It's amazing this guy gets to keep his "moderate" label.
If you missed his apologies for outing a covert CIA agent last night, some highlights, below.
Here's the
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And now, I present the lies.
On Karl Rove, Great Guy(tm):
We all know why Karl Rove spoke to the reporters, because at least we know this, that he believed that Wilson was putting out false information concerning whether Dick Cheney sent him to Africa, which he didn't, whether there was actually some contacts between Saddam Hussein's regime and Niger on yellow cake, which the British still maintain that there was, and several other aspects that were, just simply--according to a study by our Intelligence Committee, were false, statements that Ambassador Wilson made.
And so, it's understandable why Rove would say to a reporter, "Hey, look, the vice president did not send Wilson to Niger. It was done at the recommendation of his wife," etcetera, etcetera.
On smearing his wife? Ho hum. That's just politics. THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER:
MATTHEWS: Do you believe that the White House--do you think that Karl Rove is guilty of any tough behavior, or hardball behavior against you in the race in South Carolina in 2000?
MCCAIN: Politics is not beanbags. I think that I--that they played rough with me. I think there were times--dare I say it--that my campaign played rough, too. I mean, politics is a tough game.
On the 16 Words? It's the BRITS, not Bush's fault:
MATTHEWS: But why did the--why did the president retract it? Why did they all say he made a mistake?
MCCAIN: I think that both of them retracted it because they did not have hard evidence that it was the case, OK? They didn't have the evidence. They got it from the British.
And so, you don't want to make a speech, especially to the American people, saying something that is--that is not incontrovertibly true. There is still a question about whether there were contacts from Saddam Hussein with Niger. And there is no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein, throughout his career, sought to acquire and even use weapons of mass destruction.
You don't want to give a speech to the American people with something that's not true???? Oh, the HUMANITY!!!!
Sorry....back to the show.
On Dick Cheney, Patriot and All Around Great Guy(tm):
MATTHEWS: But do you think it's been proper for the vice president, all those months leading up to war, on "Meet the Press" especially and other programs, making the case that we faced a nuclear threat from Saddam Hussein?
MCCAIN: I am convinced that the president of the--that the vice president of the United States had information that led him to that conclusion, as did the British, French, German, Israeli and every other intelligence agency in the world believed that Saddam Hussein had those weapons of mass destruction.
On John McCain, Stand Up Guy(tm):
MATTHEWS: You are known to have a higher ethical standard than most politicians.
MCCAIN: I hope.
MATTHEWS: That's a fact.
That's a FACT.
Because only an ethical man would pitch for the Bush Administration.