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Bush Unsure He's Been to Space Center
AP via ABCNews ^
| 1/4/03
Posted on 02/04/2003 3:36:03 PM PST by dead
Bush Spokesman Backpedals From Assertion That President Previously Visited Houston Space Center
SPACE CENTER, Houston Feb. 4 President Bush is no longer so sure he's been here before.
A day after telling reporters that Bush had visited Johnson Space Center while serving as governor of Texas in the 1990s, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer backpedaled from that assertion.
"I think right now it's somewhat murky," the press secretary said aboard Air Force One Tuesday, en route to a memorial service for the seven Columbia astronauts who died in last weekend's tragedy.
On Monday, Fleischer dismissed suggestions that Bush had not been interested in the NASA program before the Columbia crash and rejected a report that Bush had never been to the Space Center. He told reporters the president visited the facility near Houston in 1995 or 1996.
The spokesman did not know the exact date, and promised to do more research.
Fleischer said Tuesday that after further review, Bush's staff could find no record of the visit. "Johnson Space Center says that he did not go there, and I'm not able to find the exact date. So that's why I say it's murky," Fleischer said.
"To the president's recollection, he thinks he has been there," his spokesman said, adding that Bush's staff from Texas also thought they recalled such a visit.
The spokesman said Bush has never seen a NASA launch or landing, in part because there are so many other beautiful things to see in the country that he has yet to explore.
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To: dead
I doubt if he's been to Iraq either, but I'll be he's interested in them. Wrong conclusion the author drew.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:18:43 PM PST
by
jammer
To: marty60
That's it. IMPEACH the liar. NOT!
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:25:19 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: dead
I'd think brother Jeb would have kept GWB interested in the space program during the election.
I seem to recall Jeb hosting his family at KSC for a launch but I'm not turning up much with a Google search. Has anyone noticed this about Google recently?
Anyway, my preference for the meaning of ABC is Anything But Class.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:29:20 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("... yet we can pray that all are safely home (GWB)")
To: dead; Nick Danger
On the day when we memorialize the Columbia crew, this is their headline.
Unbelievable.
Bookmarked for any time someone denies liberal bias in the media.
To: dead
Sheesh! What other stupid thing is next?
To: jammer
The author is trying to connect the dots that all politicians lie. This is comparable to Bill Clinton's claims to have flown from Laguardia, NY to London as a student when no such flight ever departed from there. Or his claims to have witnessed churches burning in Arkansaw as a child when it was in Mississippi. Establish that all politicians lie. demonstate your opponent telling a lie. Equivocate all lies regardless of their nature. Purjury is a lie, all politicians lie, lying is normal, Bill Clinton exhonorated. Devious plan.EXPOSED.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:49:29 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: ffusco
Smile. Well, that is certainly one of the motives, whether the author is smart enough to know it or not.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:57:04 PM PST
by
jammer
To: daler
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthyWhat a great point!
Our current batch of leftwing media are swine.
I shut them off, and out of my circle of information long ago. They're still good for laughs, though.
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posted on
02/04/2003 7:32:40 PM PST
by
Bullish
To: dead
At least they're not saying
it all depends on the meaning of "been there."Dan
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posted on
02/04/2003 7:36:02 PM PST
by
BibChr
(Jesus -- not our feelings -- is the truth!)
To: Willie Green
Yawn....
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posted on
02/04/2003 7:38:07 PM PST
by
Bullish
To: dead
Naturally, ABCNews couldnt wait to give this non-story a nonsensical insulting headline and a prominent page on their website. The Socialists will do anything to spoil the warm imagery of a President who unites the nation. Disgraceful...sending an angry email now.
To: jammer
Screwtape Letters BUMP
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posted on
02/04/2003 8:50:08 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: dead
breaking at ABC
Bill Clinton can't remember if he fathered Chelsea.
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posted on
02/04/2003 8:55:16 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Willie Green
Oh, I love your songs, Willie.
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posted on
02/04/2003 8:57:11 PM PST
by
Howlin
Comment #35 Removed by Moderator
To: dead
I think I stayed in a hotel in Wyoming somewhere during a long cross country drive. I only remember because there was no booze there. It was a Sunday night. Month, day and year unknown.
To: Motherbear
Just try to drag somebody who lives in D.C. anywhere!
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posted on
02/04/2003 9:09:29 PM PST
by
Howlin
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: daler
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthy. BRAVO!
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthy.
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthy.
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthy.
From the same people who didn't find Juanita Broaddrick newsworthy!!!
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posted on
02/05/2003 6:01:37 AM PST
by
Coop
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