Two weeks that marked the beginning of the end for Bush

[TruthIsAll]

http://bushreport.com/

Note the increasing tone of media anger with *:


Jan 30, 2004
Private-Sector Solutions On Health Care Backed, WP
***Battle Over 9/11 Panel's Deadline Intensifies, WP
Kay Backs Outside Probe of Iraq Data, WP
30,000 More Soldiers Approved by Rumsfeld, WP
Richard Perle Thought Terrorist Charity Was For Quake Victims, WP
Mr. Kay's Truth-Telling, WPed
Awaiting Answers On Iraq, BRODER

Jan 31, 2004
The Bush Military Has Skipped Tribunals, It's Just Holding People
We Need A Newt Gingrich To Castigate Dumb GOP Spending
Government Services In D.C. Are Almost As Scarce As WMD
'Fog of War' Shows What's Wrong With All Wars
***9/11 Commision Wants Bush To Stop Keeping Their Notes

Feb. 1
***Under Pressure, Bush OK's Independent Probe Of Pre-War Intelligence Bush Laughs Off Bait And Switch Of $100 Billion For Our Kids To Deal With
Cheney Threw Out CIA Draft Of Powell UN Speech, Powell Rejected Cheney Draft And CIA's, Dismissed NIE's Dissent

February 2, 2004
Corporations, CBS Prefer Superbowl "Sleaze" To MoveOn Ad
***"George Bush went AWOL, so ABC News attacks Michael Moore"
U.S. Officials Knew in May Iraq Possessed No WMD
***A Scandal Greater Than Watergate
Only Saddam? "I can think of...a few members of the Bush administration whose absence from power would leave the world better off"

February 3, 2004
***Bush Budget Is A Liar's Budget, nyt ed
Bush Budget Is 'bogus,' 'dishonest,' 'irresponsible', wp ed
Another Bogus Bush Deficit Making Budget, krugman
The moral cynicism of George Bush, williams
Really, really hate Bush? He earned it, Sorsensen
The Bush administration: Liars or fools?, Margolis
***Blame Game: What Hutton And Kay Reveal, Cassidy
Top four reasons Bush and media can't claim they were 'misled', gonsalves
Cheney Designs Commission To Investigate Cheney, Rothschild
***Iraq war 'increased terror threat', BBC
US: Homeless die in frigid weather, Johnson

February 4, 2004
****Kerry calls on Bush to settle questions on military record, Healy
GOP Angry Over Dems Raising Bush AWOL Issue, La Ganga & Anderson
***Democrats attack Bush's war record , goldenberg
Bush Slips--Even Further, Nichols
US press lashes Bush's 'Pinocchio budget', afp
Ten Things You Should Know About Bush's 2005 Budget, CAP
***Bush Proposes To Kill 38 Education Programs, Chen
Bush Budget Omits Iraq and Other Future Costs, Reynolds
With Every Bush Budget, Revenue Forecasts Get More Inflated, Gross
Intelligence chief's bombshell: 'We were overruled on dossier' , waugh
Chutzpah, Thy Name Is Perle, Lobe
***Israel knew Iraq had no WMD, MP says , ap


February 5, 2004
***Bush accused of going 'AWOL', reuters
White House strikes at critics of Bush's s failure to keep his National Guard commitment, Hunt, AP
***Bush Sabotages WMD Commission Before It Starts, MoveOn
Dem's Populism Is A Logical Answer To Bush's Plutocratic Obsession, meyerson
Bush Secretary of Labor Is the Enemy of Labor, Moberg
Judge Rules Pentagon Can Deny Media Access To Troops, Yen
***Washington conceals US casualties in Iraq, Walsh
Daddy's Boys are in Town to Try to Save the Day for Daddy's Boy, Engelhardt
***War Room '04: Gallup's Bad News for Bush, Salon
***Cheney-era Halliburton faces bribes inquiry, teather


Monday, February 6, 2004
Liar, Incompetent or Space Cadet?, vanden Heuvel
***Why Is There a One-Year Gap in Bush's National Guard Duty?, dn
Thoughts on Bush and the National Guard, Carter
***Bush's Service Record: The Torn Document, Drum
Bush's Guard service: What the record shows, Robinson
Bush's Missing Year, Boehlert
***Democrats take shots at Bush's army career, cornwell
Dems reload Bush AWOL charge, Sweet
Bush administration withheld, delayed ricin information in earlier case, Bender
Bush Has Meeting With Canadian PM, Talks of "God's Mission," "Fill The Air With F-Word", Martin
***Plame spy case blowing open - hard evidence implicates Dick ***Cheney's Higher-ups, Sale
***Frist Aide Ousted In Judiciary Committe Leak, Bolton
***CIA denies ever saying Saddam was an 'imminent threat', BBC
US credibility under fire over WMD claims, afp
***"Another Four Years Of The Same Policies Could Be Extremely Dangerous For The Country And The World", chomsky
The most bloated budget ever, Jacoby
George Bush's budget: An election-year farce, economist

February 7, 2004
***Did Bush Drop out of the National Guard to Avoid Drug Testing?, Boehlert
Will Russert Play Softball With Bush On Sunday Morning?, nyt
The Lie Factory, dreyfuss/vest
Hold Bush to His Lie, Klein
***So Much Intelligence, So Many Lies, Glover
Administration Distorted Intelligence Reports, klurfeld
Slouching toward theocracy: Bush's faith-based initiative is doing better than you think, berkowitz
***On Capitol Hill, Bush surrogates set to bar deadline extension for Sept. 11 panel, BG
Groups expect Bush to press for anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment, BG
***Hard Times for Dick Cheney, Lobe
Election 2004, now
US, UK may look to 'grownup' politicians next time, lawson
Israel: The Threat from Within, siegman

February 8, 2004
Russert Interview: Bush Says 2004 Election To Focus On Iraq, As He Stonewalls Probe To 2005, nyt
***Financial Community Makes Excuses For Ignoring Massive Bush Budget, leonhardt
Bush Pressure On G-7 Forces Tepid Response To Falling Dollar, nyt
***O'Neill Reports Bush, You Decide. All Documents Going On Web, noah
Let's not split hairs - Bush lied about WMDs, ricardo
***Saturday Sneak: Condi In Secret, Unsworn Interview With 9/11 Commission, wp
***Bush Revises War Rationale To Cover Previous Lies, wp
Co-Chair of Bush Iraq Panel Part of Neocon Network , Lobe
***Bush's WMD probe panel is part of neo-con network, lobe/ipns


February 9, 2004
***Bush Says U.S. Military 'Wrong' About AWOL Records, nyt
****How Russert Gave Bush A Pass On The AWOL Question, politex
Feds win right to war protesters' records, ap
Interview Watch
Russert-Bush Interview, transcript
***Kerry Points Out Bush Has Shifted From Saddam 'Has Got' WMD To Saddam 'Could Make', nyt
Kerry Wins Maine, Dean and Kucinish Next, nyt
Interview Shows 'Silly,' 'Absolute,' 'Disturbing,' *****Fuzzy,' 'Inconsistent,' 'Overreacting' Bush, nyt ed
Regarding President Bush's Appearance On 'Meet The Press', Podesta
***Claim Vs. Fact: The President On Meet The Press, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
Bush changes tack on WMD, macleod
Bush: I did not lead US to war on false pretences, briggs
***Backtrack by Bush over case for war on Saddam, cornwell+russell
***Meet the warrior president: Dubya goes on the defensive , cornwell
Bush sets case as 'war president', BBC
Bush terms Iraq invasion a war of necessity, haider
Iraq intelligence inquiry should not be ÔhurriedÕ: Bush, afp/ap
'Iraq will not have hardline Islamic regime', afp
Anxious Bush embarks on charm offensive , goldenberg


Tuesday, February 10, 2004
***AWOL Bush
***Rumsfeld Orders Bush Military Records To Washington Out Of Denver Archive , wp
Bush Claims Of Released Military Records Are False, MoveOn
***Bush's Lies On The AWOL Question, politex
FOIA Process for Bush Guard Records Could Take Months, Serranno
Guardsman Bush Is Not Alone, But I'm Telling The Truth And He's Lying, cohen
***'War President' Bush Acting Just Like Loser Father , dionne
New York Times
***Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Bush, As He Lies About Economy On Russert, ed
***Bush's Foolish Economic Responses On Russert Go Beyond Spin , krugman
Fed Grand Jury Spy Probe Has Reached The White House, nyt
***9/11 Commission Threatens Bush With Subpoena Over Records Stonewall, nyt
Dean Breaks Promise To America To Quit If He Loses Wisconsin, nyt
'Rubber=toothed' GOP House Ethics Committee Ignores Two Major GOP Infractions, ed
Required HIV Testing Needed To Stop Global Plague, holbrooke and furman

Washington Post
***Cheney Is Becoming A Liability For Bush, milbank
Sharon Now Has Encircled Jerusalem With His Wall, Threatens Future Peace, wp
Car Bomb In Iraq Kills 50, wp
***We Already Know That, At The Very Least, Bush Exaggerated Iraq Intelligence For Political Purposes, ed
Bush Free Trade? Tell It To The Australians, ed
Reagan Deficit Spending Lucked Out, Bush's Isn't Doing So, bilmes
Editor's Choice
****Will the Election be Hacked?, Manjoo
The Rich Have Ruthelessly Rigged the Tax System, Manjoo
Right to Protest at Risk, Ettenhofer
Dollar in freefall as G7 sends mixed message to investors, mcconnell
Dollar slide ignores G7 warning, BBC
***Bush's Lack Of Credibility On Iraq And The Economy, CAP
Judge:' School Must Tell Feds About War Protest, Foley
Are we fighting a real war on terror at all?, eland
Russert-Bush Interview
Beat the Press Russert Let This 'Get' Get Away, Corn
10 Questions Russert Didn't Ask, Mitchell
Trust Me:'Bush Unveils Poll Pitch In Face Of Credibility Questions, smh
Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, Military Record & Economy In Rare NBC Interview, robinson/scheer/scheer
***Bush's Hail Mary, Galbraith
War Room '04: Meet the President's New War Rationale, Salon
"I'm a war president," Says Bush, Amidst AWOL Questions, sfc
'Madman' Hussein a `danger,' Bush keeps repeating in broadcast, Kemper
***Public View of Bush's 'Resolve' Changes to Rigidity Over Bush's Unyielding Defense of Iraq Decision, Brownstein
President telling `stories,' Kerry asserts, Zeleny, Pearson + Scharnberg
***Bush Misses Opportunity to Come Clean, Ahrari

Wednesday, February 11, 2004
***Bush AWOL Watch
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months, politex
Bush Character In Question Over Still Unclear Guard Attendance, ed
***Bush Spokesman Unwilling To Say That Records Show Bush Worked For His Pay, nyt
Bush's Records: Still AWOL, Boehlert
Bush camp tries to prove 'he did his duty', cornwell
Guard Records On Bush Are Released , Lois Romano and Mike Allen
Bush battles military record flap, afp
***Story Written In Advance But Using Some WH Documents Discusses Conflicting, Vague Records, Robinson
Bush Economy
US currency continues to plunge, mcconnell
Wages up for the well-off, but not for others, David R. Francis
Bush's Achilles Heel: Tattered US Economy, Ibrahim
Fables Of Economic Strength, CAP
Economy: These Guys Just Don't Get It, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
***Bush's Spending Lie, Noah
Bush Endorses US Jobs Moving Overseas, MoveOn
Bush Economic "Facts" During Russert Interview Were Wrong, ed
***Dishonest Budget Talk , Robert J. Samuelson
Bush trashing of US economy good for Canada, Luciw
Editor's Choice
Rumsfeld claims ignorance of 45-minute Iraq WMD claim, BBC
Terrorists ready for holy war in 40 American states, bruce
Anti-War Activists Launch Campaign Against Bush, Reuters Feds target peace activists at Drake University , nimmo
The Partisan 'Mastermind' in Charge of Bush's Intel Probe, Goldberg
***Bush at Sea, Kaplan
***Bush's Difficult Relationship with Reality, Saletan
***Did Bush Spike Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove?, palast/ali
Partisans and Fools Still Back Bush, gallagher


Thursday, February 12, 2004
Bush AWOL Watch
***Bush And Drugs In Alabama: The Lost Year, wilson
****Newly Released Military Pay Records Don't Prove Bush Fulfilled Guard Duty, dn
Bush's "Pay" Records Don't Say Much, Salon
***New Bush Guard Records Raise New Questions, Boehlert
***Bush Still Refuses To Release Military Documents, MoveOn
Bush Breaks Promise As White House Refuses To Release All Military Records, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
***Burkett Connects Bush Aide Allbaugh To Trashed Records On Guard Base, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Jan.1973 Dental Record Puts Bush on Alabama Base, WH Says , Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Copy Of Dental Record , FindLaw
***Can Bush Be Taken Seriously About His Excuses For Avoiding Vietnam?, wp ed
What did you do in the war, Dubya?, goldenberg+burkeman
'The President Recalls Serving', Bivens
***Bush trying to deflect charges on military duty, knox/afp
Secrecy: Documents AWOL, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months, politex
***Bush Releases Military Records, Fails to Quell Controversy, Serrano
Flap over Bush military record: why it's back, Feldman

Bush Economy
Greenspan Warns Congress Bush Deficit Will Bite Us Now, ed
'Grave And Gathering Threat' Is Bush Deficit Mushroom Cloud, dowd
U.S. dollar fall spurs OPEC cut, McKenna
Bush's budgets make us the irresponsible generation, Sklar

Editor's Choice
***Bill O'Reilly dumps Bush Iraq War Policy, BBC Bush Using War as Excuse, Scheer
Will George W. Bush Get the Jewish Vote Come November?, Schrag
Deconstructing David Brooks, Pinkerton
***The President enters credibility gap, Engelhardt
***The honeymoon is over, Mr. Bush, Kuttner

[TruthIsAll]

1. Mods, this is a summary of articles from bushreport.com to put the

news of the last two weeks in a convenient context. I duly note the source as bushreport.

Why the redactions?

[SoCalDem]

2. I think TIA got her code oopsied.. I PMed her

maybe she will see it before the hour is up:)

[TruthIsAll]

3. Thanks, SoCal. First off, I am a male; I don't know what happened..

[SoCalDem]

4. oops on me..

try edit.. see if you have a misplaced [s] 

[SoCalDem]

5. testing

TruthIsAll (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-13-04 11:24 PM
Original message
Two weeks that marked the beginning of the end for Bush

Edited on Fri Feb-13-04 11:27 PM by TruthIsAll
http://bushreport.com /

Note the increasing tone of media anger with *:


Jan 30, 2004
Private-Sector Solutions On Health Care Backed, WP
***Battle Over 9/11 Panel's Deadline Intensifies, WP
Kay Backs Outside Probe of Iraq Data, WP
30,000 More Soldiers Approved by Rumsfeld, WP
Richard Perle Thought Terrorist Charity Was For Quake Victims, WP
Mr. Kay's Truth-Telling, WPed
Awaiting Answers On Iraq, BRODER

Jan 31, 2004
The Bush Military Has Skipped Tribunals, It's Just Holding People
We Need A Newt Gingrich To Castigate Dumb GOP Spending
Government Services In D.C. Are Almost As Scarce As WMD
'Fog of War' Shows What's Wrong With All Wars
***9/11 Commision Wants Bush To Stop Keeping Their Notes

Feb. 1
***Under Pressure, Bush OK's Independent Probe Of Pre-War Intelligence Bush Laughs Off Bait And Switch Of $100 Billion For Our Kids To Deal With
Cheney Threw Out CIA Draft Of Powell UN Speech, Powell Rejected Cheney Draft And CIA's, Dismissed NIE's Dissent

February 2, 2004
Corporations, CBS Prefer Superbowl "Sleaze" To MoveOn Ad
***"George Bush went AWOL, so ABC News attacks Michael Moore"
U.S. Officials Knew in May Iraq Possessed No WMD
***A Scandal Greater Than Watergate
Only Saddam? "I can think of...a few members of the Bush administration whose absence from power would leave the world better off"

February 3, 2004
***Bush Budget Is A Liar's Budget, nyt ed
Bush Budget Is 'bogus,' 'dishonest,' 'irresponsible', wp ed
Another Bogus Bush Deficit Making Budget, krugman
The moral cynicism of George Bush, williams
Really, really hate Bush? He earned it, Sorsensen
The Bush administration: Liars or fools?, Margolis
***Blame Game: What Hutton And Kay Reveal, Cassidy
Top four reasons Bush and media can't claim they were 'misled', gonsalves
Cheney Designs Commission To Investigate Cheney, Rothschild
***Iraq war 'increased terror threat', BBC
US: Homeless die in frigid weather, Johnson

February 4, 2004
****Kerry calls on Bush to settle questions on military record, Healy
GOP Angry Over Dems Raising Bush AWOL Issue, La Ganga & Anderson
***Democrats attack Bush's war record , goldenberg
Bush Slips--Even Further, Nichols
US press lashes Bush's 'Pinocchio budget', afp
Ten Things You Should Know About Bush's 2005 Budget, CAP
***Bush Proposes To Kill 38 Education Programs, Chen
Bush Budget Omits Iraq and Other Future Costs, Reynolds
With Every Bush Budget, Revenue Forecasts Get More Inflated, Gross
Intelligence chief's bombshell: 'We were overruled on dossier' , waugh
Chutzpah, Thy Name Is Perle, Lobe
***Israel knew Iraq had no WMD, MP says , ap


February 5, 2004
***Bush accused of going 'AWOL', reuters
White House strikes at critics of Bush's s failure to keep his National Guard commitment, Hunt, AP
***Bush Sabotages WMD Commission Before It Starts, MoveOn
Dem's Populism Is A Logical Answer To Bush's Plutocratic Obsession, meyerson
Bush Secretary of Labor Is the Enemy of Labor, Moberg
Judge Rules Pentagon Can Deny Media Access To Troops, Yen
***Washington conceals US casualties in Iraq, Walsh
Daddy's Boys are in Town to Try to Save the Day for Daddy's Boy, Engelhardt
***War Room '04: Gallup's Bad News for Bush, Salon
***Cheney-era Halliburton faces bribes inquiry, teather


Monday, February 6, 2004
Liar, Incompetent or Space Cadet?, vanden Heuvel
***Why Is There a One-Year Gap in Bush's National Guard Duty?, dn
Thoughts on Bush and the National Guard, Carter
***Bush's Service Record: The Torn Document, Drum
Bush's Guard service: What the record shows, Robinson
Bush's Missing Year, Boehlert
***Democrats take shots at Bush's army career, cornwell
Dems reload Bush AWOL charge, Sweet
Bush administration withheld, delayed ricin information in earlier case, Bender
Bush Has Meeting With Canadian PM, Talks of "God's Mission," "Fill The Air With F-Word", Martin
***Plame spy case blowing open - hard evidence implicates Dick ***Cheney's Higher-ups, Sale
***Frist Aide Ousted In Judiciary Committe Leak, Bolton
***CIA denies ever saying Saddam was an 'imminent threat', BBC
US credibility under fire over WMD claims, afp
***"Another Four Years Of The Same Policies Could Be Extremely Dangerous For The Country And The World", chomsky
The most bloated budget ever, Jacoby
George Bush's budget: An election-year farce, economist

February 7, 2004
***Did Bush Drop out of the National Guard to Avoid Drug Testing?, Boehlert
Will Russert Play Softball With Bush On Sunday Morning?, nyt
The Lie Factory, dreyfuss/vest
Hold Bush to His Lie, Klein
***So Much Intelligence, So Many Lies, Glover
Administration Distorted Intelligence Reports, klurfeld
Slouching toward theocracy: Bush's faith-based initiative is doing better than you think, berkowitz
***On Capitol Hill, Bush surrogates set to bar deadline extension for Sept. 11 panel, BG
Groups expect Bush to press for anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment, BG
***Hard Times for Dick Cheney, Lobe
Election 2004, now
US, UK may look to 'grownup' politicians next time, lawson
Israel: The Threat from Within, siegman

February 8, 2004
Russert Interview: Bush Says 2004 Election To Focus On Iraq, As He Stonewalls Probe To 2005, nyt
***Financial Community Makes Excuses For Ignoring Massive Bush Budget, leonhardt
Bush Pressure On G-7 Forces Tepid Response To Falling Dollar, nyt
***O'Neill Reports Bush, You Decide. All Documents Going On Web, noah
Let's not split hairs - Bush lied about WMDs, ricardo
***Saturday Sneak: Condi In Secret, Unsworn Interview With 9/11 Commission, wp
***Bush Revises War Rationale To Cover Previous Lies, wp
Co-Chair of Bush Iraq Panel Part of Neocon Network , Lobe
***Bush's WMD probe panel is part of neo-con network, lobe/ipns


February 9, 2004
***Bush Says U.S. Military 'Wrong' About AWOL Records, nyt
****How Russert Gave Bush A Pass On The AWOL Question, politex
Feds win right to war protesters' records, ap
Interview Watch
Russert-Bush Interview, transcript
***Kerry Points Out Bush Has Shifted From Saddam 'Has Got' WMD To Saddam 'Could Make', nyt
Kerry Wins Maine, Dean and Kucinish Next, nyt
Interview Shows 'Silly,' 'Absolute,' 'Disturbing,' *****Fuzzy,' 'Inconsistent,' 'Overreacting' Bush, nyt ed
Regarding President Bush's Appearance On 'Meet The Press', Podesta
***Claim Vs. Fact: The President On Meet The Press, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
Bush changes tack on WMD, macleod
Bush: I did not lead US to war on false pretences, briggs
***Backtrack by Bush over case for war on Saddam, cornwell+russell
***Meet the warrior president: Dubya goes on the defensive , cornwell
Bush sets case as 'war president', BBC
Bush terms Iraq invasion a war of necessity, haider
Iraq intelligence inquiry should not be ÔhurriedÕ: Bush, afp/ap
'Iraq will not have hardline Islamic regime', afp
Anxious Bush embarks on charm offensive , goldenberg


Tuesday, February 10, 2004
***AWOL Bush
***Rumsfeld Orders Bush Military Records To Washington Out Of Denver Archive , wp
Bush Claims Of Released Military Records Are False, MoveOn
***Bush's Lies On The AWOL Question, politex
FOIA Process for Bush Guard Records Could Take Months, Serranno
Guardsman Bush Is Not Alone, But I'm Telling The Truth And He's Lying, cohen
***'War President' Bush Acting Just Like Loser Father , dionne
New York Times
***Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Bush, As He Lies About Economy On Russert, ed
***Bush's Foolish Economic Responses On Russert Go Beyond Spin , krugman
Fed Grand Jury Spy Probe Has Reached The White House, nyt
***9/11 Commission Threatens Bush With Subpoena Over Records Stonewall, nyt
Dean Breaks Promise To America To Quit If He Loses Wisconsin, nyt
'Rubber=toothed' GOP House Ethics Committee Ignores Two Major GOP Infractions, ed
Required HIV Testing Needed To Stop Global Plague, holbrooke and furman

Washington Post
***Cheney Is Becoming A Liability For Bush, milbank
Sharon Now Has Encircled Jerusalem With His Wall, Threatens Future Peace, wp
Car Bomb In Iraq Kills 50, wp
***We Already Know That, At The Very Least, Bush Exaggerated Iraq Intelligence For Political Purposes, ed
Bush Free Trade? Tell It To The Australians, ed
Reagan Deficit Spending Lucked Out, Bush's Isn't Doing So, bilmes
Editor's Choice
****Will the Election be Hacked?, Manjoo
The Rich Have Ruthelessly Rigged the Tax System, Manjoo
Right to Protest at Risk, Ettenhofer
Dollar in freefall as G7 sends mixed message to investors, mcconnell
Dollar slide ignores G7 warning, BBC
***Bush's Lack Of Credibility On Iraq And The Economy, CAP
Judge:' School Must Tell Feds About War Protest, Foley
Are we fighting a real war on terror at all?, eland
Russert-Bush Interview
Beat the Press Russert Let This 'Get' Get Away, Corn
10 Questions Russert Didn't Ask, Mitchell
Trust Me:'Bush Unveils Poll Pitch In Face Of Credibility Questions, smh
Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, Military Record & Economy In Rare NBC Interview, robinson/scheer/scheer
***Bush's Hail Mary, Galbraith
War Room '04: Meet the President's New War Rationale, Salon
"I'm a war president," Says Bush, Amidst AWOL Questions, sfc
'Madman' Hussein a `danger,' Bush keeps repeating in broadcast, Kemper
***Public View of Bush's 'Resolve' Changes to Rigidity Over Bush's Unyielding Defense of Iraq Decision, Brownstein
President telling `stories,' Kerry asserts, Zeleny, Pearson + Scharnberg
***Bush Misses Opportunity to Come Clean, Ahrari

Wednesday, February 11, 2004
***Bush AWOL Watch
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months, politex
Bush Character In Question Over Still Unclear Guard Attendance, ed
***Bush Spokesman Unwilling To Say That Records Show Bush Worked For His Pay, nyt
Bush's Records: Still AWOL, Boehlert
Bush camp tries to prove 'he did his duty', cornwell
Guard Records On Bush Are Released , Lois Romano and Mike Allen
Bush battles military record flap, afp
***Story Written In Advance But Using Some WH Documents Discusses Conflicting, Vague Records, Robinson
Bush Economy
US currency continues to plunge, mcconnell
Wages up for the well-off, but not for others, David R. Francis
Bush's Achilles Heel: Tattered US Economy, Ibrahim
Fables Of Economic Strength, CAP
Economy: These Guys Just Don't Get It, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
***Bush's Spending Lie, Noah
Bush Endorses US Jobs Moving Overseas, MoveOn
Bush Economic "Facts" During Russert Interview Were Wrong, ed
***Dishonest Budget Talk , Robert J. Samuelson
Bush trashing of US economy good for Canada, Luciw
Editor's Choice
Rumsfeld claims ignorance of 45-minute Iraq WMD claim, BBC
Terrorists ready for holy war in 40 American states, bruce
Anti-War Activists Launch Campaign Against Bush, Reuters Feds target peace activists at Drake University , nimmo
The Partisan 'Mastermind' in Charge of Bush's Intel Probe, Goldberg
***Bush at Sea, Kaplan
***Bush's Difficult Relationship with Reality, Saletan
***Did Bush Spike Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove?, palast/ali
Partisans and Fools Still Back Bush, gallagher


Thursday, February 12, 2004
Bush AWOL Watch
***Bush And Drugs In Alabama: The Lost Year, wilson
****Newly Released Military Pay Records Don't Prove Bush Fulfilled Guard Duty, dn
Bush's "Pay" Records Don't Say Much, Salon
***New Bush Guard Records Raise New Questions, Boehlert
***Bush Still Refuses To Release Military Documents, MoveOn
Bush Breaks Promise As White House Refuses To Release All Military Records, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
***Burkett Connects Bush Aide Allbaugh To Trashed Records On Guard Base, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Jan.1973 Dental Record Puts Bush on Alabama Base, WH Says , Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Copy Of Dental Record , FindLaw
***Can Bush Be Taken Seriously About His Excuses For Avoiding Vietnam?, wp ed
What did you do in the war, Dubya?, goldenberg+burkeman
'The President Recalls Serving', Bivens
***Bush trying to deflect charges on military duty, knox/afp
Secrecy: Documents AWOL, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months, politex
***Bush Releases Military Records, Fails to Quell Controversy, Serrano
Flap over Bush military record: why it's back, Feldman

Bush Economy
Greenspan Warns Congress Bush Deficit Will Bite Us Now, ed
'Grave And Gathering Threat' Is Bush Deficit Mushroom Cloud, dowd
U.S. dollar fall spurs OPEC cut, McKenna
Bush's budgets make us the irresponsible generation, Sklar

Editor's Choice
***Bill O'Reilly dumps Bush Iraq War Policy, BBC Bush Using War as Excuse, Scheer
Will George W. Bush Get the Jewish Vote Come November?, Schrag
Deconstructing David Brooks, Pinkerton
***The President enters credibility gap, Engelhardt
***The honeymoon is over, Mr. Bush, Kuttner

[SoCalDem]

6. how you did it..

TruthIsAll  (1000+ posts)      Fri Feb-13-04 11:24 PM
Original message 
Two weeks that marked the beginning of the end for Bush 
 
Edited on Fri Feb-13-04 11:27 PM by TruthIsAll
 http://bushreport.com /

Note the increasing tone of media anger with *:


Jan 30, 2004 
Private-Sector Solutions On Health Care Backed, WP
***Battle Over 9/11 Panel's Deadline Intensifies, WP
Kay Backs Outside Probe of Iraq Data, WP
30,000 More Soldiers Approved by Rumsfeld, WP
Richard Perle Thought Terrorist Charity Was For Quake Victims,
WP
Mr. Kay's Truth-Telling, WPed
Awaiting Answers On Iraq, BRODER 

Jan 31, 2004 
The Bush Military Has Skipped Tribunals, It's Just Holding
People
We Need A Newt Gingrich To Castigate Dumb GOP Spending
Government Services In D.C. Are Almost As Scarce As WMD
'Fog of War' Shows What's Wrong With All Wars
***9/11 Commision Wants Bush To Stop Keeping Their Notes

Feb. 1
***Under Pressure, Bush OK's Independent Probe Of Pre-War
Intelligence Bush Laughs Off Bait And Switch Of $100 Billion
For Our Kids To Deal With
Cheney Threw Out CIA Draft Of Powell UN Speech, Powell
Rejected Cheney Draft And CIA's, Dismissed NIE's Dissent

February 2, 2004 
Corporations, CBS Prefer Superbowl "Sleaze" To
MoveOn Ad 
***"George Bush went AWOL, so ABC News attacks Michael
Moore" 
U.S. Officials Knew in May Iraq Possessed No WMD 
***A Scandal Greater Than Watergate
Only Saddam? "I can think of...a few members of the Bush
administration whose absence from power would leave the world
better off" 

February 3, 2004 
***Bush Budget Is A Liar's Budget, nyt ed
Bush Budget Is 'bogus,' 'dishonest,' 'irresponsible', wp ed
Another Bogus Bush Deficit Making Budget, krugman
The moral cynicism of George Bush, williams
Really, really hate Bush? He earned it, Sorsensen 
The Bush administration: Liars or fools?, Margolis 
***Blame Game: What Hutton And Kay Reveal, Cassidy
Top four reasons Bush and media can't claim they were
'misled', gonsalves
Cheney Designs Commission To Investigate Cheney, Rothschild 
***Iraq war 'increased terror threat', BBC 
US: Homeless die in frigid weather, Johnson

February 4, 2004 
****Kerry calls on Bush to settle questions on military
record, Healy
GOP Angry Over Dems Raising Bush AWOL Issue, La Ganga &
Anderson
***Democrats attack Bush's war record , goldenberg 
Bush Slips--Even Further, Nichols
US press lashes Bush's 'Pinocchio budget', afp
Ten Things You Should Know About Bush's 2005 Budget, CAP
***Bush Proposes To Kill 38 Education Programs, Chen
Bush Budget Omits Iraq and Other Future Costs, Reynolds
With Every Bush Budget, Revenue Forecasts Get More Inflated,
Gross
Intelligence chief's bombshell: 'We were overruled on dossier'
, waugh 
Chutzpah, Thy Name Is Perle, Lobe
***Israel knew Iraq had no WMD, MP says , ap 


February 5, 2004 
***Bush accused of going 'AWOL', reuters 
White House strikes at critics of Bush's s failure to keep his
National Guard commitment, Hunt, AP
***Bush Sabotages WMD Commission Before It Starts, MoveOn
Dem's Populism Is A Logical Answer To Bush's Plutocratic
Obsession, meyerson
Bush Secretary of Labor Is the Enemy of Labor, Moberg
Judge Rules Pentagon Can Deny Media Access To Troops, Yen
***Washington conceals US casualties in Iraq, Walsh
Daddy's Boys are in Town to Try to Save the Day for Daddy's
Boy, Engelhardt
***War Room '04: Gallup's Bad News for Bush, Salon
***Cheney-era Halliburton faces bribes inquiry, teather 


Monday, February 6, 2004 
Liar, Incompetent or Space Cadet?, vanden Heuvel
***Why Is There a One-Year Gap in Bush's National Guard Duty?,
dn 
Thoughts on Bush and the National Guard, Carter
***Bush's Service Record: The Torn Document, Drum
Bush's Guard service: What the record shows, Robinson
Bush's Missing Year, Boehlert
***Democrats take shots at Bush's army career, cornwell 
Dems reload Bush AWOL charge, Sweet
Bush administration withheld, delayed ricin information in
earlier case, Bender 
Bush Has Meeting With Canadian PM, Talks of "God's
Mission," [s] "Fill The Air With F-Word",
Martin
***Plame spy case blowing open - hard evidence implicates Dick
***Cheney's Higher-ups, Sale
***Frist Aide Ousted In Judiciary Committe Leak, Bolton
***CIA denies ever saying Saddam was an 'imminent threat', BBC
US credibility under fire over WMD claims, afp 
***"Another Four Years Of The Same Policies Could Be
Extremely Dangerous For The Country And The World",
chomsky 
The most bloated budget ever, Jacoby 
George Bush's budget: An election-year farce, economist 

February 7, 2004 
***Did Bush Drop out of the National Guard to Avoid Drug
Testing?, Boehlert
Will Russert Play Softball With Bush On Sunday Morning?, nyt
The Lie Factory, dreyfuss/vest 
Hold Bush to His Lie, Klein
***So Much Intelligence, So Many Lies, Glover
Administration Distorted Intelligence Reports, klurfeld 
Slouching toward theocracy: Bush's faith-based initiative is
doing better than you think, berkowitz 
***On Capitol Hill, Bush surrogates set to bar deadline
extension for Sept. 11 panel, BG
Groups expect Bush to press for anti-gay marriage
constitutional amendment, BG
***Hard Times for Dick Cheney, Lobe
Election 2004, now 
US, UK may look to 'grownup' politicians next time, lawson 
Israel: The Threat from Within, siegman 

February 8, 2004 
Russert Interview: Bush Says 2004 Election To Focus On Iraq,
As He Stonewalls Probe To 2005, nyt
***Financial Community Makes Excuses For Ignoring Massive Bush
Budget, leonhardt
Bush Pressure On G-7 Forces Tepid Response To Falling Dollar,
nyt
***O'Neill Reports Bush, You Decide. All Documents Going On
Web, noah 
Let's not split hairs - Bush lied about WMDs, ricardo 
***Saturday Sneak: Condi In Secret, Unsworn Interview With
9/11 Commission, wp
***Bush Revises War Rationale To Cover Previous Lies, wp
Co-Chair of Bush Iraq Panel Part of Neocon Network , Lobe
***Bush's WMD probe panel is part of neo-con network,
lobe/ipns 


February 9, 2004 
***Bush Says U.S. Military 'Wrong' About AWOL Records, nyt
****How Russert Gave Bush A Pass On The AWOL Question, politex
Feds win right to war protesters' records, ap 
Interview Watch 
Russert-Bush Interview, transcript
***Kerry Points Out Bush Has Shifted From Saddam 'Has Got' WMD
To Saddam 'Could Make', nyt
Kerry Wins Maine, Dean and Kucinish Next, nyt
Interview Shows 'Silly,' 'Absolute,' 'Disturbing,'
*****Fuzzy,' 'Inconsistent,' 'Overreacting' Bush, nyt ed
Regarding President Bush's Appearance On 'Meet The Press',
Podesta
***Claim Vs. Fact: The President On Meet The Press,
Sirota+Harvey+Legum
Bush changes tack on WMD, macleod 
Bush: I did not lead US to war on false pretences, briggs 
***Backtrack by Bush over case for war on Saddam,
cornwell+russell 
***Meet the warrior president: Dubya goes on the defensive ,
cornwell 
Bush sets case as 'war president', BBC
Bush terms Iraq invasion a war of necessity, haider 
Iraq intelligence inquiry should not be ÔhurriedÕ: Bush,
afp/ap 
'Iraq will not have hardline Islamic regime', afp 
Anxious Bush embarks on charm offensive , goldenberg 


Tuesday, February 10, 2004 
***AWOL Bush 
***Rumsfeld Orders Bush Military Records To Washington Out Of
Denver Archive , wp
Bush Claims Of Released Military Records Are False, MoveOn 
***Bush's Lies On The AWOL Question, politex
FOIA Process for Bush Guard Records Could Take Months,
Serranno
Guardsman Bush Is Not Alone, But I'm Telling The Truth And
He's Lying, cohen
***'War President' Bush Acting Just Like Loser Father , dionne

New York Times 
***Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Bush, As He Lies About Economy On
Russert, ed
***Bush's Foolish Economic Responses On Russert Go Beyond Spin
, krugman
Fed Grand Jury Spy Probe Has Reached The White House, nyt
***9/11 Commission Threatens Bush With Subpoena Over Records
Stonewall, nyt
Dean Breaks Promise To America To Quit If He Loses Wisconsin,
nyt
'Rubber=toothed' GOP House Ethics Committee Ignores Two Major
GOP Infractions, ed
Required HIV Testing Needed To Stop Global Plague, holbrooke
and furman 

Washington Post 
***Cheney Is Becoming A Liability For Bush, milbank
Sharon Now Has Encircled Jerusalem With His Wall, Threatens
Future Peace, wp
Car Bomb In Iraq Kills 50, wp
***We Already Know That, At The Very Least, Bush Exaggerated
Iraq Intelligence For Political Purposes, ed
Bush Free Trade? Tell It To The Australians, ed
Reagan Deficit Spending Lucked Out, Bush's Isn't Doing So,
bilmes 
Editor's Choice 
****Will the Election be Hacked?, Manjoo
The Rich Have Ruthelessly Rigged the Tax System, Manjoo 
Right to Protest at Risk, Ettenhofer
Dollar in freefall as G7 sends mixed message to investors,
mcconnell 
Dollar slide ignores G7 warning, BBC
***Bush's Lack Of Credibility On Iraq And The Economy, CAP
Judge:' School Must Tell Feds About War Protest, Foley 
Are we fighting a real war on terror at all?, eland 
Russert-Bush Interview 
Beat the Press Russert Let This 'Get' Get Away, Corn
10 Questions Russert Didn't Ask, Mitchell
Trust Me:'Bush Unveils Poll Pitch In Face Of Credibility
Questions, smh
Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, Military Record & Economy In
Rare NBC Interview, robinson/scheer/scheer 
***Bush's Hail Mary, Galbraith
War Room '04: Meet the President's New War Rationale, Salon
"I'm a war president," Says Bush, Amidst AWOL
Questions, sfc
'Madman' Hussein a `danger,' Bush keeps repeating in
broadcast, Kemper
***Public View of Bush's 'Resolve' Changes to Rigidity Over
Bush's Unyielding Defense of Iraq Decision, Brownstein
President telling `stories,' Kerry asserts, Zeleny, Pearson +
Scharnberg 
***Bush Misses Opportunity to Come Clean, Ahrari 

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 
***Bush AWOL Watch 
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months,
politex 
Bush Character In Question Over Still Unclear Guard
Attendance, ed
***Bush Spokesman Unwilling To Say That Records Show Bush
Worked For His Pay, nyt 
Bush's Records: Still AWOL, Boehlert 
Bush camp tries to prove 'he did his duty', cornwell 
Guard Records On Bush Are Released , Lois Romano and Mike
Allen
Bush battles military record flap, afp 
***Story Written In Advance But Using Some WH Documents
Discusses Conflicting, Vague Records, Robinson 
Bush Economy 
US currency continues to plunge, mcconnell 
Wages up for the well-off, but not for others, David R.
Francis
Bush's Achilles Heel: Tattered US Economy, Ibrahim 
Fables Of Economic Strength, CAP
Economy: These Guys Just Don't Get It, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
***Bush's Spending Lie, Noah
Bush Endorses US Jobs Moving Overseas, MoveOn 
Bush Economic "Facts" During Russert Interview Were
Wrong, ed
***Dishonest Budget Talk , Robert J. Samuelson
Bush trashing of US economy good for Canada, Luciw 
Editor's Choice 
Rumsfeld claims ignorance of 45-minute Iraq WMD claim, BBC
Terrorists ready for holy war in 40 American states, bruce 
Anti-War Activists Launch Campaign Against Bush, Reuters Feds
target peace activists at Drake University , nimmo 
The Partisan 'Mastermind' in Charge of Bush's Intel Probe,
Goldberg
***Bush at Sea, Kaplan
***Bush's Difficult Relationship with Reality, Saletan 
***Did Bush Spike Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove?,
palast/ali 
Partisans and Fools Still Back Bush, gallagher 


Thursday, February 12, 2004 
Bush AWOL Watch 
***Bush And Drugs In Alabama: The Lost Year, wilson 
****Newly Released Military Pay Records Don't Prove Bush
Fulfilled Guard Duty, dn 
Bush's "Pay" Records Don't Say Much, Salon
***New Bush Guard Records Raise New Questions, Boehlert
***Bush Still Refuses To Release Military Documents, MoveOn
Bush Breaks Promise As White House Refuses To Release All
Military Records, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
***Burkett Connects Bush Aide Allbaugh To Trashed Records On
Guard Base, Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Jan.1973 Dental Record Puts Bush on Alabama Base, WH Says ,
Mike Allen and Lois Romano
Copy Of Dental Record , FindLaw
***Can Bush Be Taken Seriously About His Excuses For Avoiding
Vietnam?, wp ed
What did you do in the war, Dubya?, goldenberg+burkeman 
'The President Recalls Serving', Bivens
***Bush trying to deflect charges on military duty, knox/afp 
Secrecy: Documents AWOL, Sirota+Harvey+Legum
New White House Documents Indicate Bush AWOL Six Months,
politex 
***Bush Releases Military Records, Fails to Quell Controversy,
Serrano
Flap over Bush military record: why it's back, Feldman 

Bush Economy 
Greenspan Warns Congress Bush Deficit Will Bite Us Now, ed
'Grave And Gathering Threat' Is Bush Deficit Mushroom Cloud,
dowd
U.S. dollar fall spurs OPEC cut, McKenna
Bush's budgets make us the irresponsible generation, Sklar 

Editor's Choice 
***Bill O'Reilly dumps Bush Iraq War Policy, BBC Bush Using
War as Excuse, Scheer
Will George W. Bush Get the Jewish Vote Come November?, Schrag
Deconstructing David Brooks, Pinkerton
***The President enters credibility gap, Engelhardt
***The honeymoon is over, Mr. Bush, Kuttner 
 
 

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7. I "got it" on your first post.

At least I think I did. You're illustrating "redactions" in the exposure of truth.

Hmmm. An interesting use of forum media to make a point.

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8. And then again it appears I'm just blowing my own smoke.

So that's how I resolved the accident.