. Located 120 km NW of Baghdad.

2 - Fallujah I: This site was intended to be an additional precursor production facility for the chemical weapons program. The facility was in the initial phases of construction at the time of the Gulf War. Located 60 km WNW of Baghdad.

3- Fallujah II: This facility produced chemical weapons precursors destined for the Muhanna site. Products included chlorine, phosphorous trichloride and oxychlorode, thiony1 chloride, and with high probability two direct nerve agent precursors. The site was bombed during the Gulf War. Remaining precursors and equipment were transferred to the Muthanna site for destruction under the supervision of the Chemical Destruction Group. Located 65 km WNW of Baghdad.

4 - Fallujah III: This site was in the late stages of construction at the time of the Gulf War. The facility, intended to support the Muthanna site, contained multi-purpose production plants. These production areas were all destroyed by bombing in 1991. The intended products of this site remain unclear, but may be connected with the VX program. Located 70 km WNW of Baghdad.

5 - Muhammadiyat: This site was the primary storage area for filled chemical weapons. At the time of the Gulf War the site contained numerous CW munition, many filled with chemical agent. The site was heavily damaged during the war. The UNSCOM teams, and the Chemical Destruction Group completed elimination of CW weapons that survived the bombardment. Located 140 km W of Baghdad.
Nuclear Sites


1- Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center: Main site for Iraqi nuclear program. Activities included: several research reactors, plutonium separation and waste processing, uranium metallurgy, neutron initiator development and work on number of methods of uranium enrichment. Tuwaitha also is the location of the Osiraq reactor bombed by Israel in 1981. All nuclear fuel at this site was removed under IAEA monitoring. Equipment directly tied to the nuclear weapons program was destroyed in place. Located 18 km SSE of Baghdad.

2 - Tarmiya: Main site for electromagnetic isotope separation (EMIS) program for the enrichment of uranium. Site included both 1200 mm and 600 mm separators. Much of the equipment at this site was disassembled unilaterally by Iraq, and the components hidden from IAEA inspector teams. These pasts were eventually turned over to IAEA personnel and destroyed in place. Located 30 km NW of Baghdad.

3 - Al Atheer Centre: This site was designed and constructed as the major facility for nuclear weapons development and testing. Activities at the site were to included.: uranium casting and metallurgy, core assembly, explosive lens assemble, and detonics testing A high explosives test bunker near the site was used for hydrodynamic experiments. The large nuclear weapons related buildings and bunkers were destroyed under IAEA/UNSCOM supervision in summer 1992. Located 68 km SW of Baghdad.

4 - Al Furat: This site was intended for the design, assembly, and testing of gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment. A 100 centrifuge cascade was planned. All centrifuge related components were destroyed under IAEA supervision. Located 27 km SW of Baghdad.

5 - Al Jesira Factory: Uranium feed stock production facility. Products included: uranium dioxide, uranium tetrachloride, and uranium hexaflouride. The facility was destroyed during the Gulf War. Located 385 km NW of Baghdad.

6 - Akashat Mine: Uranium ore production site. Associated with the Al Qaim site. Located 420 km W of Baghdad

7 Al Qaim: Production of yellow cake (refined uranium ore) from 1984 to 1990. All of the yellow cake used by nuclear program allegedly came from this site. Ore was supplied to the facility by both Iraqi and foreign sources. Located 380 km WNW of Baghdad.

8 - Rashidiya: Centrifuge development centre. Engaged in centrifuge design and testing. Located in Northern outskirts of Baghdad.

9- Al Sharqat: Site intended as a duplicate of the Al Tarmiyah EMIS facility. The site was still under construction in 1991. Located 255 km NW of Baghdad.

10 - Petrochemical-3 Centre: Complex of five office buildings housed the Iraqi nuclear weapons design effort. Inspection of this site in September 1991 yielded documentary proof of the Iraqi nuclear weapons program. Located in central Baghdad.

Ballistic missile sites:


1- Taji: This site was the primary location for Iraq's indigenous long-range missile program. Activities included air frame design, construction and modification, and liquid fuel rocket engine development and production. UNSCOM teams destroyed prohibited missiles, support systems, development and construction equipment, and specialized tools and dies. Located 30 km N of Baghdad.

2- Nassr State Establishment: This large machine tool and metal working facility was the initial location of the SCUD modification and range extension program. The site continued to manufacture components for both the air frame and indigenous SCUD engine programs. UNSCOM teams destroyed speciality dies at this site. Located 10 km N of Baghdad.

3- Al Rafah: This location was one of the production areas for the indigenous rocket engine program. The site also included facilities for the static testing of the indigenous liquid engines. UNSCOM teams destroyed engine production related equipment. Located 60 km W of Baghdad.

4 - Al Farouq Factory at Darwah: This factory produced locally manufactured transporter/launchers for the long-range missile program. The site was completely destroyed during the Gulf War. Located in the Northwest outskirts of Baghdad.

5- Al Qa Qaa: This site was responsible for the explosive filling of long-range missile warheads. Warhead processing facilities at the site were destroyed under UNSCOM supervision. Located 38 km S of Baghdad.

6 - Karama: This facility conducts research and development efforts on indigenous guidance and control systems. It is still not clear to what extent this site contributed to the long-range program. Located in the North-western outskirts of Baghdad.

7 - Yawm al Azim: This site is part of the Balat al Shuhada group of facilities responsible for development of the BADR-2000 missile. This plant contained static test equipment and other development technologies. All long-range missile test and development equipment was destroyed under UNSCOM supervision Located 65 km S of Baghdad.

8 - Taj al Marik: This site is part of the Balat al Shuhada group of facilities responsible for development of the BADR-2000 missile. This plant produced solid propellant for the BADR system All buildings and equipment involved in the BARR program were destroyed under UNSCOM supervision. Located 47 km SW of Baghdad.

9- Dhu al Figar: This site is past of the Balat al Shuhada group of facilities responsible for development of the BADR-2000 missile. This plant manufactured the motorcases for the BADR program. The site was bombed during the Gulf War. UNSCOM teams completed destruction of remaining production equipment. Locate 80 km WSW of Baghdad

http://www.fas.org/news/un/iraq/s/971203_sites.htm

[redqueen]

81. Dead wrong. n/t

[jpak]

82. *bookmarked*

:thumbsup:

[AuntPatsy]

83. Another tiny push

[defendandprotect]

84. And, how can it be that most of us recognized that this was all BS + yet Congress swallowed it--????