The Unbearable Relativity of Eleanor Clift's Rage

Eleanor Clift has lost her mind.

If she hasn't, she is being incredibly disingenuous in her statements about the intelligence that the WORLD had about Saddam Hussein's regime.

On The McLaughlin Group, Clift was screeching about the Bush administration lying us into war.

Clift and all those reiterating that claim are truly embarrassing themselves. They've done so from the first time they began chanting that mantra and it appears that they intend to continue, with no end in sight.

The reality is Clift and her fellow libs cannot insist that Bush lied the U.S. into war without insisting that Clinton and the Dems lied about Iraq as well.

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton.
- (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

Clift fell back on that tired old Dem talking point about the administration cherry-picking intelligence to build a case for war.

Apparently, Clift is content to do some cherry-picking of her own.

FACT:

WHAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAID ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME WAS NOT QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEMOCRATS SAID.