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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 08:46 AM
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TWO Flip Flops in one story:
President Bush said for the first time on Thursday he made a "miscalculation of what the conditions would be" after U.S. troops went to Iraq The New York Times reported. The insurgency, he maintained, was the unintended result of a "swift victory" that led to Iraqi troops disappearing into the cities and mounting a rebellion.


Bush also told the newspaper he did not believe his Democratic opponent had lied about his time in Vietnam. The group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has aired advertisements challenging John Kerry (news - web sites)'s account of his service, and claiming Kerry lied about circumstances surrounding his war medals. Kerry has accused Bush of using the group as a front to run a smear campaign.


"I think Senator Kerry should be proud of his record," Bush said. "No, I don't think he lied."


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20040827/ap_on_el_pr/bush_interview

What's Generalissimo El Busho up to??


He admits he made a mistake (gasp), and states that Kerry didn't lie about his service (faint).
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 08:54 AM
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1. Wasn't there an internal, 1200 page document on the post-invasion Iraq
Edited on Fri Aug-27-04 09:05 AM by BlueEyedSon
conditions? The one that was IGNORED??

George W, you're FIRED!
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:08 AM
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2. It's Rove who's talking, not dumbya.
Rove knows dumbya's "no mistakes" stance re. Iraq is stupid. It came about when he was obviously unprepared to answer the questions reporters were asking him. So he has to give a little ground so he won't be ridiculed anymore. Time will tell if this will work or not.

As for Kerry's war record, that's not a flip-flop. As far as I know, dumbya has never publicly criticized Kerry on that.
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