thinkprogress.org — Last night on The Charlie Rose Show, former Bush adviser Karl Rove claimed he was “opposed” to holding the pre-war Iraq just ahead of the 2002 elections. “The administration was opposed to voting on it in the fall of 2002,” Rove said. He stated that his upcoming book will argue that the administration did not want to schedule an Iraq war vote
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thejoshuablogNov 22, 2007Submitter
FACT CHECK: Rove’s claim is utterly dishonest and flat-out false. In Sept. 2002, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) asked President Bush to delay the vote on the Iraq war: “I asked directly if we could delay this so we could depoliticize it. I said: ‘Mr. President, I know this is urgent, but why the rush? Why do we have to do this now?’ He looked at Cheney and he looked at me, and there was a half-smile on his face. And he said: ‘We just have to do this now.’”
knujliamNov 30, 2007
On Sept 13, 2002, Bush said: "My answer to the Congress is, they need to debate this issue and consult with us, and get the issue done as quickly as possible. It’s in our national interests that we do so. I don’t imagine Saddam Hussein sitting around, saying, 'Gosh, I think I’m going to wait for some resolution.' "See: White House gov /news/releases/2002/09/20020913 dot html
mgraham80Dec 17, 2008
What a scumbag.