Ted Kennedy: Lying Traitor or Traitorous Liar?

George Bush has finally fought back, in a big way, against the quisling weasels on the left, those whom claim that "Bush lied" or misled them about prewar data. Here's his smackdown of Teddy Kennedy, on the White House Web Site (here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051111-6.html):

"It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait."

Sen. Kennedy On Iraq

Sen. Kennedy Said Saddam Hussein Was Developing WMDs: "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." (Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Remarks At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., 9/27/02)

Sen. Kennedy: "Saddam Hussein Is A Dangerous Figure. He's Got Dangerous Weapons." (CBS' "Face The Nation," 10/6/02)

Sen. Kennedy Now Says The President Manipulated Facts About Iraq's WMDs: "'Instead of providing open and honest answers about how we will achieve success in Iraq and allow our troops to begin to come home,' Kennedy said, 'the president reverted to the same manipulation of facts to justify a war we never should have fought.'" (Deb Riechmann, "Bush Forcefully Attacks Critics Of The War In Iraq," Associated Press, 11/11/05)

Sen. Kennedy Opposed Removing Saddam Hussein From Kuwait. (S.J.Res.2, CQ Vote #2: Adopted 52-47: R 42-2; D 10-45, 1/12/91, Kennedy Voted Nay)
Sen. Kennedy Opposed Removing Saddam Hussein From Power. (H. J. Res. 114, CQ Vote #237: Passed 77-23: R 48- 1; D 29-21; I 0-1, 10/11/02, Kennedy Voted Nay)

Pretty shameful record; but not surprising from a man whom would let an innocent woman drown to save his political career.
Just as a refresher, here are other Democratic politicians whom claimed Saddam Hussein had WMD's; before Bush came onto the scene:

Bill Clinton: "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."
Sandy Berger: "[Saddam will] use those weapons of mass destruction again as he has ten times since 1983."
Harry Reid: "The problem is not nuclear testing; it is nuclear weapons. ... The number of Third World countries with nuclear capabilities seems to grow daily. Saddam Hussein's near success with developing a nuclear weapon should be an eye-opener for us all."
Dick Durbin: "One of the most compelling threats we in this country face today is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Threat assessments regularly warn us of the possibility that...Iraq...may acquire or develop nuclear weapons."
John Kerry: "If you don't believe...Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me."
John Edwards: "Serving on the Intelligence Committee and seeing day after day, week after week, briefings on Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and his plans on using those weapons, he cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons, it's just that simple. The whole world changes if Saddam ever has nuclear weapons."
Nancy Pelosi: "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."

Now, here are Democrat's statements about Saddam Hussein & Iraq during the Bush Administration, prior to the Iraq War

Ted Kennedy: "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
John Kerry: "I will be voting to give the president of the U.S. the authority to use force if necessary to disarm Saddam...because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security"
Hillary Clinton: "... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Al Gore: "We know that he has stored nuclear supplies, secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."

And recently? Well, here's the voice of the American left and the Democratic party, lying loud and clear:

Ted Kennedy: "The Bush administration misrepresented and distorted the intelligence to justify a war that America should never have fought."
{link to most all of the above quotes here: http://rightface.blogspot.com/2005/11/fulfilling-their-hypocritic-oath.html}

I cannot imagine anything more dangerous than a political party taking control of the government whose willingness to wage a necessary war varies according to the results of the latest battle and the latest poll. Remember, Abe Lincoln was also called a blunderer and a fool (and a "simpleton"from a "log cabin in Illinois") whom unnecessarily took us into the Civil War by liberating the slaves. He was savaged by his opponents and the press for some of the early losses by the Union forces in that horrible war; and often was urged by both his political foes and the yellow press to "make a deal" with the South.

Imagine what this country might look like; imagine what the world would look like, if Lincoln had succumbed to the Democrats and the editorial pages of his day. President George Bush is walking in Lincoln's shoes right now; trying to liberate a land to create safety for America and freedom in a part of the world that does not know it. To give in, or to lose to, the reactionary forces of today would be as calamitous as a flip-flop by Lincoln would have been.

And that too is why Ted Kennedy is a traitor - he knows what is at stake; but he will throw his country to the terrorist wolves to score some cheap political points; he will lie to the peoplel and to the world to retain liberal policies that are falling all around him, from the towers of New York to the streets of France. He will sell out America, he will see America defeated, before he admits he may be wrong.

Coward. Traitor. Fool.

Good round-up of commentary at Gateway Pundit {http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/11/bush-not-ready-to-retreat-thumps-teddy.html}, whom notes:

I must add that I have never seen the Whitehouse website have anything so clearly political posted on its pages. President Bush is serious.

He'd better be.

UPDATE: More Fun With Democratic Traitors here: http://jerseynut.blogspot.com/2005/11/jay-rockefeller-lying-traitor-or.html ; now starring Jay Rockefeller!