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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 07:28 PM
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Labor Department Memo Suggests Bush to Win Election
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041029/D8619VG81.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor Department staff, analyzing statistics from private economists, report in an internal memo that President Bush is likely to do "much better" in Tuesday's election than the polls are predicting.

The Kerry campaign said the analysis was an improper use of taxpayer money, and the Labor Department acknowledged Friday, "Clearly, this kind of armchair political analysis doesn't belong in government memos, even if they are entirely internal."

...The Bush administration blamed midlevel employees for preparing inappropriate government material.

"This appears to be an internal ETA document prepared by midlevel ETA staff," said Labor Department spokesman Ed Frank...
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Hog lover Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 07:30 PM
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1. It's never the Bush misadministration's fault
Never, never, never.

Why doesn't he just go to the ranch and let things run themselves? Oh, wait, Shrub doesn't run anything - Cheney does.
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freetobegay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 07:34 PM
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2. The Buck Stops here.
NOT!
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 07:35 PM
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3. These idiots are actually brainwashing themselves.
When will they find love?
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 09:31 PM
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4. Let's see! Don't those liars work for the Liar Supreme?
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daa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 09:47 PM
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5. BLS is BS wrong on unemployed, worng on election nt
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 10:07 PM
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6. People in the Labor dept at least have jobs!! n/t

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-04 10:09 PM
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7. Duplicate
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