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Analysis: A defining moment (Bush's Baghdad Visit: Liberal Sour Grapes)
Washington COMpost ^
| 11/28/03
| Dana Milbank
Posted on 11/28/2003 12:34:32 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Three images tell the story of George W. Bushs presidency. The first, of Bush and bullhorn atop the rubble at New Yorks Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001, came to symbolize his transformation into a powerful wartime president. The second, of Bush in flight suit with Mission Accomplished banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, became the symbol of Bushs unrealized optimism about the U.S. militarys victory in Iraq. Yesterday, Nov. 27, 2003, brought an equally vivid but more complex image of Bush.
"... while the troops cheered the moment, it is too soon to know whether the image of Bush in his Army jacket yesterday will become a symbol of strong leadership or a symbol of unwarranted bravado."
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; bias; bush; danamilbank; iraq; thanksgiving; thanksgivingvisit
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How amazing to see the quick TURNAROUND the liberal press has in trying to find some negative aspect of the President's visit.
This jackass "journalist" Milhouse, or whatever his name is, even includes quotes from Chris Lehane, that mindless drone from Al Gore's election-stealing campaign.
I love the smell of liberals smoking in the morning, don't you?
To: Recovering_Democrat
I, for one, am so proud that he risked his peaceful holiday by being with the men and women who have made it possible for us to continue on with our day to day lives. And I pray for him and the way he lifted the spirits of those who are sacrificing for all of us. God speed to all of the boys, men and women out in that hellhole we call Iraq.
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posted on
11/28/2003 12:43:00 AM PST
by
Terridan
(God help us send these Islamic Extremist savages back into Hell where they belong...)
To: Terridan
PS.
I noticed that Hitlery was also with 50 servicemen in Afghanistan today. I can't believe she dared show her face there. No word yet on the reception.
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posted on
11/28/2003 12:44:19 AM PST
by
Terridan
(God help us send these Islamic Extremist savages back into Hell where they belong...)
To: Recovering_Democrat
It's a she .. and she is perpetually dissecting and offering adversarial views on GWB's words and deeds .. was just on Tim Russert last week doing that very thing. PLUS .. she's with the WashPost ... what do we expect?
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posted on
11/28/2003 12:48:12 AM PST
by
STARWISE
(PLEASE DO something to save Terri Schiavo: email, call, fax, vigil,pray, GOD SAVE TERRI)
To: Recovering_Democrat
It's terrible that the media is trying to find something wrong with the Commander-in-Chief visiting his soldiers on Thanksgiving. Oh no, he flew over Baghdad in blackout! Only because it makes sense. I have a feeling that the message sent to the Iraqis wasn't that their country isn't secure, but that the American president cares enough for his soldiers to visit on an American national holiday at the risk of his own life.
I don't see this as a ploy, or an exercise in bravado. If ex-pres. Clinton would have done the same thing, I would have applauded him (no matter how much it hurt). President Bush did a great thing. Hats off to him.
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:19:56 AM PST
by
raynearhood
(Hell Hath No Fury Like A Liberal's Scorn For Whats Right.)
To: Recovering_Democrat; All
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:24:08 AM PST
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the TrackBall into the Sunset...)
To: Terridan
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:25:22 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_(_°_¿_°_)_oooo_____)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Oh,Good Grief!What a lame article..maybe this or perhaps that.
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:25:25 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: Terridan
>>No word yet on the reception.
Yes, there is word. Jerry Rivers was there. Talked to her on FoxNews. Got the impression from troops he talked to that the meal was better received by the troops than QueenHil-da-beast.
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:34:31 AM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(Tag line produced using 100% post-consumer recycled ethernet packets,)
To: STARWISE
Dana Milbank is a man (albeit s smarmy, weasely one). I believe you are thinking of Dana Priest, who is a woman. Both write for the
Post.Milbank's sole function at the paper is to write anti-Bush stories, as near as I can tell.
Here is a picture of Milbank:
Milbank's arrogance and contempt for President Bush was detailed in Bill Sammon's excellent book Fighting Back.
To: Miss Marple
Dana Priest was good on the Munsters.
To: Miss Marple
Oh .. I totally goofed .... sorry, and thank U MissM for pointing that out .. I absolutely mixed them up. They both do the same act, though .. LOL.
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posted on
11/28/2003 1:53:00 AM PST
by
STARWISE
(PLEASE DO something to save Terri Schiavo: email, call, fax, vigil,pray, GOD SAVE TERRI)
To: STARWISE
Well, it is easy to make the mistake, since Milbank's writing sort of sounds like a b*tchy woman. LOL!
To: raynearhood
This is WAY better than even the carrier landing. Not only does Bush slip in under the very noses of al-Qaeda and the Ba'athist loyalists, but he steals the thunder from Herself, who thought it a tremendous coup to have "bravely" visited the headquarters in Kabul. The soldiers cheering their Commander in Chief contrasts so sharply with the "photo op" Herself seized that it is entirely possible we never even see many of those photos.
To: Terridan
In a bizzare holiday accident, Hillary Clinton was mistaken for the holiday turkey at Bagram Air Force Base, and accidentally stuffed.
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posted on
11/28/2003 4:10:04 AM PST
by
John Valentine
("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Rather, they said the visit may come to reinforce their view that the administration has led the United States into a lonely occupation of Iraq without an obvious exit strategy. What could possibly be "lonelier" than our status in the UN, an organization in knee-jerk opposition to anything we would propose. I feel much less lonely now that we have gone outside to find some different friends to hang out with.
Our exit strategy is clear to all except the Left, and by necessity, the terrorists.
To: John Valentine
"Hillary Clinton was mistaken for the holiday turkey at Bagram Air Force Base, and accidentally stuffed."
You are mistaken. A sharp chef noticed that she was colder than the chilled turkey and stopped just in time.
To: raynearhood
It's not "terrible" it's funny.
Most Americans won't take too kindly to it.
There's going to be hell to pay for those dissing Bush on this trip so let them scream from the highest mountain for all to hear!
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posted on
11/28/2003 5:15:43 AM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Here is another very questionable passage:
"While the troops cheered the moment, it is too soon to know whether the image of Bush in his Army jacket yesterday will become a symbol of strong leadership or a symbol of unwarranted bravado."
How can they come up with crap like this?
To: Miss Marple
Dana Milbank, with his uni-sex name, sits down to pee. What a prevert.
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