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To: Road Walker who wrote (241035)	7/11/2005 7:28:41 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572707

speaking of bill... liberalscum.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (241035)	7/11/2005 9:50:10 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572707

john, re: I wonder why every Republican admin has sucked up to them forever. All admins from both parties have sucked up to them - it really is about the oil. I wish we didn't need them.

To: Road Walker who wrote (241035)	7/12/2005 2:11:05 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572707

White House: No Comment On Rove (Page 1 of 2) WASHINGTON, July 11, 2005 (CBS/AP) For two years, the White House has insisted that presidential adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with the leak of a CIA officer's identity. And President Bush said the leaker would be fired. But Mr. Bush's spokesman wouldn't repeat any of those assertions Monday in the face of Rove's own lawyer saying his client spoke with at least one reporter about Valerie Plame's role at the CIA before she was identified in a newspaper column after her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, wrote an article criticizing the Bush administration's Iraq policies. Rove described the woman to a reporter as someone who "apparently works" at the CIA, according to an e-mail obtained by Newsweek magazine. White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to discuss the matter at two news briefings Monday. He said he would not comment because the leak is the focus of a federal criminal investigation. "The prosecutors overseeing the investigation had expressed a preference to us that one way to help the investigation is not to be commenting on it from this podium," McClellan said in response to a barrage of questions about Rove and the previous White House denials. Continued 1 \| 2 cbsnews.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (241035)	7/12/2005 2:26:48 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572707

I wonder why every Republican admin has sucked up to them forever. Pragmatism? No, you guys are above that. Nixon, Reagan, Ford, Bush 1 and Bush 2, they all love the Saudis. When was the last time you heard George criticize the Saudis? I think virtually all foreign policy up until 1990 was dedicated to the prevention of communism (ie, anti USSR and to a lesser degree anti-China). That focus dwarfed everything else (human rights, freedom, etc.). That explains the pro-Saudi stance up until then. As for going forward, it often takes a long time for policy to change (look at US policy toward Cuba, its antiquated). However, going forward, I would be surprised to see a significant shift in US policy toward the Saudis. I would like to see something along the lines of "Democratize or lose the oil fields - your choice".