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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:37 PM
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FLASH"The only way we can fail is if we forget the lesson of September 11"
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 03:46 PM by Bluebear
Actual excerpt from speech tonight per Dana Bash, CNN. "Clearly linking Iraq to 9/11."

UPDATE

Bush: Bloodshed in Iraq Is 'Worth It'

"Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying and the suffering is real," Bush said, according to excerpts released ahead of time by the White House. "It is worth it."

"The work in Iraq is difficult and dangerous," the president said. "We have more work to do and there will be tough moments that test America's resolve. ... The American people do not falter under threat, and we will not allow our future to be determined by car bombers and assassins."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:40 PM
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1. Unbelievable
Their craven souls know no bounds.

Unbelievable.

What's worse is that there are people who will nod and agree.
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:40 PM
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2. Bwahahahahaha
The fucker has no clue. He thinks THIS shit will still work?
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:40 PM
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3. his shit won't fly tonight
why the hell would they give cnn an excerpt?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:41 PM
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6. White House just released excerpts to the press
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:43 PM
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10. but WHY?
have they ever done so before?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:45 PM
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12. I think it's pretty common
The talking heads can wrap their heads around the content ahead of time and see how they can spin it.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:40 PM
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4. They've reverted to their favorite diversionary tactic...
9/11 exploitation.

:argh:
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:41 PM
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5. have they ever said what this lesson actually IS?
:shrug:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:42 PM
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8. Um, 9/11 changed everything?
That's all I hear them say.
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:41 PM
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7. Which lesson is that?
When a bunch of crazed Saudis based in Afghanistan attack you, invade another Muslim country that had nothing to do with it? That IS a valuable lesson, indeed.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:42 PM
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9. broken record....
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 03:42 PM by mike_c
Bush has no other issue to lean on than the greatest failure that occurred during his presidency. Utterly pathetic.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:44 PM
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"My approval ratings are down! Call 911! It's an emergency!"

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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:48 PM
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16. THAT is funny!
"Call 911"!!!
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Zodiak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:44 PM
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11. Blame liberals...that is what this means
I'm going to keep saying this tonight: he is going to blame our failures in Iraq on Democrats and liberals. Trust me, the only way he can gain support is to demonize us....the flag burning Amendment falls right into line with this idea.

Really now...he might be stupid, but they aren;t THAT stupid. The only thing they are good at is manipulating the press and the opinions of the American public. Blaming us and starting a withc hunt against us is his last defense.

Don't underestimate them.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:45 PM
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13. indeed... and technically what he says doesn't matter...
this speech is just to give the talking heads something to base more lies upon

this is "catapulting the propaganda" so to speak
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guntherconcept Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:47 PM
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14. Dead meat
If this is the best he can do then it's all over. There is no way that the public will buy this. It will probably take the media 6 months to realize that no one is listening to Bush any more, but this speech will not change the way people are feeling about Iraq.

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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:47 PM
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15. The lesson of 9/11 : 9/11 is what you get when you have an idiot
as president. That's the only lesson of 9/11.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:49 PM
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17. Bingo CO. nt
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:51 PM
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18. The "lesson of Sept 11"...
MIHOP, lie and blame it on a group of "evil-doer" brown people who are really your business partners and then preemptively attack a country full of unrelated brown people so as to make rich white people richer with stolen American taxpayer money.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:53 PM
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19. Yes Chimpo, dredge up 9/11 and let's hear how Condi failed to prevent it.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:54 PM
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20. The WH is calling the speech tonight an address on the War on Terror,
not Iraq. Blurring the lines is the plan tonight.

"It's been obvious, but now it's 150% certain. The new strategy is

criticism of iraq=criticism of afghanistan=support for taliban=support for al qaeda = cheering on crashing twin towers.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 04:05 PM
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23. Your equation computes.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 04:25 PM
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25. Uugghh! I just heard a promo for tonights speech on CNN. They
referred to it as the President's address on the War on Terror.

They let the WH spin them like a little top.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 05:33 PM
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26. Well, at least on the ABC Nightly News they called it a speech on Iraq.
They said the WH asked the Networks for time tonight to "steady the public's nerve".
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bpilgrim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:56 PM
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21. will the M$M challenge his LIES?
thank GORE he 'invented' the INTERNETs :bounce:

peace
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 04:01 PM
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22. I ACTUALLY heard a talking head say...
"How long will he keep bringing up 9/11?"

Peace to you.
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bpilgrim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 04:14 PM
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24. i wish they would mention that there is NO connection, just a LIE to start
the ILLEGAL WAR... could dovetail nicely into DSM from there :evilgrin:

:hi: Bluebear

peace
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