I haven't had time to read CCK as faithful as I should, but I did notice my name yesterday. Chad has these comments:
Ken Blanchard, professor at Northern State University in Aberdeen, has decided it is his turn to participate in the cult of personality surrounding George W. Bush. I mean, really, everytime something goes wrong for President Bush it's someone else's fault:
As it is, the majority that now has lost faith in the war knows full well that the Democrats are doing no more than playing politics. Rockefeller votes for the war one day and heaps scorn upon the President the next day, depending on which way the wind is blowing. He refuses to take any responsibility for this own actions.
Just to warn readers, this is a very similar post to what you have been reading here the past couple of days. I'm still embarrased for those who continue to defend the President and the handling of pre-war intelligence, and try to blame Democrats for the war debacle.
Even the most careless reader will note that the quote says nothing at all about George Bush and his responsibility or lack thereof. Bush firmly believed that Iraq possessed and/or was developing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. As President he was obviously responsible for that error.
But Democrats who voted to give Bush the authority for war were responsible for their votes as well To deny that responsibility, as Senator Rockefeller does, is craven and cowardly. I thought it fair to point this out.
Why did John Kerry vote in favor of war? Because he was fooled by misleading intelligence? You would have to be a first class chump to believe that. He voted that way because he was afraid that WMD would be found, and that a vote against the war would then have doomed his presidential ambitions. That looks like politics to me, and I can hardly despise it. But surely Kerry has to take some responsibility for the outcome. If he has taken any responsibility for anything, I missed it.
Also, "every time" is two words, and "embarrassed" is misspelled.
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