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To: geode00 who wrote (175390)	11/20/2005 7:18:46 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Locked Doors Thwart Bush's Bid to Duck Question aolsvc.news.aol.com Great picture ...

To: geode00 who wrote (175390)	11/21/2005 4:05:15 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

UPDATE: After Murtha Pullout Call, Editorials Confront War editorandpublisher.com <<...The Philadelphia Inquirer and other Knight Ridder papers, Nov. 20: Despite the semantic games and counterfactual bluster, this is the real issue: Bush made the most momentous decision a President can make, sending American sons and daughters to war, without doing as much skeptical research as most Americans put into buying a car. This White House's reflexive response to constructive criticism is to attack the critic. Last week, the respected Murtha was the target. The congressman, who had supported the war, now urges immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. He said that the U.S. presence there had become "a flawed policy wrapped in an illusion." A Bush team that was happy to plaster the traitor label on decorated Vietnam veterans such as Max Cleland and Sen. John Kerry had no qualms about training its smear guns on Murtha, a former Marine. Press Secretary Scott McClellan accused him of waving the white flag to terrorists. Administration officials hope their fog machine will obscure Americans' deepening discontent with their incompetence in Iraq and after Hurricane Katrina. Fewer and fewer seem to be falling for their games. The Senate should proceed with its long-delayed look into mishandling of prewar intelligence. The topic still matters. What Bush and his team did tragically eroded the standard a president should have to meet before taking the nation to war...>>