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Bush trip cloaked in lies and secrecy
11-29-2003 | me

Posted on 11/29/2003 11:20:09 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon

Bush trip cloaked in lies and secrecy

Investigators speaking on the condition of anonymity, have confirmed to the Times that a prove has been lunch to determine which laws were broken when President Bush directed his White House staff to lie to aids, Secret Service Agents and even to Reporters in preparation for his public-relations saving trip to Baghdad last Thursday. “The problem is, that here you have the president using the power of his office to deceive not only government officials but even the public, and that is unacceptable regardless of the reason” said one agent with knowledge of the investigation.

According to one investigator, who works in a department charged with assuring the accuracy of Government Press Releases, the use of ruse in presidential action is unprecedented. “I do not think we have seen such trickery in the white House in at least 11 years.”

Congress was a swarm yesterday with predictions of impeachment. For Bush, who won the presidency in 2000 despite losing the popular vote, the news could not have come at a worse time. Besides using un-allotted funds for the trip, it may have involved Campaign Finance violations. Senator John McCain was adamant: “It is a violation of law, for the president to profit politically from anything he does in public, so the question here is has he profited from the tip?”

That question remains to be answered. Most people were initially skeptical about the trip. Others thought it out of character for a president not known for empathy or genuineness. Some conceded it as a ploy for a president whose approval numbers are so low that they can only climb. As one NPR host put it: “Certainly Karl Rove was behind this.” If the irony plays out, Rove, who single handedly brought an unpopular southern governor to the presidency, may finally have run out of luck.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: allyourbase; aprovehasbeenlunch; bush; humoralert; idiotsmusings; iraq; itsajoke; parody; pinata; thanksgivingvisit; thanksgving
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Okay, a bit of a strech, but not by much.
1 posted on 11/29/2003 11:20:10 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: HapaxLegamenon
What is that first sentence again?
2 posted on 11/29/2003 11:23:35 AM PST by nhoward14 (Don't *MISS* out on *ROOTING* for *THE* Cowboys! Go *QUINCY*)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Total BS.
3 posted on 11/29/2003 11:23:39 AM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: citizen
Of Course!!!!!
4 posted on 11/29/2003 11:25:16 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Where is the BARF alert!
5 posted on 11/29/2003 11:25:52 AM PST by B0rat
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Who is this jerkoff, and why should anyone care what he writes?

Go suck an egg.

6 posted on 11/29/2003 11:26:08 AM PST by RANGERAIRBORNE ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin,1871)
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To: B0rat
Isn't that the truth?
7 posted on 11/29/2003 11:26:20 AM PST by MamaB
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To: HapaxLegamenon
What are you, some kind of a DU nutcase?
8 posted on 11/29/2003 11:27:05 AM PST by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Your link appears invalid.
9 posted on 11/29/2003 11:27:14 AM PST by meyer
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To: HapaxLegamenon
A bit of a stretch? Put down the bong.

Where did you get this drivel, and what language was it originally in?
10 posted on 11/29/2003 11:27:35 AM PST by glock rocks (molon labe)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
YOU wrote this? What's wrong with you?
11 posted on 11/29/2003 11:27:47 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
A little better editing, then submit to The Onion.
12 posted on 11/29/2003 11:27:52 AM PST by BushCountry (To the last, I will grapple with Democrats. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at Liberals.)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Funny. Good sarcasm.
13 posted on 11/29/2003 11:28:01 AM PST by sd-joe
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To: RANGERAIRBORNE
Who is this jerkoff, and why should anyone care what he writes?

Obviously a sarcastic masochist.....

14 posted on 11/29/2003 11:28:04 AM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: HapaxLegamenon
"that a prove has been lunch"

that a probe had been launced?

Just a guess.

I guess everyone else doesn't get the point of the whole post.

15 posted on 11/29/2003 11:28:28 AM PST by CoolGuyVic
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Are you attempting sarcasm with this?
16 posted on 11/29/2003 11:28:45 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis
I am sorry, but I thought everyone would know it was sarcasm. It is a parody. This is what the liberal media really wish would happen.
17 posted on 11/29/2003 11:28:50 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: HapaxLegamenon
At least have the curtesy to label this as humor. You almost gave me a coronary!
18 posted on 11/29/2003 11:29:13 AM PST by justshe (Do you trust a Democrat to protect America?)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
PUKE PUKE PUKE!
19 posted on 11/29/2003 11:29:20 AM PST by countrydummy
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Prove to me that you had lunch.
20 posted on 11/29/2003 11:29:23 AM PST by Allegra
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