Condi Rice: "I did not at any time make a statement that I knew to be false"

[sabra]

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN13374647

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"This study has found that you, Madame Secretary, made 56 false statements to the American people where you repeatedly pump up the case that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and exaggerate the so-called relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda," he said at the start of a testy exchange with Rice.

"Congressman, I take my integrity very seriously and I did not at any time make a statement that I knew to be false, or that I thought to be false, in order to pump up anything," Rice replied. "Nobody wants to go to war."

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/08/le.00.html



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

-- CNN "Late Edition," Sept. 8, 2002

[yourout]

1. And of course this statement is a lie..

"I did not at any time make a statement that I knew to be false"

Yea right....tell me another one.

[Muttocracy]

15. uh huh - so she's either a liar or insanely stupid

and the latter seems a bit less likely

[Olney Blue]

2. Why did she sell her soul to the chimp?

[BrotherBuzz]

18. Her soul is owned by George Schultz; she is only on loan to GWB

In the 1990s, Schultz became the grandfather, or godfather, to a group of Republican foreign policy specialists who became known as the Vulcans, and who included many of the architects of the Iraq war, including Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and Condoleezza Rice. In 1998, Schultz introduced Rice to then-Governor George W. Bush.

[xfundy]

3. We can trust her... she's a "Christian!" n/t

[morningglory]

6. I gave you a heart because you are kewl!!1!

[GodlessBiker]

4. How about a statement that you didn't know was true?

You just made stuff up. It could have been true, but you didn't *know* it to be false, so you said it.

Asshole.

[babylonsister]

5. Here's the video, and comments (and rec'd):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=93209&mesg_id=93209

[VenusRising]

7. This photo captured from behind Condi during her response.

[momster]

8. "Nobody Wants To Go To War...

Except my husb...I mean, the President. I just can't say no to that cute widdle face!"

[MrsBrady]

13. good one

I've always thought that "husband" comment was very telling.

No woman ever, ever, ever, ever mistakenly calls some man her "husb...." when is is not.

I'm just saying ;)

[aquart]

16. Particularly when she's not married.

[LSK]

9. so then shes dumber than a box of rocks then???

Thats the only other conclusion.

[RoyGBiv]

11. Ayup ...

She's either lying or an incompetent dumbass. I put even money on either.

[Captain Hilts]

10. WOW. She really believe the Taliban were in the sack with Iran????? nt

[pinto]

12. Parse and repeat.

They're getting this semantic ploy down pat.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. So she admits her statements were false, but she didn't think about them

She was under a monkey's magic spell, apparently.

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Woops, she did it again.

[lligrd]

19. Integrity??? Hardy Har Har

Too funny. :rofl:

[booley]

20. Why is it when I look at cons claim's...

I am forced to conclude they are either lying or deeply stupid?

And why do cons continue to think that saying they weren't lying, just dumb as a box of rocks and incompetent, somehow makes things better?

[bleever]

21. Falling back on her lack of knowledge

yet again.