In Bushworld, it’s fine to take $700 million that Congress provided for the war in Afghanistan and 9/11 recovery and divert it to the war in Iraq that you’re insisting you’re not planning.
In Bushworld, you don’t consult your father, the expert in being president during a war with Iraq, but you do talk to your Higher Father, who can’t talk back to warn you to get an exit strategy or chide you for using Him for political purposes. […]
In Bushworld, the C.I.A. says it can’t find out whether there are W.M.D. in Iraq unless we invade on the grounds that there are W.M.D.
In Bushworld, there’s no irony that so many who did so much to avoid the Vietnam draft have now strained the military so much that lawmakers are talking about bringing back the draft.
In Bushworld, we’re making progress in the war on terror by fighting a war that creates terrorists.
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Posted by James at April 26, 2004 12:51 PMWhat frightens me is that he actually thinks that God told him to start this mess. Why doesn't that raise the media's hackles?
Posted by: alic at April 26, 2004 1:19 PMI think al franken noted that bush seems to often get a free pass when he does/says silly stuff.. it was in his chapters on "liberal bias in the media" ;)
Posted by: beck at April 26, 2004 9:08 PM