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mrhopeforwes Donating Member (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:13 PM
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didn't bush tell Matt Lauer a while back that the war was "unwinnable"?
so how come the repubs were able to have a field day with Dean's comment?
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:16 PM
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1. hah--that won't last; they've already been called on it
they need to spend some time checking google--their little pet prince said it first, then backpedalled like nobody's business. What liars.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:18 PM
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3. Flip flop flip flop flip flop
Funny how they have no idea there are people who actually read and watch the news. Dumbasses.
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dennis4868 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:17 PM
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2. I vaguely remember that also....
anyone have a link to that?
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:20 PM
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4. DU thread w link here -- DNC on the case
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:21 PM
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5. Here's one:
Edited on Fri Dec-09-05 01:25 PM by Contrary1
"...Bush has given a spate of interviews in the run-up to this week's Republican National Convention in New York, and he was asked by Matt Lauer of NBC's "Today" show, in an interview taped Saturday in Ohio and shown on the convention's opening day, if the war on terrorism can be won.

"I don't think you can win it," Bush said. "But I think you can create conditions so that those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world. Let's put it that way."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47707-2004Aug30.html

And here's the flop:

ALLEMAN, Iowa — President Bush yesterday acknowledged misspeaking when he called the war on terror unwinnable, but tried to put the flap behind him by claiming the election is starting to swing his way.
"I should have made my point more clear," Mr. Bush told radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. "I probably needed to be a little more articulate."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040901-124008-7147r.htm

Funny, the Idiot Prez didn't take the opportunity right then to "re-articulate".




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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:32 PM
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7. Funny - they don't cherry-pick Bush's gaffes
Our liberal media is slipping!:sarcasm:
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:21 PM
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6. That was the war on "terror." n/t
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