Laura Bush Slams Media For Ignoring Good News In Iraq
Laura Bush Slams Media For Ignoring Good News In Iraq
On MSNBC this morning, Norah O’Donnell asked Laura Bush about a new poll that found “only 2 in 10 Americans approve of the job that the president is doing on Iraq.”
Mrs. Bush placed the blame squarely on the media. She said, “I do know that there are a lot of good things that are happening that aren’t covered. And I think that the drum beat in the country from the media, from the only way people know what is happening…is discouraging.”
Mrs. Bush added that she hopes there is “more balanced coverage by the media” in the future. Watch it:
The truth is that the Bush administration is systematically underreporting the amount of violence in Iraq. From the Iraq Study Group report, pg. 94-95:
In addition, there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases…For example, on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence. Good policy is difficult to make when information is systematically collected in a way that minimizes its discrepancy with policy goals.
Transcript:
NORAH O’DONNELL: I asked her about the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that we have out today that essentially says only 2 in 10 Americans approve of the job that the president is doing on Iraq. And Mrs. Bush defended her husband vigorously. Take a listen.
LAURA BUSH: It is not encouraging coverage for sure. There’s no doubt about it. But I do know that there are a lot of good things that are happening that aren’t covered. And I think that the drum beat in the country from the media, from the only way people know what is happening unless they happened to have a loved one deployed there, is discouraging.
O’DONNELL: She says that she hopes that there is “more balanced coverage by the media,” in her words. She also said “I understand why the polls are what they are” she says, “because of the coverage we see every day in Iraq.”
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Could someone hook me up with Laura’s pharmacist — I want some of what she’s takin’…
December 14th, 2006 at 11:21 amThat bubble is permeable kevlar. Nothing can penetrate inward but insipidness seeps out.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:22 amWhen George quit drinking did she start??
December 14th, 2006 at 11:23 amWhat are the good things happening in Iraq???????
Thanks Bruce
December 14th, 2006 at 11:26 amYou mean good news like the second mass kidnapping in a month in Baghdad by gunmen in military uniforms? That good news? Or the good news that 30 people were killed or found dead elsewhere in Iraq?
It’s so hard to keep up with all the good news coming out of Iraq, Laura. Thanks for helping.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:26 amLaura’s attitude reminds me of Homer Simpson when the Germans told him they “were from the land of chocolate,” and Homer proceeded to have a lovely daydream about dancing chocolate bunnies and lollipop trees.
Laura added, “La la la dee da da da…”
December 14th, 2006 at 11:27 amYes….let’s not forget all the schools we painted.
Laura, your defense of your husband, the Criminal-In-Chief, is not admirable in the least. On the contrary, it indicts you as a co-conspirator in the crime. You want to stand by your man, fine. When he’s against the wall, you’ll be against the wall right next to him.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:27 amWho cares what that robot thinks?
Did Noron O’Donnell realize the robot was dissing her?
She deserves what the Botox did to her.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:28 am#2- Badmoodman,
December 14th, 2006 at 11:31 amYou just defined Osmosis: Passage from the more dense to the less dense through a semi permeable membrane.
That’s right, Laura! The media is really unfair. I have driven my car thousands of miles without an accident. But, nooo, the media does not give me any print or air time. My brother- and sister-in-law got in a motorcycle accident and this was written about, not one day but two. I can see how “discouraged” you must be that your husband’s bully pulpit just can’t counter the media. Oh, if you only had your own paid media people…oh, wait…never mind.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:31 amIf things are so great in Iraq then why not place the journalist in with the troop to get a look at all the great things?? This bitch is as goofy as that no good bum of a president she sleeps with every night.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:31 amIf the media did “balanced reporting” there would be less than 2 in 10 approving bush’s handling of the destruction of Iraq. I can’t believe 20% of Americans are that stupid!
December 14th, 2006 at 11:32 amJim reporting from Baghdad:
“Yes, good morning. Well today I saw three men buying fruit at a market. They looked extremely happy. They couldn’t wait to get the fruit home and ran home to their families as I approached to talked to them.
Last night I went to a performance center where men looked to be rehearsing for a new play to open soon. They were wearing these neat head garbs - must be part of their heritage. The props they use are awesome real looking too just like weapons our soldiers use.
Tonight I’m going to see a performance by the Baghdad Chix. They tell me that, although they are all male, they sing like they are praying to Allah. Should be good.
By the way, I heard that a group of 30 were selected for the next performance of ‘Now you see’m, Now you don’t”. What a blast I’m having here in the heart of Mesopotamia.
Thanks Jim we hope to talk to you tomorrow. That report sponsored by Laura ‘just the fact maam’ Bush.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:33 amI’m trying to clap harder, but after almost four years my arms are getting tired and my hands are sore.
Got to keep clapping…for Laura.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:33 amWow, big delay in her Random Access Memory, that talking point was all used up a while ago.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:34 amsad that someone even asks her a question? what has this idiot to say about anything we the people care about? did you catch the drool?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:35 amA couple of days ago 50 or so people searching for jobs were blown up by a couple of car bombs. These people no longer need work so there are fewer people searching for jobs. Maybe Laura meant there is less unemployment in Iraq now. Car bombs are really addressing the unemployment situation. The media has clearly failed to address that point.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:38 amI, fer one, think it’s GRAND what the Firstest Lady is sayin… the same thing what Congressman Tom DeLay said on the Hammity and Combs show the other day. It’s the LIBERALS what is causin’ all the bloodshed over there in the Iraq!
If them liberal communist media jerks would just stop TALKIN’ about all the bloodshed and murder, then the bloodshed and murder would STOP!
At least as far as we know…
December 14th, 2006 at 11:40 amEver notice how these people complain that the press is not covering the good things, but then all they seem to do is complain about the press. You would think that given the national stage these people could make their speil then list off the good things. Of course schools and hospitals being open is not one of them, because schools and hospitals were open under Sadaam. For safety’s sake hey closed when we invaded, but opened up when things cooled down. Maybe Laura would like to talk about how there is more than enough work for everyone in the healthcare industries these days? Maybe she would like to discuss the amount of work the oil field repair crews or pipeline repair crews have? Or perhaps she might want to discuss how the coffin making market and funeral markets are booming. These groups (oil repair types, morticians & health care workers) seem to have plenty of work to keep them busy and off the streets, why does the press not report that? Nope our press only wants to report the truth.
It’s funny too, Bush has at times talked about how such a large percentage of the country is not being affected by the violence. What he does not say is that the parts not affected are the unpopulated desert portions, and those parts that are 100% homogenous in their population. The rest of the country, oh places like Baghdad where millions live, however are very affected by the violence.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:40 amthat stepford wife is running on very short fuses.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:41 amShe probably believes it…
December 14th, 2006 at 11:41 amIt’s just not fair! The news media won’t report on all the great public works projects we’re doing for Iraq. It’s those stupid Iraqi civilians who won’t let us film them or take pictures of them because they’re afraid of getting slaughtered by insurgents for working with the U.S. We just want to show everyone what a great place it is and how those reports of violence are so untrue.
Yeah, Laura, let’s start showing the good news. Then, let’s start showing the bad news that isn’t getting reported because it’s just too gross or because they can’t get reporters or cameramen out to those areas for fear of being kidnapped and tortured to death.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:43 amShe says that the only news we get is from media “unless you have a loved one there”. She seemed to stumble on that one. At least the MSNBC reporter sounded dumbfounded by Laura’s remarks.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:43 amGeorge Bush demands loyalty from his subordinates and she knows it. When was the last time she visited Iraq to see all “the good things that are happening” for herself? Instead of bitching about the media why doesn’t she go over there herself and write an article or book?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:46 amOh Pshaw! The Lord works in mysterious ways and Laura knows that! Every kid that dies is one less mouth to feed. Explosions at night and small gun fire make it hard to have sex…ergo, fewer mouths to feed. Pretty soon, there will be plenty of food to go around. See!! Great news! Rejoice!!
And I hear that sales of rechargeable electric drills are up 100% over last month.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:46 amLaura Bush slams the media and Norah O’Donnell–who works in media!–just sits there and takes it. She must be a real delight in bed.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:47 amPositive news?
In direct response to the horrific attacks of Sept 11th, the Bush admin replaced the tyrannical government of Saddam Hussein with a Shi’a fundamentalist government which has long, direct, and extremely close ties to Iran which The Decider called an “axis of evil”.
How can that ever be `good news’ to anyone except for Shiite fundamentalists?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:47 amThis lady is a complicitous, ignorant airhead. She had vehicular homicide scoured from her criminal record long ago, has a history of dealing in drugs in college, and is now coming out of her cockroach-infested nest to criticize the media whores who have done nothing but prop up this administration by spewing the propoganda coming from her house?? Give me a break, twisted sister! You not only do not deserve the integrity of being heard, you are just as guilty of what’s happening to this country as your partner is. Does she have a brain? I suspect not. Either that or she suffers from mental spousal abuse. She’s a nitwit of the first order.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:48 amSounds like it’s time for a “Laura Visits The Improved New Iraq Tour.” I’m sure Faux News would provide the necessary TV support and gosh, we really could use some good news about all the risks those private contractors are taking to “earn” their millions but make Iraq a wonderful place to live.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:48 amWell, Laura, I don’t see you spending much time in Iraq. I bet you probably have never been there. Why don’t you visit Baghdad and its surrounds later this month and stay there for about a week. Then you can come back with video of all the good things going on over there.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:49 amSlams??? For someone to slam something it has to have a high value of momentum (newtonian physics with some semantics of my own).
She doesnt have credibility, she doesnt have the slightest authority to talk about this issue, and she sleeps with Bush…
December 14th, 2006 at 11:50 amWas the interview with Noron conducted at the White House or at Laurabot’s current residence, the Mayflower Hotel?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:50 amAnd the public should give any credibility to that Stepford First Lady because….? For God’s sake, the former schoolteacher can’t even sit her idiot husband down and teach him the proper pronunciation of the word “nuclear.” Why should anyone listen to her views on anything substantive?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:50 amwhy dont you go to iraq and enlighten us, since you seem to have some deep understanding that we peons lack.
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December 14th, 2006 at 11:51 amO.K. sweetie, let’s talk about the time you murdered someone with your automobile….What’s that? O.K. then we will continue to talk about your husband’s war and the failure it has heaped upon this once great nation.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:52 amWho, Fox News? Sinclair Media? Clear Channel?
You mean the same media who undercounts the war protestors whenever they bother to cover them at all? The media prevented from showing the coffins of our dead? In Iraq? The same place where 10 soldiers and 60 civilians die every day lately?
Man I can’t wait for this Bizarro World Presidency to end….
December 14th, 2006 at 11:52 amThis meme that the Librul Media is not reporting all the good news from Iraq was common among rightie bloggers and radio blowhards up until a few months ago. Since then, they’ve gone conspicuously silent on that point.
Guess Laura didn’t get the memo…
December 14th, 2006 at 11:57 amBut, but…the schools! The schools!
Don’t pay any attention to our soldiers in a shooting gallery, and the innocent Iraqis blown up every day by extremists on both sides–just look at the schools!
She’s as loony as her husband.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:57 amI think she’s on to something here. Just the other day a reporter (from the media, mind you), came to my front door and asked me what I thought of the President. I said, “Well, I’m a litt–” then the reporter held me down and pooped on my head. “THAT’s what the President thinks of YOU!” he cried. It certainly gave me a negative perception of the President. I mean, really, if he’s sending out the media to poop on citizens like me–what other opinion could I have?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:57 amI lost all respect for Laura Bush after she went to the Gulf Coast and expressed annoyance at the media for making things seem worse than they really were. It doesn’t matter how loyal she is to her husband, no one can be forced to be used — much less say things — like that. When they trot Laura out though, you know that the situation is perceived as desperate. I got no fewer than three robocalls from Laura Bush this election cycle, and zero from GWB.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:59 amLaura has been living with a dumbass too long.
Let me see…which story is more informative for me to read? The one where 50 Iraqi people are killed and another 75 kidnapped by militants in uniforms on the same day the American body count reaches 2,700 dead, or the one where the US Army has cut the ribbon on a new grade school they built up in the safety of the Kurdish area?
The sooner Laura gets her Stepford-ass back to Crawford where she can put up jars of homemade jelly and jam, the better for the United States.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:00 pmHey Laura….if everything is great in Iraq why aren’t your daughters in uniform partying on the streets of Baghdad?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:06 pm#11. I’m not sure they sleep together. George goes to bed early (remember Laura’s desparate housewife complaint?). And, he really likes men — such as the Canadian Prime Minister’s aide.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:06 pmWhy should the war in Iraq be any different than news in general?
That things are going perfect doesn’t sell newspapers.
How many times do you hear about teenagers complaining how it’s only the bad things that end up in the newspapers not when someone makes eagle scout?
Laura, get a grip.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:07 pmTotally disconnected from reality, just like her hubby.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:07 pmBubblebums.
Malkin’s denial about the situation in Iraq could quite possibly get her killed.
Just natural selection at work, I guess.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:07 pm.
test….
bums?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:08 pmtest…
December 14th, 2006 at 12:08 pmSurgeon: The surgery was a success.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:08 pmGrieving Wife: But my husband died on the operating table.
Surgeon: But the surgery was a success, that should be the focus.
GMT, really interesting at what places you show up…
December 14th, 2006 at 12:10 pmYou’re one busy commenter! :D
The last time Bush played the blame the media game, one of the reporters who covers Iraq said that when she told the Pentagon that she would like to investigate the ‘good news’ stories first hand and report on them, she was told that publicizing how well a particular school or hospital was doing, would only make them a target for insurgent attacks.
Apparently, the irony that Iraq is so f***ed up that nothing invites violence like a success story, is lost on Laura Bush.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:10 pmBe careful what you ask for Mrs. Bush. More reporting on any good things will also need more reporters. More reporters will also see the bad things. That is, of course, if you actually allow more reporters.
For every samitary sewer job reported on there will be more of the 1,100 a day attacks to be reported on. And what sells more papers, Explosive shit or just plain shit.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:11 pmPoor Laura. Reality sure does take a bite out of fantasy-time, doesn’t it?
Is she still living out of a hotel, counting the days until she can finally divorce her looser hubby?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:12 pmSorry for test posts, strange delay before comments get published here…
December 14th, 2006 at 12:12 pmCould somebody tell Magda Goebbels to get her kids into uniform or STFU?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:14 pmLaura Bush looked terrible in that interview. I cannot believe that these people in the White House are so disconnected from reality.
She seemed angry and very put out that she had to respond to the questions that Noron was asking. Also, O’Donnel is a close friend of many in the administration thus the access. I caught this interview and I couldn’t believe my ears. The carnage each and every day is overwhelming and yet this women is blaming the media.
I can’t wait for them to be out of office. They are never accountable to anyone for their terrible decisions and thus the equally awful consequences.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:14 pm“Let them eat cake!” Possibly, well maybe, just kinda thinking here yah know… if her husband wasn’t such a spoiled pig-headed person there might not be so much to “complain” about.
But darn it… When he goes and starts a totally optional war, spends upwards of $580 billion (if he gets his $100 billion next month), kills almost 3,000 of our military members, untold 10’s of thousands of innocent Iraqis, divides the country for purely political reasons… Gosh… I just have to say that he brought it on himself.
He obviously does not listen to others than his extremely close AEI and PNAC certified handlers… so, is the “Decider” the one responsible? His handlers feeding him bad information? The Democrats who have not controlled congress for 12 years or the White House for 6, or is in the MEAN OLD NASTY MEDIA that just can’t get into the “REALITY” as shaped by this administration.
Cry me a river, witch! You are not immune to the contempt of the American people any more.
I would rather live on Discworld!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:16 pmCo-dependency can get you killed too.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:16 pmGeorge likes the big green army dick, he don’t like that wierd vagina stuff.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:18 pmShe outta send the twins over there. Life in Iraq is nothing but one big party according the Liquored-up Laura. Her twins will fit right in!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:18 pmI fail to understand why reporters keep asking her about anything policy-related. What do they expect her to say? And what do they expect her to say of substance? Sheesh, even her comments about decorating the White House for Christmas were completely lacking in depth or originality–just compare Jackie Kennedy or Betty Ford speaking about the WH. Asking Laura Bush to comment on any subject at all will only elicit a kneejerk response of great vacuity. Stop the insanity!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:19 pmYeah, good point, Laura! We all know how badly the corporate media wants to bring down the first CEO president, so that the Dems can return to power and start regulating it again.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:19 pmIT’S A VAST, LEFT WING CONSPIRACY!!! LMAO!!!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:20 pm“Let them eat cake!â€
Good point. But we’re living in the information age now, so, accordingly, the tenor has slightly changed:
“Let them report cake!”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:21 pmThese lazy journalists are to blame. They don’t go out “into the field” anymore to see the normalcy of Iraqi life, afraid of little things like road side bombs and sniper fire. What’s a few hundred dead journalists if it means getting the true story about how Sunnis and Shiites are giving each other flowers and chocolates, about the 2% increase in electricity production, about the decreased number of Iraqis in lines seeking employment, and about the many social and cultural events happening at local Iraqi hot spots.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:22 pm“I would rather live on Discworld!”
Of course! Nothing wrong with DISCWORLD.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:23 pmNice witches and everything…
Flotus is dissing the media cause they are not giving her daughter’s affair in the Southern Hemisphere enough coverage, I mean, after all, isn’t that good news for all the soybean magnates and their mega-farms down there in what used to be the Amazon rainforest?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:23 pmWhen Laura “Unsafe at any speed” Bush said, “But I do know that there are a lot of good things that are happening that aren’t covered,” O’Donnel should have asked her what her source was for her knowing about these good things that weren’t being reported.
Would have LOVED to hear her try to answer that one.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:26 pm#52 - Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
That deserves a patriotic chuckle!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:27 pmPickle’s Laura is just as bad as Ma Barker Bush when it comes to discounting the deaths and horrors of others.
Pickle’s should have just said:
“But why should the media report about severed heads, and Iraqi deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that.”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:29 pmRaven they are not covering the Soybean Magnates of S. America because everyone knows soy makes you gay.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:29 pmThe press says to the military, We want to write about this school you’ve opened. The military says, No, don’t. If you do, it might get blown up or the teachers might get killed.
The press says to the military, We want to write about this water plant you’ve opened. The military says, No, don’t. If you do, it might become a target.
The press says to the military, we want to go out in the neighborhoods and talk to real people. The military says, OK, but if you do, you’ll get killed.
There may be some good news out there, but it’s all eclipsed by the violence. Which is why the press emphasizes the violence.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:29 pmReporter Lara Logan of CBS News says our very own State Dept. will not let the reporters have the good news stories for rear of reprisal by terrorists/insurgents.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:31 pmIs there such a concept as “followup questions” in the media anymore? Shouldn’t the logical response from the reporter been “What good things have happened in Iraq recently?”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:31 pmLaura Bush (a mother, a wife, a first lady) is willing and incouraging media to ignore to inform true picture of war (soldiers and innocients alike dying and suffering pain unlike she has yet to experience). This is our representative of countries women. And George Bush is a representative of our men. Don’t we just have two of the fine example of true Americans. I do hope we as a country realize are committing crime against humanity and stop this.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:32 pmSay hello to the folks at Stepford pls Mrs. Bush. Thanks.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:32 pmSomeone said it,
News about shit blowing up is more sensational than news about shit just sitting there.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:33 pmNo good news comming from Iraq, just dead soldiers.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:33 pmI had a soybean today, and all of the sudden I am logging on to Jeff Gannon’s website… wierd
December 14th, 2006 at 12:34 pmLaura said she new of good things that were happening in Iraq that weren’t being reported. If that is the case then why didn’t she volunteer those good things that were happening? Or why didn’t Nora press her to list those good things that she knew were happening?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:35 pmWhat planet is this woman living on?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:36 pmI seem to remember the last major person who tried using this talking point ended up in a plane or helicopter dodging rocket fire over Iraq… who was that guy?
Oh, this reminds me, I have to call all of my friends, family, and our local papers to let them know that I didn’t die from choking on my toothbrush this morning. That’s “good news” right, Laura?
Last Throes…
Democrats need to use their abundance of political capital to end this thing NOW. I get the feeling that the Republicans are waiting for the Democrats on this one. It HAS to be done by Democrats and they can afford it. We can not wait for Republicans to come around which people still seem to be doing for some reason. Its (obviously) not going to happen. The Democrats ARE the Bush Administrations exit strategy. I say “so be it”.
Democrats need to have confidence: America understands.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:36 pmNo. Mrs. Bush is on to something. Let’s blow the cover off of all of Iraq. Report on the good things but also report on the status of all the private contracts. Report on the mass exodus of the middle class. Report on the mass kidnappings. Report on the corruption in the govt.. Report on the continual problem of AWOL’s in the military.
And the list goes on and on and on.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:36 pmToo bad the reporter neglected to ask Ms. Bush to name some of the positives…
December 14th, 2006 at 12:37 pm2 words: Beef.Jerky.Stew
December 14th, 2006 at 12:37 pmLaura’s own recipe…
Maybe if the ‘Chimp ‘n Chief’ wasn’t screwing the Secretary of Shoes Laura would find more good things to talk about.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:39 pmHow’s the Hotel life, Laura?
Do they let you drive yet?
Is something still good news after it gets blown up?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:44 pmWhat are the good things happening in Iraq???????
Comment by Bruce — December 14, 2006 @ 11:26 am
there’s an awful lot of school painting going on. every time they spackle over the bullet holes, they have to re-paint.
on the plus side, not too many kids are being affected by paint fumes.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:45 pmWe don’t get enough pictures of all the folks in Iraq receiving their ponies.
And we don’t get near as many shots of Unicorns as we should.
And rivers of chocolate flowing through the countryside.
Etc., etc., etc.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:46 pmGee, all these comments would make you think the First Lady’s approval numbers may be slipping alittle. It must be the media FEAR & BANLANZED!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:47 pm#70 Raven
Flotus
That’s great. I never thought about what her acronym would be. She appears to be suffering from flotulence.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:48 pmI guess you libs didn’t watch Sean Hannity in Iraq. The media loves to downplay positive progress in Iraq, shame on them! I can only trust America’s station (Fox News) to deliver the truth.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:51 pmThings are going so swimmingly in Iraq, they are happy with absolutely nothing, like the Whos in Whoville.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:52 pm“This is your FOX PROPOGANDA reporter coming to you live from Iraq, in a very comfortable and safe room provided by the wonderful U.S. military. I have it on good authority that of the 140,235 American soldiers alive yesterday here in Iraq, 140,207 are still alive today. When asked about this statistic, President Bush stated ‘that’s the kind of good news we need to hear about the hard work we’re doing over there’. That’s our report, live from the beautiful safe room in Baghdad, Iraq.”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:53 pmI wouldn’t expect anything more from Laura– but why does Norah get a pass? She’s a total ninny. Has she never heard of a follow up question? Such as “what good things”?
December 14th, 2006 at 12:56 pm“Laura Bush Slams Margaritas While Waiting for Husband’s Term to End.”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:56 pmLaura Bush Slams Margaritas While Waiting for Husband’s Term to End.â€
Comment by ForTruth — December 14, 2006 @ 12:56 pm
Please refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:59 pmI guess you libs didn’t watch Sean Hannity in Iraq. The media loves to downplay positive progress in Iraq, shame on them! I can only trust America’s station (Fox News) to deliver the truth.
Comment by Daryll
Daryll decides to employ humor in his posts. Right?
December 14th, 2006 at 1:00 pmShe also said “I understand why the polls are what they are†she says, “because of the coverage we see every day in Iraq.â€
And then she said, “Consuela, I’m out of gin again!! Where the hell is she?”
December 14th, 2006 at 1:00 pmDaryll,
Your dry humor is busting my side today. Keep it up. :)
December 14th, 2006 at 1:03 pmLAURA BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL JUST LIKE HER HUSBAND.
SHE SHOULD HAVE HER ASS THROWN IN JAIL FOR THE MURDER OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT IRAQIS.
SHE IS A LOWLIFE, JUST LIKE HER FAT ASS MOTHER IN LAW
December 14th, 2006 at 1:05 pmAs far as the Machine is concerned, the media IS the problem. They do not care about what REALLY happens. They are only concerned with what SEEMS to happen, what APPEARS to happen and what people SAY about these perceptions.
They do not connect to the fact that they are have created and perpetuate a war that is having terrible effects on REAL People.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:06 pm#100 Daryll
Please refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
Okay, so she doesn’t drink Margaritas. What does she drink? I’m guessing beer, but she probably doesn’t slam ‘em down like her mother-in-law.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:08 pm“I can only trust America’s station (Fox News) to deliver the truth.”
Funny. Just like you can only trust the bible to deliver the truth. Both Fox News and the bible are created and edited by humans.
“Please refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.”
Please refrain from claiming Laura Bush as being beloved by everyone.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:08 pmThis is Noron.
Follow-up?
She’s as empty headed as the person she was interviewing.
The Laurabotâ„¢ must be taking valium by the fist full.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:09 pm“Laura Bush Slams Margaritas While Waiting for Husband’s Term to End.â€
Comment by ForTruth
I’d respect her more if she did.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:11 pmWhat do you expect her to say after all she is married to the idoit. Is insanity catching????????
December 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pmPlease refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
Comment by Daryll
Try not to be a complete tool, Daryll.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pmIt’s amazing of how when the media reports what’s actually happening in Iraq, the Bush spin machine whines and casts blame. There is one person to blame for the Iraq disaster and guess who that is, Laura. I’m waiting!!!!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pmAs far as the Machine is concerned, the media IS the problem. They do not care about what REALLY happens. They are only concerned with what SEEMS to happen, what APPEARS to happen and what people SAY about these perceptions.
They do not connect to the fact that they are have created and perpetuate a war that is having terrible effects on REAL People.
Comment by elvisgoat — December 14, 2006 @ 1:06 pm
They’re concerned about media ratings, shameful! What happened to honest journalism? There has been alot of positive progress in Iraq, but I guess they only care about statistics.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:16 pmIf there’s so much good news to report you would think fox would be all over it as would tony snow-job as would all the other right wing talking heads. My goodness…. IT must be another RIGHT WING conspiricy to discredit the POTUS!!!!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:16 pm“I can only trust America’s station (Fox News) to deliver the truth. ”
Fox News is foreign owned.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:17 pmRight, Laura. Things are going wonderfully well in Iraq. Tell that to the family in New Mexico whose son was in the belly of the plane while I flew in first class.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:18 pm#38 Doktor Texas – Well, she is not an Elected Official and a Murderrer like Ted Kennedy. Senetor Kennefys car has killed more people than my gun. I love that line.
#93 BuriedInTheBibleBelt – No, we still love her. The comments are on this site so very few read them.
As for the rest of you wing-nuts. You know the positive things going on in Iraq. Every time an American dies it not just give you creeps a woody, according to Senator Kerry it is the stupid and poor who are soldiers. So the income and intelligence average of all America is going up.
ROTFL
December 14th, 2006 at 1:19 pmDaryll’s trying to use humor, or maybe it’s his brother Daryll. It takes some getting used to. Daryll, at least your moving beyond fiction writing. Maybe after you look at Iraq and the Chimp and the drooling Laura without the Faux Filter, you could try writing non-fiction.
What is that drool anyway? She had some dropping of her chin. Bad manners girl!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:22 pmWhat happened to honest journalism?
Comment by Daryll
What is your main source for news, Daryll?
December 14th, 2006 at 1:23 pmPlease refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
Comment by Daryll
Try not to be a complete tool, Daryll.
Comment by Zooey — December 14, 2006 @ 1:15 pm
I’m not being a tool. The First Lady is very kind and meek. She’s also a god-fearing woman. I can’t make the same statement about Sen. Hillary Clinton.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:23 pmif laura likes the slaughter of innocent women and babies, then it is good news, for her.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:23 pmthe stupid cow!
#100 Daryll
Please refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
Okay, so she doesn’t drink Margaritas. What does she drink? I’m guessing beer, but she probably doesn’t slam ‘em down like her mother-in-law.
Comment by chimpeach — December 14, 2006 @ 1:08 pm
Do you personally know the former First Lady?
December 14th, 2006 at 1:25 pmWhat is your main source for news, Daryll?
Comment by Zooey — December 14, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
NewsWeek, Drudge Report and the book of Revelations.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:29 pmDaryll.. Daryll…
December 14th, 2006 at 1:29 pmthis is your lord calling…
I hope you are on your way to the East, and that you have only stopped off at an Arby’s to use the free wireless internet..
Mary is with child, and having no husband, I was hoping this would be enough of a clue for you to recognize the second coming.
Quit hanging around here wasting your time defending worthless Philistines, and get thee to Virginia on that stupid ass of yours.
Please refrain from creating false comments about our beloved First Lady.
Comment by Daryll
Beloved? I might buy her a beer if I thought I had a chance to get into her pants, but beloved? I friggin’ think so!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:29 pmSo Happy Guy, what are these positive things of which you speak?
If you had any brotherly love, you would support getting our boys out of Iraq. Your blind faith in the Chimp is f**ing disgusting.
Kerry was making fun of the ShitforBrains in the White House. Kerry actually fought for our country, unlike Bush or you, I would bet.
We have a saying here in Arizona that fits for you Happy Guy,
“chupa la verga”
December 14th, 2006 at 1:32 pmI thought that she might be a tad brighter than her husband, but possibly not.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:33 pmThe Stepford wife is so yesterday!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:33 pmThat’s an old argument, and one that has been disproven, yet she hasn’t taken it out of her robotic responses.
I have never understood the appeal of this woman. Like all the Bush women, she has made a pact with the devil in return for her status and money. In the beginning of the dope’s tenure, she basically said that she and Bushie were in agreement about the future of Roe v. Wade, that it wouldn’t and shouldn’t go away. Then she was brought back to the shop to have her mind dusted and cleaned, and she has kept her mouth firmly shut on the subject ever since.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:34 pmGet a grip, Laura Bushbag! If the media whores were “fair and balanced”, you’d be in a much larger kettle of hot water for your hideous background than you are - vehicular homocide of an ex boyfriend in high school?? Peddling illegal drugs in college? I think the media has been ultra-fair to you, miss goody two shoes. The truth will come out when you exit Penna. avenue and will be plastered all over the tabloids - some of it is appearing now about the drunken tirades and the affairs…..she’ll soon get to see first hand how “truthful” the media can be!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:36 pmHappy Guy…do your homework! Meek and kind?? Does a leopard change their spots?? Precisely!! Check out her “spotless” background before making rash judgments which are bogus….vehicular homicide of an ex (accident?? right!), caught dealing dope in college…..expunged records?? It will all come out someday….the Truth always prevails whether we like it or not. Next time, though, before coming on a blog and obviously knowing zilch, please do some homework; that is, if you want to sound like anything but an illiterate troll.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:38 pm#130 - I remember!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:38 pmCan someone please inform the First Lady that even the newly-minted Secretary of Defence has already admitted that the US is not winning the war in Iraq?
Also, it seems she doesn’t talk to her husband very often: Pres Bush already said the insurgency in Iraq is “far from being defeated”.
Wouldn’t these qualify as “bad news” too? Or maybe Sec Gates and Pres Bush spend too much time watching those naysayers on the “liberal media”.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:39 pmMiss Goody Two Shoes just made a very serious mistake - she’s the pawn of the GOP since they have absolutely no one to puppet right now whom the american public will listen to…..her big mistake is making herself the “new target” because all of the smut surrounding her will be brought to the fore and, at least according to Happy Guy (whose moniker should be Ignorance Is Bliss - hah!) it couldn’t happen to a nicer, sweeter gal. What a joke….ahhahahahaha! The truth will prevail and since she’s agreed to be front and center, let’s all get to look at her “secretly expunged” personal record, shall we?
December 14th, 2006 at 1:41 pmHow vacuous. Oh, and Laura is vacuous too, Happy Guy.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:42 pmNewsWeek, Drudge Report and the book of Revelations.
Comment by Daryll
Oy, I’m sorry I asked, Schmendrick….er, Daryll.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:43 pmShe’s a delusional fraud. Let’s face it: how could anyone live with an individual so obviously deluded and apart from reality without suffering from the same disease herself? The horse cock joke really turned people’s stomachs and gave her “handlers” serious heartburn. She’ll never live that one down; in fact, it probably said more about who she really is than this librarian facade of hers. She’s another “wolf in sheep’s clothing”….what you see is definitely NOT what you get. She’s insincere, used as a GOP puppet, and is a mindless, inarticulate, uneducated excuse for a first lady. I’m ashamed of her in public.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:45 pmIf it bleeds it leads.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:47 pmand speaking of Stepford Wife personified….will someone please tell Miss Goody Laura that the burgundy lipstick went out with Nirvana and Tammy Faye! She looks like a train ran over her face these days! Howdy Doody’s female counterpart?
December 14th, 2006 at 1:47 pmMiss Goody Two Shoes just made a very serious mistake - she’s the pawn of the GOP since they have absolutely no one to puppet right now whom the american public will listen to…..her big mistake is making herself the “new target†because all of the smut surrounding her will be brought to the fore and, at least according to Happy Guy (whose moniker should be Ignorance Is Bliss - hah!) it couldn’t happen to a nicer, sweeter gal. What a joke….ahhahahahaha! The truth will prevail and since she’s agreed to be front and center, let’s all get to look at her “secretly expunged†personal record, shall we?
Comment by veritas — December 14, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
Veritas, shame on you and other liberal bloggers. The First Lady’s personal life shouldn’t be considered top priority as far as politics. Have you heard the phase, “That was then, this is now”? Were at war. Our number one priority is victory in Iraq. Oh, tell James Baker and his committee to hide under a rock, we will not surrender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2006 at 1:51 pmTracy sez:
Well, there’s certainly no shortage of blood flowing from Iraq. If your trite little truism were as literally accurate as you claim, 99% of all news stories would be about the carnage that is ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:55 pmThe First Lady is very kind and meek. She’s also a god-fearing woman. I can’t make the same statement about Sen. Hillary Clinton. Comment by Daryll
Look in the mirror and ask yourself your own little Freudian Slip: Do you personally know the former First Lady?
BTW, I really don’t think you are a tool. That would imply something useful.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:56 pmDaryll sez:
Daryll, are you seriously this stupid, or are you merely doing a brilliant characterture of an idiotic neocon?
I honestly can’t tell. If it’s the latter, kudos. If it’s the former, you seriously need to lay off the Kool-Aid.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:00 pm“That was then, this is now�
Comment by Daryll
So you respect President Clinton now?
December 14th, 2006 at 2:00 pmUh, as someone who does “have a loved one employed there,” and who talked to that loved one for an hour last night, Iraq sounds like a disaster. Didn’t need the New York Times to tell me that.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:01 pmYou have no way of knowing if your percentage is right because we rarely hear about any of the good things that our troops are doing in Iraq. If the media would actually talk to the troops in Iraq about the public works projects they work on, which I do on a constant basis, they just might make our troops feel good about the hard work they are doing.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:01 pmComment by daryll:
December 14th, 2006 at 2:01 pm” …The First Lady’s personal life shouldn’t be considered top priority as far as politics, etc….”
So, is the same to apply to the President?
The First Lady’s personal life shouldn’t be considered top priority as far as politics. Comment by Daryll
Oh, really! You must have been REALLY peeved when President Clinton’s and First Lady Clinton’s personal lives were nothing BUT top priority for the Republicans. I also bet you wanted Hillary Clinton to just shut up and not comment on policy because she was merely Bill Clinton’s wife, even though she has way more political experience and savvy than Laura Bush and George W. Bush put together and doubled.
I’m not sure whether you are more incompetent talking about politics or religion. I guess you are an equal opportunity nonsense-employer.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:03 pmThe good news in Iraq is that the Halliburton and B&R executives are getting richer than ever imagined. Oh wait ! thats the good news the media can’t report. Nevermind.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:03 pmDaryll….take your head out of your butt, friend! Then is now and karma is a bitch!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:03 pmFor the record, most americans would welcome President Clinton back with open arms…..how this bungler could take a 3 trillion dollar surplus and convert into a 6 trillion dollar deficit (and mounting daily) is definitely bozo’s legacy. Fiscal incompetence has been his forte since his youth….reckless, unaccountable, heartless, charlatan….just some of the many glowing adjectives one can conjure up to describe such a misanthrope…..so many adjectives/so little time.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:06 pmAnd Darryl….when one becomes a “public (pubic) servant, their entire personal life is no longer private”…just so you know!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:06 pmShame yourself, troll-Daryl, for coming on this thread so ill-prepared. Shouldn’t you still be in school?
December 14th, 2006 at 2:08 pmTracy
Why are military personell engaged in “public works projects” in the first place? Shouldn’t this kind of work be done by engineers and construction workers? Could it be that this “good” work has to be guarded by a weapon because of the highly violent environment? How about we bring our military personell home and send them to repair the Katrina damage as a “public works project”? Maybe this will help them “feel good about the hard work they are doing”.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:08 pmHey Daryll what’s with the “we” will not surrender. I was in Iraq and I didn’t see your chickensh*t a** there! I am sure you are in favor of shedding other people’s blood for causes you are to cowardly to participate in, but advocate at the top of you lungs as long as you are safe and sound. Cowards like you make me sick. Long on mouth and short on guts.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:08 pmYou have no way of knowing if your percentage is right because we rarely hear about any of the good things that our troops are doing in Iraq.
Comment by Tracy — December 14, 2006 @ 2:01 pm
Well, if what you really wanted was a “fair” coverage, you should be complaining about the serious under-reporting of the daily violence in Iraq. You know, one of the findings of the Iraq Study Group?
But that is not what you want. You want the media to tell you what you want to hear, namely that everything is a-ok, and that things are going “swimmingly”.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:09 pmWouldn’t this be a priceless debate: Laura Bush vs. Hillary Clinton?? Hillary would tear her a new you-know-what! Laura doesn’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain against Super Hillary….what a asswiping that would be!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:09 pm“La-la-la-la-la … oh, I like the pretty little flowers in Iraq. La-la-la-la-la”
December 14th, 2006 at 2:10 pm–Laura Bush, commenting on U.S. foreign policy
Tracy = Troll?? Yepparoo!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:12 pmThe good news from Iraq these days is the extraordinarily low levels of unemployment for mortuary assistants and people willing to clear debris and body parts from the streets.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:13 pmNo experience required.
Who the hell wants or cares to hear about what the wives of Presidents think, particularly this one?
The idea of a “first lady” was invented by Republican media operatives. It started with Ronald Regan. Prior to that, wives of the U.S. President were simply known by their first names, and by and large, they did not say much. We were all better off in those days, and we did not have to hear mindless chatter from the clueless.
Finally, Mrs. Bush should remember that her husband was elected (arguably) to office. She was not. She should shut the hell up.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:16 pmOne of the majhor problems about advertising the “good work done by our troops” is that when it’s reported on, the anti-American insurgents get a wild hair and attack the places that have been rebuilt.
In fact, a number of Iraqi people have specifically requested that there be no news about the American troops or contractors helping fix (what we destroyed) because then they’d be targeted by the anti-American insurgents.
While there is good news about our helping in the rebuilding, they also never talk about how we were the ones that did some of the destruction to begin with. Go figure.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:22 pmThe idea of a “first lady†was invented by Republican media operatives. It started with Ronald Regan.
Comment by Fisherman — December 14, 2006 @ 2:16 pm
This is not quite true. The name/title has been around longer than that. From the Wikipedia:
The title first gained nationwide recognition in 1877, when newspaper journalist Mary Clemmer Ames referred to Lucy Webb Hayes as “the first lady of the land” while reporting on the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes. Mrs. Hayes was a tremendously popular first lady, and the frequent reporting on her activities helped spread use of the title outside Washington.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:29 pmA popular 1911 comedic play by playwright Charles Nirdlinger titled “The First Lady in the Land” cemented use of the title by the general public, and it first entered the dictionary in 1934.
First Lady of the United States
All of a sudden the MSM can’t get their facts straight, eh? With all the hell breaking loose in Iraq, to look only on the rosier side of life pretty well indicates someone out of touch with reality.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:29 pmI guess you libs didn’t watch Sean Hannity in Iraq. The media loves to downplay positive progress in Iraq, shame on them! I can only trust America’s station (Fox News) to deliver the truth.
Comment by Daryll
I heard him glowering on about his time in the Green Zone, where only soldiers still in lock step with victory in Iraq were allowed to get near Hannity. Are you kidding me? Hannity isn’t a journalist with any credibility whatsoever. I watch him and his parrot Colmes yell at people until they shut up. He’ll start an interview with the most broadbrushed cornering questions ever. That’s his only tool, make whoever I am talking to start from a disadvantage by asking a doublesided open ended question then make sure they answer yes or no. This guy is a lapdog for these pigs. Then to top it off Rumsfeld adds that “”You know when you’re flying over Iraq the whole country isn’t on fire…” You’re a joke Darryl. Just name one thing besides hospitals and schools being open that is good news? Just one. Then tell me what trumps the obduction of 30 citizens off the street and the daily murder of civilians and US servicemen. You’re a friggin joke my man. A sad sad little man you are.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:31 pm#158
http://www.usace.army.mil/missions/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee
December 14th, 2006 at 2:38 pmshe looks and sounds more like an abused spouse, not a co-conspirator.
wanna bet she’s seen the working end of the chimperor’s wrath more than once?
don’t forget he was a nasty drunk, now an unrecovered nasty dry drunk.
seriously, she’s not only scorched but expected to defend the indefensible.
but with this interview, her mask has slipped and it can be the start of recovery for her, at least. once this happens, there’s no going back without profound consequences to her real self.
now only barney stands between him and his righteous collapse.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:44 pm#160
“Well, if what you really wanted was a “fair†coverage, you should be complaining about the serious under-reporting of the daily violence in Iraq.”
Yes I am sure it would make you feel better if every death in Iraq was reported about in depth so the MSNBC wouldn’t be able to report on anything else 24/7. I am sure our troops watch cable news over in Iraq would appreciate it.
“But that is not what you want. You want the media to tell you what you want to hear, namely that everything is a-ok, and that things are going “swimminglyâ€. ”
I want the media to give our troops the recognition that DESERVE for helping rebuild Iraq, not just accolades for serving in Iraq….but that’s not what you want.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:44 pmWow, Tracy make a fine, rational statment and your first instinct is to call them a Troll. I guess that means you don’t want to hear truth or a rational statment that does not fit in your little cool-aid world.
ROTFL - Go get’em Tracy- ROTFL
December 14th, 2006 at 2:49 pmDamn, it’s complain-a-thon 2006 in here! Why don’t you losers actually DO something to help the world? Oh, that’s right. You’re too busy complaining. Waaaaaahhhhh.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:50 pmI want the media to give our troops the recognition that DESERVE for helping rebuild Iraq
Comment by Tracy
You mean build a US embassy bigger than the Vatican or 14 permanent military bases, right?
What things are building US troops FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE?
December 14th, 2006 at 2:51 pmHappy Guy,
December 14th, 2006 at 2:54 pmwhy dont you enlist?
Trolls, Yawn.
I’d rather live on Discworld!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:57 pmYes I am sure it would make you feel better if every death in Iraq was reported
Comment by Tracy — December 14, 2006 @ 2:44 pm
What, can’t you argue without resorting to strawman arguments? Are you saying the Iraq Study Group also would feel better if every American death were reported? Yeah, those dirty liberals in the ISG…
Again, you seem bent on blocking out anything that doesn’t fit with your preconceived notion on how things are going in Iraq. What is wrong with reporting the facts? Suddenly you are not so keen on “we report, you decide”.
I want the media to give our troops the recognition that DESERVE for helping rebuild Iraq
But not say anything about the reasons why Iraq needs to be rebuilt in the first place. Interesting.
not just accolades for serving in Iraq….but that’s not what you want.
I’ve made no statement one way or the other, so you are on your own on that one. Maybe you should stop listening to those voices in your head.
And your arguments are better if you use your own words.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:57 pmI want the media to give our troops the recognition that DESERVE for helping rebuild Iraq
That would be a C-140 landing in front of them, opening the doors and saying, “Time to go home.” That is the recognition that they deserve, and the recognition that they desire, so that they don’t come home in pieces or in a box. Don’t believe me? Then sign yourself up and get over there.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:59 pm“good things happening in Iraq”…..
It has got to be all that war profiteering….
December 14th, 2006 at 2:59 pmTracy,
Those links you provided, although good, make emphasis on the military nature of the works both the SeaBees and the Corps of Engineers accomplish.
The question was: Why would the US military be engaged in “public works projects”? You know, “public” as in “civilian”…
December 14th, 2006 at 3:01 pmWhy are journalists afraid ask the Bush’s why their daughters aren’t serving in Iraq? If the winning this war is so important, shouldn’t Barbara and Jenna Bush join the fight?
December 14th, 2006 at 3:03 pm