Politics: You Thought Clinton Parsed

In coverage the White House's latest attempts at defending the Niger ruse, here's something truly insane. Defenders claim that this sentence is technically true: Among elements he [Bush] cited to make his case was a statement that "the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." This weekend, Condi Rice said, "the statement that he made was indeed accurate. The British government did say that."

Bush doesn't say, however, that the British government says it learned that Saddam Hussein blah blah blah. Bush says the fact that the UK "learned" something occurred. One can't know about something that didn't happen.

Admit you lied, you stinking dogs, and then hope for a grisly murder in California to save your sorry asses.