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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 08:57 PM
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On the Chimp's Osama flip-flop, is there a news source for the quotes?
The most important thing is for us to find Osama Bin Laden. It's our #1 priority & we will not rest until we find him".....George W. Bush
Sep. 13, 2001

"I don't know where Osama is, I really don't care, It's not that important. It's not our priority".....George W. Bush
March 13, 2002

Everyone knows these are the quotes but where exactly do they come from? I need links to the actual stories as the quotes aren't good enough for the imbecile I'm arguing with. To be fair I would ask the same of him. I've searched the archives here and googled but all I can find are the quotes with no source. Can anyone help?

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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 08:58 PM
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1. If you type those quotes in google, a lot of times the link
will show up.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 09:04 PM
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2. I find a ton of links to the quotes but none of them say where....
they come from. I can't find a source.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 09:08 PM
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3. I found this once, and the quote is pretty butchered together,
It disapointed me a bit when I acutally found it, and it did take some digging..

But here is where it is derived from.

QUESTION: Mr. President, in your speeches now, you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden. Why is that?

Also, can you can tell the American people if you have any more information -- if you know if he is dead or alive. Deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really want to make...

BUSH: Well, deep in my heart, I know the man's on the run if he's alive at all. And I -- you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not? We hadn't heard from him in a long time.

And the idea of focusing on one person is really -- indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. Terror's bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person who has now been marginalized. His network is -- his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match.

He is -- you know, as I mention in my speeches -- I do mention the fact that this is a fellow who is willing to commit youngsters to their death. And he, himself, tries to hide, if, in fact, he's hiding at all.

So I don't know where he is. Nor -- you know, I just don't spend that much time on him really, to be honest with you. I'm more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well supplied, that the strategy is clear, that the coalition is strong, that when we find enemy bunched up, like we did in Shah-e-Kot mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/13/bush.transcript/
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 09:20 PM
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4. Thanks, I can use that.
Much appreciated.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 09:20 PM
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5. Here's the first link:
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/voices/200304/0428span.html

and here's the other one:
http://www.timbuk3.com/concentration.htm

Here's where you can find both:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=89747206

and here: http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/001694.html

The last three could be considered "partisan" (on OUR side); something I generally avoid citing when I'm in an adversarial situation. But that's all I could find for the second quote. Perhaps I'm being too "gentlemanly".

pnorman
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