Re: NYTimes.com Article: Bush Claim on Iraq Had Flawed Origin, White Hou

In a message dated 7/8/2003 6:20:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tganesh@stlawu.edu writes:

> Sanger uncovers more of the lies and deception - but to what avail?  What 
>effects will these revelations have?  Are they adequate to count in the coming 
>elections?  For whom?  Such 
> useless questions...

There are two groups who might respond to the fact that Bush lied and 
manipulated info to get into the war, elite groups and the electorate.  Among 
the electorate, I don't think this story is registering all that strongly 
beyond people who already hate Bush.  Among elites, various intelligence 
agencies are very upset.  Something might happen, but there is a very strong 
'don't rock the boat' mentality, so unless popular opinion shifts, I wouldn't 
expect anything too dramatic.  Remember the Iran-contra scandal?

Steven Sherman