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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (464936)	9/25/2003 1:49:11 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

That's why I always ignore yours. That's strange, I don't see the posts of the people I have on ignore. Explain this one: <font color=navy>Washington Whispers 09/29/03 By Paul Bedard `Mission accomplished': Bush brag or Demo fib? After weeks of Democratic assaults that President Bush was a nitwit for declaring "mission accomplished" in Iraq during his May 1 landing and victory speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the White House is bidding to set the story straight. The issue should be a simple one: Bush never uttered those words. <font color=orange>"The president,"<font color=navy>argues communications boss Dan Bartlett, <font color=orange>"said exactly the opposite: The mission continues."<font color=navy> But Bush stood under a banner declaring "mission accomplished." Why? Bartlett says that the Lincoln's captain had the banner made up to thank his crew for the longest-ever carrier tour, not to declare the war over. "It is something the troops are really proud of," says Bartlett. "Of course they can hang the banner." But the picture was all the Demos needed. "On TV," he says, "they never play the [sound] bite of the president, they just show the image with the banner." Democratic polls show that the public buys their spin, which doesn't really surprise Bartlett. "Look, perception becomes reality," he says. "But the facts don't back it up."<font color=black> Does that make Junior the kind of man you would put your trust in? TP