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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-03 09:00 PM
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Inside Bush's Secret Trip to BaghdadÊ- (Reuters)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Slouched in the back of a nondescript vehicle with a baseball cap pulled over his face, President Bush sneaked out of Texas on the first leg of his bold trip to Baghdad.

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The cover story, perpetuated by the White House press office, was that Bush was having Thanksgiving dinner with his family at his Crawford, Texas, ranch.

But the reality was that a Bush trip to Baghdad had been in the planning stages since mid-October, with Bush agonizing over the details.

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http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Politics&storyId=802029
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coralrf Donating Member (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-03 09:10 PM
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1. Comfortable in his lies...
say what you will..Bush intentionally mislead the American people here...
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-03 09:15 PM
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2. Why is this so funny to me.
It reads like a caper in a comic book. Who cares where the buffoon spends Thanksgiving. Next time though taxpayers should complain about paying the bill. As a matter-of-fact, taxpayers should complain about paying the bill for this time.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-03 01:20 AM
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3. "in the planning stages since mid-October" my ass
it's been planned ever since they found out Hillary was going!

Transparent a-holes they are.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-28-03 01:23 AM
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4. The "surprised troops" just happened to have their cameras with them.
:eyes:
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