Rapid City Journal political reporter Denise Ross has an excellent piece of hard-nosed journalism today under the headline "Daschle satisfied with war progress." Excerpt:
Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., on Thursday praised the Bush administration's war and nation-building work in Iraq and said he has no serious concerns about the lack of weapons of mass destruction....Daschle took a different tone when he and other congressional leaders met with Bush in late January to discuss the intelligence snafu.
"I think it is critical that we follow up and find out what went wrong," the New York Times quoted him as saying just before the meeting.
"Daschle noted that congressional leaders had depended on sound intelligence in voting on the war," reads the New York Times story from Jan. 27.
Only ten days ago, Tom Daschle was quoted in Time magazine as saying the following about the Bush administration and weapons of mass destruction:
"There is a credibility chasm," declared Senate minority leader Tom Daschle on Friday, "whether it is weapons of mass destruction, whether it is the budget, whether it is so many things that emanate these days from this Administration, its credibility has eroded dramatically."
(Emphasis added). Clearly, Tom Daschle is trying to be a liberal in Washington and a conservative at home. He's trying to have it both ways, and as long as reporters like Denise Ross continue to produce quality pieces like the one today, Daschle will not get away with it. Kudos to Denise Ross.
For more analysis on Tom Daschle having it both ways, see the Daschle v. Thune blog's latest post.
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