It’s clear WMD didn’t exist in Iraq, as the Bush administration has insisted. Bill O’Reilly, you remember, said that if no WMD were found he would apologize to the American people and never believe another word this administration says. Not only is he not apologizing, he’s buying into the White House’s new lie- that the CIA misled our dear president.

Framing David Kay’s conclusions by saying, “This should put an end to all this ‘lie’ business,” as O’Reilly did on his show last night is laughable, it’s clear that from the beginning of his term this president had a goal to invade Iraq and the administration sent the CIA on a mission to create a reason. They came through for the president, we invaded, everybody wins, right? Well… not so fast. Obviously the CIA is now realizing that lying for the president will only leave you hung out to dry.

How can a self-proclaimed “independent thinker” like O’Reilly be so easily mislead? Why is the president beyond question?

Obviously O’Reilly is a right-wing shill, working for Karl Rove to hit all the administration’s talking points while simultaneously claiming full independence and balanced reporting. O’Reilly was wrong about Iraq, but he’ll never admit it.

That won’t stop Overspun from hounding him anyway. This Iraq situation will be around longer than O’Reilly will, no matter who gets elected next November. This will be remembered as a dark time for our country, a time when tens of thousands of people died for absolutely no reason. A time when our president mislead us, then blamed others for his deception. A time when the national media showed how corrupt and ineffective it had become.

Finally, a prediction for the tin foil hat community- Weapons will be found if enough heat is thrown the CIA’s way. If the president were taking all the heat the CIA would have no motivation to put themselves on the line. Now that the blame is being shifted there’s a whole new set of (clandestine) options.