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NOLADEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 09:19 AM
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Has Bush made an equivalent to Nixon's "Checkers" Speech
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 09:24 AM
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1. No. I doubt he ever would.
Nixon was on the defensive in the "Checkers" speech; he was defending himself against a claim he'd accepted an improper contribution. Bush deals with such things by pretending they never happened.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 09:26 AM
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2. Though born a Quaker,Trickie Dick was an eloquent orator ,compared to Shrub
Edited on Sun Nov-05-06 09:28 AM by orpupilofnature57
Who is Ted Knights grandson in ' Caddy Shack '
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 09:27 AM
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3. "We do not torture." n/t
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JohnnyLib2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 09:38 AM
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4. HIS version was to

give Cheney and Rummy job security. There's the contrast.
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