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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 02:53 PM
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The W legacy in 4:11
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 03:04 PM
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1. Its funny because its true. Its sad for the same reason. K&R
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 03:05 PM
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2. "George W. Bush. Because he says so."
That 4:11 pretty much sums up the Bush administration. :(
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 03:20 PM
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3. 'weapons of mass destruction program-related activities."
I forgot about that one.....somebody drawing on a chalk board would probably count as 'weapons of mass destruction program-related activities..."
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 03:35 PM
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4. The "50 tons of mustard gas on the turkey farm" story - I had forgotten
From our very own Top 10 Conservative Idiots (check out Fox's treatment below)


They could still be there. They could be hidden, like the 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm." Now, for those of you unfamiliar with the 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm story, here's the deal. Bush was talking about Libya's voluntary disclosure of weapons earlier this year, during which inspectors discovered - you guessed it - 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm. Except... the day after the press conference Scott McClellan had to clarify Bush's statement, because apparently only 23.6 tons of mustard gas were found. Oh, and the substance was actually found scattered across Libya, not at the turkey farm. Um, in fact, there wasn't any mustard gas at the turkey farm at all, just unfilled munitions. So technically Bush's statement was correct, apart from the bit about "50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm." You know, it's not surprising that Bush can't think of any mistakes he's made since 9/11, considering that he DOESN'T HAVE A BRAIN.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/152.html

Bush Mustard Gas Calculation Overstated
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117176,00.html
Bush used the 50-ton figure twice.

The first time, he was making the case that his decision to go to war in Iraq has produced foreign policy successes elsewhere. The president argued that Libya's agreement last December to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction programs was the result of the U.S.-led war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.


The second time, Bush was using the example of the Libyan mustard gas disclosure to suggest that weapons of mass destruction could still turn up in Iraq. Though Bush's prewar allegations of Saddam's alleged weapons were his main rationale for going to war, none has yet been found.
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