Cheney Joins GOP Critics of Democrats on Iraq

I keep reading Democrats critizing the Iraq war. The very same Democrats who wanted to join the bandwagon to remove Saddam Hussein. As you read the below article, raw data of what and who in the Democratic Party catagorie called for war. It even points to an Internet video you can watch at the Republican Party website. It demonstrates the political hiprocisy leftists and Democrats use to lie their way back in power.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney added his voice on Wednesday to the chorus of Republican criticism of Democrats who have accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence on Iraq, calling it "one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city."

"Some of the most irresponsible comments have, of course, come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorizing force against Saddam Hussein," Cheney said in remarks prepared for a GOP fundraiser.

Cheney's attack was part of a GOP effort to push back against criticism on Iraq. Bush within the past week has made two speeches that painted Democrats as hypocrites for criticizing the Iraq war after earlier supporting the idea that Saddam should go. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld joined the offensive, singling out Democrats who in the past had depicted Saddam as a threat with weapons of mass destruction, including former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The Republican National Committee also posted on its Web site a video compilation of past statements by prominent Democrats — including several 2008 presidential hopefuls — supporting a hard line against Saddam.

"These are elected officials who had access to the intelligence, and were free to draw their own conclusions. They arrived at the same judgment about Iraq's capabilities and intentions that was made by this administration and by the previous administration," Cheney said.

He said there was "broad-based, bipartisan agreement that Saddam Hussein was a threat, that he had violated U.N. Security Council Resolutions" and had weapons of mass destruction.

Democrats have countered by saying they got their information on U.S. intelligence assessments about Saddam's regime from the administration, and suggested that top administration figures — including Cheney, a staunch advocate of toppling Saddam — manipulated that intelligence to make a stronger case for invasion.
In October 2002, the Senate voted 77 to 23 to give Bush the authority to invade Iraq. The House approved the measure on a 296-133 vote.

In the Senate, 29 Democrats voted for the measure, including Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts, John Edwards of North Carolina and Hillary Clinton of New York.
Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and Edwards, his running mate, have since reversed their stand and voiced opposition to the decision to go to war. Clinton has remained supportive of the president on Iraq.

"What we're hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war," Cheney said in remarks prepared for a speech at the Frontiers of Freedom Institute's 2005 Ronald Reagan gala.
"The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out," he said.

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