Reg stated:
> the subject of the memo is that the Bush administration lied and
> have been caught with their hand in cookie jar. Which is bad
> enough but to turn that fact around they are trying to use the
> memo to make the Democrats look bad for abusing their access
> to this information by using it against them.

With this statement, I have to disagree. The subject of the memo is not that the Bush Administration lied. The subject of the memo is how certain Democratic party members can abuse their position of power to defame the Bush administration right before the election. What is so disturbing about this memo is that they have already made up their minds as to what the findings will be, yet they haven't even finished the investigation. They are simply using the investigation as a political campaigning tool...regardless of its outcome. They state in plain english that if the investigation has not damned the administration by election time, they can fire off their own investigation and make sure it does.

In my opinion, Rockefeller should be ousted from the committee and replaced by someone with honor and respect for the committee and it's responsibilities. But, they don't call me up in the morning and ask me how to run the country...which is probably good...I'm not really a morning person.

Reg continued:
> Makes you scratch your head doesn't it. I'm not sure who's
> side this story is worse for...in my opinion this is worse
> for the Bush crew...it basically states they've got the goods
> on them...but to someone on the right I guess they'd say it's
> worse for the Democrats because they are abusing their access
> to this information. Basically using the lies of the Bush
> people against them for political reasons.

Did you actually read the full text of the memo? Nowhere in there does it state that they have any "goods" on the president. Nowhere does it state that the administration "lied". Fact is, they don't have the "goods" on him. If they did, we all know they would be shouting it from the mountaintops and moving for impeachment. Yet they are not, because they have no grounds to do so.

Reg goes on:
> I'm not at all shocked or surprised by any of this. Both
> sides work this way and they all at times come across as
> a bunch of hysterical school girls. I think the feeling is
> the stakes have been raised so high that it's ok to bend
> the rules, cheat, lie, steal, kill, whatever...to knock
> down the opposition. Washington DC is really the worlds
> most expensive whorehouse these days and it's whoever pays
> the most gets the most beautiful whore.

Reg, all I can say about that statement is Amen! I agree that both sides of the aisle are corrupt, and much of the time just full of BS. But in this case, because they are already planning to ignore the investigation if it's findings don't suit their needs and "pull the trigger" on their own investigation before the election, it goes above and beyond the petty partisanship normally seen in politics. This is manipulation of national security and abuse of power.

Well, I just realized I have to run to a meeting. I wanted to respond to some of  the other comments you made, some of which I wholeheartedly agree, but I am out of time. I'll try to do so later.

Respectfully,

-=CE=-