I posted this story before, but it can’t be said enough. If anyone wonders why this country is in the terrible shape that it is, here you go. Not only do we have a whacked out administration, we have a congress who doesn’t do their job. Yah yah yah….the Republicans were in charge then. Well, the Democrats didn’t read the friggin report either. I guess they didn’t think they needed to be as informed as possible before voting to start a war. It sickens me.

“A lot of people on both sides of the aisle are getting whacked around with this,” said former Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.), who voted for authorizing war but did not read the full report. “You have to understand that the briefings are so thorough that it’s common for members not to read entire reports.”

Awwwwww we just don’t understand. These briefing are just too thorough for them to read in their entirety! I mean really……they have more important stuff to do, like meet with lobbyists and worry about their campaigning and what they’re going to have for lunch!!! I mean really…..it’s just a fucking war!

From The Hill:

By Manu Raju, Elana Schor and Ilan Wurman

Only a handful of senators outside the Intelligence Committee say they read the full 92-page National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s ability to attack the U.S. before voting to go to war, according to a survey conducted by The Hill.

The low interest in the classified estimate, or NIE, could offer valuable cover to the five senators seeking the presidency who acknowledged during recent debates that they did not read the complete document before the pivotal Iraq vote.

The Hill contacted all 69 sitting senators who voted on the war authorization in the wee hours of Oct. 11, 2002, as well as former senators who did so.

Twenty-two senators told The Hill that they read the document before the vote. The offices of 38 senators said they had not read the full report or could not recall, while six senators did not comment. Nine sitting senators and 21 former senators did not return repeated requests for comment (see chart).

Despite not reading the assessment, many senators defended their preparation to examine the administration’s ultimately debunked portrayal of Iraqi weapons capability.