"Busy chasing off Saddam, the president and vice president had told us that Al Qaeda was spent. "Al Qaeda is on the run," President Bush said last week. "That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly but surely being decimated. . . . They're not a problem anymore.""
Did Bush actually say "They're not a problem anymore"? If he did, it would be out of character, since he has never seemed to believe that terrorism can be completely wiped out, only curtailed and - hopefully - kept out of the USA. I would like to know what words Dowd omitted where those dots are; I would not be surprised if those words completely changed the meaning of the "They're not a problem anymore" comment.
Did Bush actually say "They're not a problem anymore"? If he did, it would be out of character, since he has never seemed to believe that terrorism can be completely wiped out, only curtailed and - hopefully - kept out of the USA. I would like to know what words Dowd omitted where those dots are; I would not be surprised if those words completely changed the meaning of the "They're not a problem anymore" comment. You are correct, my friend. It seems Ms. Dowd is jealous of all the attention the Times is heaping up Jayson Blair, so she is going to try the "make up a quote" thing herself.
Here is a link to the speech and here is the ACTUAL quote:
"Al Qaeda is on the run. That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly, but surely being decimated. Right now, about half of all the top al Qaeda operatives are either jailed or dead. In either case, they're not a problem anymore."
This is a complete, total and absolute lie on Dowd's part. We always have a laugh here at how she manages to massage the truth, but this is different. This is FRAUD.