"I want to defeat the terrorists. And I want our troops to come home, but I don't want them to come home without having achieved victory. "PRESIDENT BUSHI'm just asking - were the terrorists in Iraq before or after we got there? Certainly, he is comforable with GIs coming home in square pine boxes and with limbs dismembered.
Oh, incidentially, here's a good question posed in Scotty's press briefing today:
Q Secondly, about the speech, couldn't people fairly ask why it is that the President hasn't had a strategy for victory before November 2005?MR. McCLELLAN: Well, that's inaccurate.
Q Okay. Well, then, what is this document, other than spin --
MR. McCLELLAN: Let me mention --
Q -- in a political document? This looks like something you would put out --
MR. McCLELLAN: No, it's a --
Q -- in the 2004 campaign. Is that not a fair criticism?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think it's absolutely unfair.
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Wow- I missed this Scotty session- who asked the SPIN question? Helen or Gregory?? You brought up good points...yeah..Victory is an Illusion....Oh, by the way http://watergatesummer.blogspot.com/,
has been updated....( I need to add you to my email list sometime :)
( so I can send you updates- and even one day figure out how to do the blog roll)
Dear E4E,
Becuase they don't readily idenitify those asking the questions, I am not sure who posed it. However, if it has an instagatory twist, you can bet it was probably Helen or Gregory. And, I do love Helen Thomas.
Incidentially, blog roll is fairly easy if you use blogrolling dot com - free for the cheep folks and you can pay for more premium elements if you like. You can follow the links on my right column or just go their location and sign up.
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