Bush Tries to Make Up His Mind

Bush said he COULD win the war on terror before he said he could NOT win the war on terror.

But then he flip-flopped again and said he COULD win the war on terror.

What’s he saying today?

Bush Tries to Make Up His Mind

Bush said he COULD win the war on terror before he said he could NOT win the war on terror.

But then he flip-flopped again and said he COULD win the war on terror.

What’s he saying today?

Bush Flip-flops Again

”We have a clear vision on how to win the war on terror and bring peace to the world.” Bush in Springfield, MO – JULY 2004

‘When asked “Can we win?” the war on terror, Bush said, “I don’t think you can win it.”‘ – Bush in August, 2004 on NBC-TV

Bush Flip-flops Again

”We have a clear vision on how to win the war on terror and bring peace to the world.” Bush in Springfield, MO – JULY 2004

‘When asked “Can we win?” the war on terror, Bush said, “I don’t think you can win it.”‘ – Bush in August, 2004 on NBC-TV

Why Bush Must Smear Kerry

This guy William Rivers Pitt is a best-selling author and also writes for the New York Times. He seems to have a pretty good grasp of what’s going on with the Bush campaign.

In other words, nauseating activities like the Swift Boat smears and the Purple Heart Band-Aid-wearing cretins do not bubble up from the slime of their own accord. This is standard-issue East Texas political assassination, and the smell of it trails all the way from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the doorstep of this Republican convention. This is leadership from the top down, Bush-style.

Why?

When your war is a disaster, when your economy is a mess, when your people are out of work by the millions, when the environment is under total assault because of your policies, and when your best pals are pocketing billions of dollars in taxpayer money on the sneak, you’d do well to avoid discussing the issues. Unfortunately for Bush, the manner in which he and his campaign are attempting to change the subject is becoming an issue in and of itself.

Why Bush Must Smear Kerry

This guy William Rivers Pitt is a best-selling author and also writes for the New York Times. He seems to have a pretty good grasp of what’s going on with the Bush campaign.

In other words, nauseating activities like the Swift Boat smears and the Purple Heart Band-Aid-wearing cretins do not bubble up from the slime of their own accord. This is standard-issue East Texas political assassination, and the smell of it trails all the way from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the doorstep of this Republican convention. This is leadership from the top down, Bush-style.

Why?

When your war is a disaster, when your economy is a mess, when your people are out of work by the millions, when the environment is under total assault because of your policies, and when your best pals are pocketing billions of dollars in taxpayer money on the sneak, you’d do well to avoid discussing the issues. Unfortunately for Bush, the manner in which he and his campaign are attempting to change the subject is becoming an issue in and of itself.

Swift Boats? In Cambodia? Say It Ain’t So

Did I predict we’d catch O’Neill lying again? Yes, I believe I did. He went on ABC’s This Week and had this to say about swift boats getting into Cambodia.

O’NEILL (8/22/04): You asked about Cambodia. How do I know he’s not in Cambodia? I was on the same river, George. I was there two months after him. Our patrol area ran to Sa Dec, it was 50 miles from Cambodia. There isn’t any “watery border.” The Mekong River’s like the Mississippi. There were gunboats stationed right up there to stop people from coming. And our boats didn’t go north of, only slightly north of Sa Dec. So it was a made-up story. He’s told it over fifty times, George. That was on the floor of the Senate [in 1986].

But in 1971, he had THIS to say about swift boats getting into Cambodia.

O’NEILL (1971): I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border on the water.

NIXON: In a Swift boat?

O’NEILL: Yes, sir.

Someone help me here. Did O’Neill lie to Nixon? Or did he lie to ABC?

Thanks to the Daily Howler for highlighting the discrepancy here.

Swift Boats? In Cambodia? Say It Ain’t So

Did I predict we’d catch O’Neill lying again? Yes, I believe I did. He went on ABC’s This Week and had this to say about swift boats getting into Cambodia.

O’NEILL (8/22/04): You asked about Cambodia. How do I know he’s not in Cambodia? I was on the same river, George. I was there two months after him. Our patrol area ran to Sa Dec, it was 50 miles from Cambodia. There isn’t any “watery border.” The Mekong River’s like the Mississippi. There were gunboats stationed right up there to stop people from coming. And our boats didn’t go north of, only slightly north of Sa Dec. So it was a made-up story. He’s told it over fifty times, George. That was on the floor of the Senate [in 1986].

But in 1971, he had THIS to say about swift boats getting into Cambodia.

O’NEILL (1971): I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border on the water.

NIXON: In a Swift boat?

O’NEILL: Yes, sir.

Someone help me here. Did O’Neill lie to Nixon? Or did he lie to ABC?

Thanks to the Daily Howler for highlighting the discrepancy here.

O’Neill Lies Again

Okay. It took me nearly two weeks, but I finally found it. O’Neill went on CNN’s Crossifre, and on MSNBC’s Hardball on August 12, and claimed that Kerry’s wound that resulted in his first Purple Heart was self-inflicted. [This, by the way, is no great shame even if true. Bob Dole can attest to that.] To support his claim, he cites the name of William Schachte, claiming Schachte was on the small skiff Kerry manned that night.

On both programs, other guests accused O’Neill of lying about this. At first, O’Neill countered that Schachte himself would verify it. By the time he made it to Crossfire, though, he had begun to waffle a bit. By then he was willing to say only that there were three and possibly four people on the boat.

A writer for the Boston Globe located the two other men with Kerry that night and asked who was on board.

“Myself, Pat Runyon, and John Kerry,” says Zaladonis, the engineman on Kerry’s first swift boat, “we were the only ones in the skimmer.”

“There definitely was not a fourth,” says Runyon. Though the two assume they took hostile fire, both men acknowledge they aren’t completely certain. But they also firmly reject the claim that Kerry somehow wounded himself by using an M-79 grenade launcher.

Dang, this guy, O’Neill, just keeps getting nuked right and left.

When will the media stop allowing him to go before the cameras and lie?

O’Neill Lies Again

Okay. It took me nearly two weeks, but I finally found it. O’Neill went on CNN’s Crossifre, and on MSNBC’s Hardball on August 12, and claimed that Kerry’s wound that resulted in his first Purple Heart was self-inflicted. [This, by the way, is no great shame even if true. Bob Dole can attest to that.] To support his claim, he cites the name of William Schachte, claiming Schachte was on the small skiff Kerry manned that night.

On both programs, other guests accused O’Neill of lying about this. At first, O’Neill countered that Schachte himself would verify it. By the time he made it to Crossfire, though, he had begun to waffle a bit. By then he was willing to say only that there were three and possibly four people on the boat.

A writer for the Boston Globe located the two other men with Kerry that night and asked who was on board.

“Myself, Pat Runyon, and John Kerry,” says Zaladonis, the engineman on Kerry’s first swift boat, “we were the only ones in the skimmer.”

“There definitely was not a fourth,” says Runyon. Though the two assume they took hostile fire, both men acknowledge they aren’t completely certain. But they also firmly reject the claim that Kerry somehow wounded himself by using an M-79 grenade launcher.

Dang, this guy, O’Neill, just keeps getting nuked right and left.

When will the media stop allowing him to go before the cameras and lie?