Susan Malveaux: "Prez never actually said 'Mission Accomplished'...

[maveric]

No, but he stood on a carrier, in front of a sign that said "Mission Accomplished" and declared that "Major Combat Operations in Iraq are OVER".
C'Mon Susan! I thought that you have some integrity!

Anothercase of the MSM insulting our intellegence.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Good grief

Don't these people pay attention?

[dave29]

2. We need to prosecute more aircraft carriers

for lying to America

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. Impeach Chimp?

Fuck no! Decommission the USS Abraham Lincoln!

:grr:

[Theres-a]

3. Who do they think they're fooling?!

Beyond words.....

[MercutioATC]

4. But...but...it was the CARRIER'S "mission" that was "accomplished"...

(they were just returning from a tour)

The "Mission Accomplished" sign just happened to be behind Bush when he made his speech.

(that was another neocon explanation that was making the rounds)

[maveric]

9. Wasnt there a duplicate "MA" banner at one his other photo-ops?

It was the same damn banner!

[MADem]

17. The sign just HAPPENED to be shipped via COD aircraft TO the

Stinkin' Lincoln FROM the White House media dipshits....

You know, those same bright bulbs that stencil "MADE IN USA" on Chinese boxes!!!!

[lpbk2713]

23. Yep. The plastic turkey squad did it.

The BushCo cheerleaders put that banner up and surely Shit-for-Brains must have had prior knowledge. They would not do something so bold without running it by their boss first.

[CottonBear]

5. Suzanne is a corporate news whore.

You'd think she'd be interested in the truth since she's from NOLA but I suppose she simply doesn't give a fuck about America.

[WinkyDink]

36. Didn't she get her job through nepotism?

Her mother?

[CottonBear]

39. I dunno. ? n/t

[Jara sang]

7. Malveaux: Bubble headed bobble head of a talking head.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Is this a left wing conspiracy?

May I join please? :)

[xultar]

10. It was the Sailors fault. Come on y'all get it straight.

[Lisa]

13. yes, it was the sailors' fault! They whipped up that banner ...

.... just to make the Beloved Leader look bad!

And then they kept following him around to different venues, making similar graphics, so people would think that Bush's own staff were preparing them ... how fiendish!

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/dim.phtml

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. jr never actually says anything, except on the rare occasion

that what he says works out okay.

[linazelle]

12. Too bad Malveaux sold out--she's been whoring for some time now.

[leftchick]

14. Suzanne 'you ignorant slut'!!! He did not have to!!!!

We paid a bazillion dollars for his fucking sign! :argh:



US President George W. Bush announces the end to major combat in Iraq whilst aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in May 2003. Three years after Bush declared an end to major combat, Iraq has struggled to form its first full-term post-Saddam Hussein government amid a raging insurgency and bitter sectarianism.(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)

[Missy M]

15. "Mission Accomplished" was the reason Bush made an.....

ass of himself dressing up as a fighter pilot and landing on the carrier. What does she think the whole thing was about. It is sometimes hard to believe the stupidity of the media.

[charlie]

16. I've never told anyone to fuck off

I just gave them the finger.

[long_green]

18. He also never explicitly said that Iraq was responsible for 9/11

he just implied it, had flunkies imply it, had the media imply it and put out polls asking us if we thought that Iraq was responsible. So I guess it's our fault.

[LouisianaLiberal]

19. Maybe Stephen knew this when he mouthed "call me"

to her during his "press conference"

[madinmaryland]

20. Actually, its Clinton's fault that it happened!!

:grr:

[yellowcanine]

30. Correct. Those sailors who put up the banner were hired on Clinton's

watch. Therefore it is the Big Dawg's fault. Of course it was Clinton's military that deposed Saddam also and you won't hear the Bushbots talking about THAT.

[Skip Intro]

21. Tens upon tens of thousands dead and maimed and these whores

still want to play fucking word games...


Who the hell do they think they're fooling?

[Zen Democrat]

22. And the sign came from the White House.

Although the WH first said that the sign was done by the Navy, a quick denial by the Navy forced the truth out -- it was a WH operation. 'Nuff said.

[maxsolomon]

24. suzy, the word you are looking for is

INSINUATE

[Reciprocity]

25. Yes she is a ditz.

But make that CNN not MSN.

[Zynx]

26. Oh for the love of God!

"In the battle of Iraq, the US and its allies have prevailed." isn't close enough for you?

[chelsea0011]

27. Where exactly is that "Mission Accomplished" sign? If the taxpayers

paid for it shouldn't it be archived in some museum for all to see?

[Pacifist Patriot]

28. If I remember correctly there was a bit of a flap over the press release..

The original release at the White House website included a statement indicating essentially "mission accomplished" but then was changed to a more weasly phrase a short while later.

Sorry Ms. Malveaux but not actually saying it in so many words doesn't mitigate standing in front of a banner proclaiming it in writing to the world.

[Supersedeas]

33. mitigate trivialize marginalize any type of valid criticism - Malveaux's

turn to shill for the Admin

[Gabi Hayes]

29. Please...what was the context of her whorish comment?

and I haven't seen anybody comment on the way Colbert pronounced her name at his "press confrerence"

Suzaahhn Mal--HO!

I know it was as in, WHOAAA!, but it sounded like HO! to me

wonder if he meant it to be interpreted in more than one way

[maveric]

32. She was defending the chimp and renouncing the critics...

of his little carrier, photo-op stunt.

[xchrom]

31. was there ever a proper ''declaration of war'' on iraq?

[Chimichurri]

34. parsing the facts - like they always do because that's all they've got.

[spanone]

35. That was her opening statement on the 3 yr. anniversary of Mission Accomp.

Fair and balance.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

40. Heard her say that on Leslie's show during the 4 pm hour.

It was quickly followed up with a "discussion" with Leslie, Torie Clarke and Donna Brazil. In their little talk-around Clark "took" responsibility for the sign (as she was the Pentagon Air Head, I mean media person at the time) even though "she still needs to do some more investigating" about how that sign ended up hanging on that carrier. You have had three years Torie, what else is there to discover except that the White House has already taken responsibility for the damn banner? Don't these people talk to each other? She is still pretending it is a deep, dark mystery how that 10 ft by 50 ft sign ended up just behind Chucklenuts. Puhleeze.

Leslie was humping for Chimpy the entire hour, thought the Bush twins was "absolutely hysterical."

[Jack Rabbit]

37. If a Congresscritter said that, I would accuse her of equivocating

Since Ms. Malveaux is a journalist, I'll just accuse her sounding silly.

[Rex]

38. He never said Iraq was an 'imminent threat', but he did stay in a

Holiday Inn once. Oh, he also said 'immediate threat', 'grave threat', 'dangerous threat', never ever did he says those either. Stop watching the news for facts! Sheesh.

[Sapere aude]

41. How come Bush never said any of those things yet people believe what he

didn't say? Where did they get those thoughts? And why so many people with the same thought?

Whether he said it or not he communicated it.

[politrix]

42. But, The Whitehouse PAID FOR The Banner That Said It

So, SPARE ME.

Rove regrets carrier banner - Politics - MSNBC.com
Rove regrets using banner declaring ‘Mission Accomplished’. Kerry, in Pittsburgh, denounces White House’s ‘twisted’ morality ...
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CNN.com - One year later, Bush defends Iraq speech - Apr 30, 2004
"Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and ... But the White House later conceded it produced and paid for the banner as ...
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"Mission Accomplished": Anatomy of a Deadly Lie - A BuzzFlash News ...
She said she did not know who paid for the sign." . Since the White House put up the "Mission Accomplished" banner, 217 American soldiers have died in ...
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Rove Rues 'Mission Accomplished' Banner
Rove Rues 'Mission Accomplished' Banner. NewsMax Wires ... "I wish the banner was not up there," said White House political strategist Karl Rove. ...
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[Robbie Michaels]

43. I Don't Get It

Is it me, or does it seem like the "liberal" mainstream media (CNN, MSNBC) has jumped the shark?