The best thing about this gaffe is that the whores have been reviewing past presidential debates, and the Ford gaffe has been portrayed as one of the big ones. Watch them ignore this, or else contort themselves to explain how it's not as bad. :-)
http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/002969.html#002969
Bush Evokes Ford: "Taliban No Longer in Existence"
Evoking Gerald Ford's 1976 comment “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe,” George Bush said yesterday that the “Taliban is no longer in existence,” underscoring the point that he isn’t being straight with the American people about his wrong choices in Iraq and Afghanistan.
BUSH’S FANTASY WORLD:
“That's why I said to the Taliban in Afghanistan: Get rid of al Qaeda; see, you're harboring al Qaeda. Remember this is a place where they trained -- al Qaeda trained thousands of people in Afghanistan. And the Taliban, I guess, just didn't believe me. And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.”
THE WORLD THAT THE REST OF US LIVE IN:
Taliban is Resurgent: “Nearly two years after their defeat… the Taliban has re-emerged as a growing security threat…”
House Republicans Confirm Taliban Remains Threat to Security: “The greatest threat in the country remains Al Qaida, Taliban and other indigenous military groups. These groups operate mostly on the Pakistan border and in the south. U.S., coalition and Afghan combat forces are positioned and employed to defeat these threats.”
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