tom_thinks
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Gather round! Uncle Dick's gonna tell a tale!
While down in Orlando Monday, Cheney found some time between fundraising and plotting world domination to tell one of his now famous tall tales. From the AP via POENEWS(thanks to Rustin for sending me this)
Could it be he offered no evidence because,
I have to applaud Cheney's timing. Only two days before the 9/11 commission's report on Iraq's connections to al Qaeda, he starts spouting off the same lies he told last year; as if just to remind us that he's a liar. Dick, you need to get some new material.
He was a patron of terrorism," Cheney said of Hussein during a speech before The James Madison Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Florida. "He had long established ties with al Qaida." ... The vice president offered no details backing up his claim of a link between Saddam and al Qaida.
Could it be he offered no evidence because,
There is "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq collaborated with the al Qaeda terrorist network on any attacks on the United States, including the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings, according to a new staff report released this morning by the commission investigating the hijacking plot. (From today's Washington Post)
I have to applaud Cheney's timing. Only two days before the 9/11 commission's report on Iraq's connections to al Qaeda, he starts spouting off the same lies he told last year; as if just to remind us that he's a liar. Dick, you need to get some new material.
posted by Tom, 6/16/2004 10:11:00 AM
