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Nordic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:26 PM
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OMG! Rate this story! "Bush Overlooks Own Flip-Flop in Debate"
Edited on Wed Oct-13-04 11:33 PM by Nordic
this could be the coup de grace for the asshole


Bush Overlooks Own Flip-Flop in Debate

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041014/ap_on_el_pr/debate_fact_check

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Kerry accurately quoted Bush as saying he does not think much about Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and is not all that concerned about him. The president protested: "I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those exaggerations."


But in March 2002, Bush indeed said, "I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run." He described the terrorist leader as "marginalized," and said, "I just don't spend that much time on him."
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:29 PM
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Oh, that's not his only flip flop.
Did nobody pick up on his desire to WAIT UNTIL A CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED BEFORE GOING AFTER GUN OWNERS? What the hell happened to pre-emption?
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Strelnikov_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:55 PM
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12. Canadian Drugs Are Unsafe, Canadian Vaccine Is Safe <nt>
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:57 PM
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13. Biggest flip-flop, mixed message, absolutely n/t
We should email on it to make it an issue. If we don't, it'll die.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:29 PM
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1. Thanks. I gave it a 5. (nt)
nt
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:30 PM
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2. bush gets snared again
with his own words.
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wishlist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:30 PM
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3. Love it- who is the flip flopper now- Bush can run but he can't hide
Bush the big lying flip flopper- it is wonderful how all of the media is picking up on this whopper he told.
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MO_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:41 PM
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8. Yep! Boosh can't hide
from his RECORD! And we on the internets won't let him, if he tries!
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:34 PM
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4. Hopefully, the Bush lie about never saying that about OBL is the big video
clip (of him actually saying it)that they play over and over for the next couple of days. We need to push that "big time".
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realcountrymusic Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:35 PM
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5. I have been screaming for Kerry to use this "flip flop" for months

All he has to say is "The president was against the department of homeland security before he was for it." I have posted those very words on DU half a dozen times, I'm sure.

FINALLY, the media pick it up and call it a "flip flop." But this was a missed opportunity by the Kerry camp -- they could have used it powerfully at each debate. SIGH.

And the best they can come up with for a Kerry misstatement is that he said he "had a health care plan for all Americans," when independent analysts say it only provide coverage for 20-25 million of the45 million now not covered. Jeez, he was using a rhetorical figure -- "for all of you" was what he actually said, meaning that that was the ideal goal of the plan, not its probable effect, and taking more than half of the 45 million uninsured back into the fold is not chopped liver. Hell, that number has *grown* by 10 million or so under the boy emperor.

Damn. Rate this story up, but also email it to everyone you know. Maybe we can get the homeland security and Osama's not a problem "flip flop" charge to stick in the next couple of weeks. I wish Kerry's people would hit it HARD.

RCM
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:36 PM
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6. Done n/t
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:37 PM
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7. I half expected shrubya to say, "Funny thing that you mentioned OBL, 'cos
I just happen to have him right here back stage. Come on out and say hi to the people, Osama!" Like a surprise guest on the Tonight Show or something. Karl Rove backstage hissing "Too SOON!"
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MO_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:43 PM
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9. Maybe that mysterious lump
on Duh?bya's back is Osama? Woohoo! I just cracked me up!
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:45 PM
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10. What a great headline! n/t
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:52 PM
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11. kick
k
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:13 AM
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14. The Bush sez too many lies and now no one believes anymore...
the BUSH WHO CRIED WOLF ONCE TOO MANY TIMES
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