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To: bentway who wrote (36708)	8/2/2005 4:42:34 AM
From: get shorty	Respond to of 306849

Lack of denial means it absolutely must be true!! In addition, a bizarre case has cropped up in which a tendentious quote attributed to President Bush has made the rounds of left-of-center websites, including those of two prominent commentators. An article in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz stated that, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, President Bush said during their meeting in Aqaba, Jordan that "God told me to strike at Al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them." When Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler investigated the claim (as reported June 27 by his colleague Al Kamen, a Post columnist), he found that the quote was taken from minutes of the meeting written by Abbas in Arabic (perhaps from an account he heard from a translator if he does not speak English), which was then provided to a reporter in Arabic. It was subsequently translated back into English for the final report. Moreover, Abbas is neither a transcriber nor a disinterested source, and there are no corroborating accounts. Nonetheless, Josh Marshall credulously touted the quote on his Talking Points Memo blog on June 30 without any disclaimers as to its accuracy, as did Eric Alterman in greater length on his Altercation blog on MSNBC.com. (The White House flatly denies the account according to a July 1 report by Fox News Channel White House correspondent Wendell Goler, who stated that spokesperson Ari Fleischer told him the story was "an invention.")

To: bentway who wrote (36708)	8/3/2005 4:12:32 AM
From: David Jones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

ot:>>>>>As far as I'm aware, we've never INVADED another country with this as the rationale!<<<< We didn't invade Iraq with that rational but we sure as hell have exported or attempted to export our form of government. Which as you know offers the opportunity to have a voice in ones governance, for the pursuit of freedom. >>>>Show me where BUSH denies saying this.<<<<< Why should he have to deny it? I wouldn't stoop to deny some silly accusation so why should the president of this united states? Let the accusers hang themselves with their lies and believers discover their all just dups. If you cant read that statement as realize how absurd it is then your hatred of GW is making you blind. And by the way it's not in the news because it's not worth printing. >>>>Who are we going to believe, YOU or him?<<<< Who the blazes is we you carrying a turd in your pocket? Use that thing on the end of your neck. If it was on tape it be in the public arena, covered by creditable news organizations. Instead it's regulated to wacky web content. Now all you need to do is type back at me that it's being suppressed by some partisan conspiracy to complete your gullibility test.