If Donkeys Could Talk...

Scene: Sunday morning- cable news

Republican Shill: (smugly) "I think it's disingenuous for democrats to criticize the war, after all they voted for it. "

Imaginary Dem: "That's a lie. The majority of Democrats in Congress voted against the war and the overwhelming majority of Democratic voters were against invading Iraq. "

Republican Shill: "Well It's disingenuous for those Democrats who did vote for the war-like John Kerry and Hillary Clinton- because they had the same intelligence as everyone else and they voted for the war. "

Imaginary Dem: "That’s a lie. George Bush had entirely different Information. This administration created their own intelligence groups, the Office of Special Plans and the White House Iraq Group. Those two intelligence groups took raw, un-vetted, intel from unreliable sources that they nurtured, bypassed Congress and the intelligence community, and spoon fed it to the President. George Bush had a different intelligence portfolio than the rest of the government. That’s why we heard repeated curve-ball inaccuracies by administration officials in the lead up to the war. The Intelligence Community said maybe and the Bush administration said definitely -those are two different things."

Republican Shill: "Well Bill Clinton came to the same conclusion..."
interruption (go ahead, try it it'll feel good…) Imaginary Dem: "That’s a lie. Bill Clinton looked at the available intelligence and decided not to invade Iraq. George Bush looked at the available intelligence and decided it wasn’t what he wanted, so he created his own intelligence groups to give him a justification for war. Republicans need to decide if they think this war is a good idea or not. If they think it was a good idea then they should stop trying to share the blame with Democrats. If they think it is a bad idea, or that it’s not working, then they should admit it and join Democrats in trying to find a way out"

-CO