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To: KLP who wrote (104904)	7/12/2003 5:26:55 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Wonder if the other Democrats who are raising 'whirlwinds of fog and hot air' are going to take that well...? ? They are going nuts because they can't stick Bush with it. They don't realize these are issues, and the Public judges Bush on values. Howie leads his column today with their frustration. Boiling Mad Over Bush By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 11, 2003; 8:39 AM The left is now up in arms about one sentence in George Bush's last State of the Union speech. The White House's belated admission that the president relied on bum information in accusing Iraq of trying to buy uranium from Africa for a nuclear-weapons program has crystallized all the doubts and resentment that has been building in the liberal psyche. Some conservatives have their own problems with the prez, as we'll see in a moment. But in the bluest of blue-state precincts, it's hard to tell which emotion is stronger: disgust with Dubya or anger at the American public for failing to share their outrage. The administration has done its best to minimize the uranium story, confirming it to the New York Times and Washington Post but saying nothing in advance of the network evening newscasts. Bush ducked the question when reporters on the Africa trip asked about it, instead repeating his belief that the war in Iraq was worth it and that those elusive WMDs will eventually be found. How, critics wonder, can the commander-in-chief be so cavalier about this bogus bit of intelligence (which the press already knew about but which the White House had previously greeted with silence)? What if Clinton had done this? Where's the accountability? Where's the outrage? No wonder that John Kerry, Bob Graham and Howard Dean were out there yesterday beating up Bush over Iraq, and that Colin Powell was playing defense with a news conference and a Larry King drop-by. Bush is driving the Democrats and the liberals crazy. They don't understand why everyone doesn't see what they see. It's not so much that they want to refight the war over the war -- some supporting toppling Saddam -- but this is obviously an opening they can use to tarnish the president's image on a national security issue. The problem is, most folks don't seem to care. washingtonpost.com

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