Can anybody trust these guys in anything they say? This is seriously deranged. Kevin Drum :
Emphasis mine. According to Gaubatz, Weldon was seriously planning to take a secret trip to Nasiriyah and attempt to dig up the alleged WMD himself. As he told Tom Ferrick of the Philadelphia Inquirer, "They even worked out how it would go. If there was nothing there, nothing would be said. If the site had been [scavenged], nothing would be said. But, if it was still there, they would bring the press corps out....It was treated as an election issue that would get votes."Did you get that? He was going to take a little jaunt to Nasiriyah, break out his shovel, and start digging around himself — without telling the military what he was doing. Then, when the glorious shells were found, he was going to call in the press and declare himself Weldon of Arabia, Discoverer of WMD...read on
These people use the troops, this war, and 9/11 for their own personal gain. Please vote this guy out of office. Support Joe Sestak. I just added him to my Act Blue page. It'll probably take a little while to be updated on the site. (h/t Atrios )