Notes"I have to be cautious about conveying thoughts in a way that doesn't send wrong impressions about our country." He's uhh just learnifying this now?Unfurl
Notes"I've taken the liberty of going through some of the president's pre-war speeches and making subtle alterations so we could see what the run-up to war might have looked like had we known..."Unfurl
Notes"The White House confirmed today that the search in Iraq for the banned weapons it had cited as justifying the war that ousted Saddam Hussein has been quietly ended after nearly two years, with no evidence of their existence."Unfurl
Notes"If Mr. Bush were to say in plain English that his plan to solve our fiscal problems is to borrow trillions, put the money into stocks and hope for the best, everyone would denounce that plan as the height of irresponsibility."Unfurl
Notes"Foreign Minister Alexander Downer conceded Wednesday that the Iraq conflict may have increased the threat of Australians becoming a terror target, supporting a claim by the country's top spy." Yup, thanks Team Bush. World's a safer place since we gaveUnfurl
Notes"A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign headquarters in Florida suggests a plan - possibly in violation of US law - to disrupt voting in the state's African-American voting districts, a BBC Newsnight investigation reveals."Unfurl
Notes"President Bush plans to send Congress a request of up to $75 billion early next year to finance wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and operations against terrorism, congressional aides said Tuesday." We're almost up to $300 billion - whoo hoo!Unfurl
Notes"The fact that, under the circumstances, Bush didn't deliver a major policy address after all, despite his advance word, should embarrass not only CNN and MSNBC but, still more, President Bush."Unfurl
Notes"We need steady leadership in times of change. And steady leadership does not include being yanked to heaven during the time of tribulations."Unfurl
Notes"As John Kerry and George W. Bush get down to business in their series of three debates, it's worth taking a look back at the 2000 debates for a reminder of the positions Bush took in his three contests with Al Gore."Unfurl
Notes'... group of Congressional Republicans ... have proposed that US law be amended to remove protections against torture ... for people we label “terrorists”...'Unfurl
Notes"History is not going to be kind to Bush II in any case. If we accord these guys a Round 2, I think history’s not going to be kind to us, either."Unfurl
Notes"Three years during which time the President has provided incontrovertible evidence of how well his administration is combating terrorists and protecting Americans"Unfurl
Notes"Let’s all get tucked in and pretend that we didn’t see Daddy half-blotto at the dining room table, holding his head over a stack of bills that are dangerously overdue."Unfurl
Notes"As it turns out though, it's actually not such a good thing to have active-duty military anywhere near a political convention - if you value your democracy." Scary as fuck, if this is a trend.Unfurl
Notes"Most involved in the Senate campaign recall Mr Bush Jr turning up late, boasting about how much alcohol he had drunk the night before and then going home early."Unfurl
Notes"Once ensconced in the White House, the Bushites institutionalized the art of dissing dissent, routinely dispatching the Secret Service to order local police to set up FSZs to quarantine protesters wherever Bush goes"Unfurl