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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Jagfan who wrote (231436)2/26/2002 10:50:45 PM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (4) of 769670
 
Let's examine the evidence.

Point 1. Here's what Bush said:
"My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. (Applause.) It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific. And in that peace, the world has witnessed the broad advance of prosperity and democracy throughout East Asia."

Point 2: The White House transcript changed "century and a half" to "half a century."

Point 3: The possibility exists that GWB was thinking back to Commodore Perry, not MacArthur, but ... whoops ... he forgot about those two big bombs we dropped on Japan in 1945.

Point 4: George also screwed up devaluation vs. deflation, so his "century and a half" gaffe is consistent with the devaluation-deflation screw-up.

Point 4: Rumsfeld today formally disbanded the Office of Strategic Influence.

In other words, we won't be feeding false information to foreign journalists because the president already is doing such a good job all by his lonesome.
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