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Yes, since Watergate, every presidential scandal, even for those who were not even elected, get to have a "gate" after their names.
I posted yeterday, in the now huge 'where are the WMD's' thread, part of an article from Slate that gave it to Mr. Bush for his lie and his administration's handling of the aftermath of that lie. Today, I find, also in Slate, two interesting articles about what makes this lie from Mr. Bush such a scandal.
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quote:Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: Yes, since Watergate, every presidential scandal, even for those who were not even elected, get to have a "gate" after their names.
We had a Cheriegate.
(Cherie is Tony's wife. She made friends with a conman or something.)
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quote: The officials, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on condition of anonymity, say the so-called safeguards inspection will include an inventory and an assessment of the condition of some 500 metric tons of uranium "yellowcake" ore, previously stored under U.N. seal at Tuwaitha.
Okay, this stuff can be used to produce nukes, but we're going to leave 500 metric tons of it here because... um... we trust you guys?
Really, I'd love to hear the UN rationale for allowing Iraq to hold on to all this yellowcake.
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Nobody said anything about this being Yellowcake-with-a-creamy-filling-gate, Simon.
Pretty good Rob, two posts in and you're already off the topic.
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What... Isn't the topic about lies and coverups and misdirections concerning yellowcake in Iraq?
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Rob, at the center of Yellowcakegate is the following quote by Mr. Bush:
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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And the Brits continue to assert that this is indeed the case, despite the Niger forgeries, as they claim to have information left unshared with the US that substantiates this.
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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Let's have the proof then.
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Sol: "I thought this thread was about Twinkies."
Grr, I have yet to try one. The best store for american foodstoughs in Stockholm is Gray's American Foodstore, but the manager couldn't import Twinkies because, according to him, they'd explode on the airplane overseas.
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"Silly customer! You cannot hurt a Twinkie!"
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
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Empirical evidence has shown me that Twinkies do indeed go stale, a concept that I had held in the same regards as Vulcans once did time travel.
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I don't actually like Twinkies. But they are Archetypal American Foodstuff, or so I hear on TV.
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just made by the Presbyterian Church
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They have not yet gone the way of the donut, which is currently vying for the lead with the Great Pyramids in the cultural icon race.
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