Ridge over the last 24 hours has done more crow eating than most folks, even republican scum bags, do over the course of a whole career. Rachel Maddow absolutely took Ridge apart last evening in an extended interview where he tried to disavow even the writing on the cover sleeve of the book! WHAT AN IDIOT!

The reason he gave in his book for suspicions about politics versus FACTS was easy to see thru. Cheney and rumsfeld and addington and chimpy got to Ridge and intimidated him - period.

Ridge lost ALL credibility on homeland security or most any other subject just by making himself the scapegoat...it was pathetic...AND to make matters WORSE, Ridge again made a fool of himself with Tweety this afternoon just as a big - fat - cherry on top !!!

Ridge embarrassed himself on Maddow's show. There were several times where he couldn't even make eye contact. Rachel remained courteous throughout, but refused to let Ridge off the hook. The man has no honor.

Brava Maddow!

I think Rachel missed an opportunity late in the interview to point out that there ***were*** voices who spoke out forcefully against the war (Howard Dean is probably the best example, the Dixie Chicks are another), and that these voices were ignored and/or villified. Were they ignored and villified because they were wrong, or because of politics? If the answer is the latter -- and of course that IS the answer -- then how is it possible to conclude that the decision to go to war was not a political decision?

The revisionists have ignored the basic fact that "everyone" did not believe war was necessary.

Rachel is absolutely correct that the claim that it was faulty intelligence, and the intimation that they would do it all over again, is incredible.