Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Yellow Dog Analysis of Bush Speech: Same Old Crap
Bush's speech last night was nothing more than another "stay the course" PR campaign. I half expected him to don his old cheerleading uniform from his college days and do some of his old moves to go along with his "rah rah" speech. But instead, in his desperation to get his sinking poll numbers up, he relied on a cheap trick he's used before--using 9/11 to confuse people about why we are in Iraq.
It doesn't matter that the 9/11 commission found no credible evidence of Saddam Hussein's involvement in 9/11. Even Bush himself, on September 18, 2003, admitted, "No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."
Bush also provided no timetable or concrete strategies for the continued fighting in Iraq, saying “Setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the Iraqis – who need to know that America will not leave before the job is done. And it would send the wrong message to the enemy – who would know that all they have to do is to wait us out.”
That's not what he said back when he was in campaign mode. From Thinkprogress.org:
George W. Bush, 4/9/99:
“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”
George W. Bush, 6/5/99
“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”
Different days, different lies, but still the same old crap.
Bush Criticized for Linking 9/11 and Iraq - Yahoo! News
It doesn't matter that the 9/11 commission found no credible evidence of Saddam Hussein's involvement in 9/11. Even Bush himself, on September 18, 2003, admitted, "No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."
Bush also provided no timetable or concrete strategies for the continued fighting in Iraq, saying “Setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the Iraqis – who need to know that America will not leave before the job is done. And it would send the wrong message to the enemy – who would know that all they have to do is to wait us out.”
That's not what he said back when he was in campaign mode. From Thinkprogress.org:
George W. Bush, 4/9/99:
“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”
George W. Bush, 6/5/99
“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”
Different days, different lies, but still the same old crap.
Bush Criticized for Linking 9/11 and Iraq - Yahoo! News
