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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3781411</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 07:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pres Bush: 

&#039;Mission Accomplished&#039; referred to my safe landing on that carrier.</description>
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<p>&#8216;Mission Accomplished&#8217; referred to my safe landing on that carrier.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3781411', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3781244</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 04:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pres Bush: 

The mission was accomplished before it wasn&#039;t!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pres Bush: </p>
<p>The mission was accomplished before it wasn&#8217;t!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3781244', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Stay out of the Bushes</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3780237</link>
		<dc:creator>Stay out of the Bushes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 21:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It all depends on what the definition of &quot;is&quot; is.

Right wingers??!

This administration is a disgrace to the entire world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It all depends on what the definition of &#8220;is&#8221; is.</p>
<p>Right wingers??!</p>
<p>This administration is a disgrace to the entire world.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3780237', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bluedog49</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3780114</link>
		<dc:creator>Bluedog49</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 20:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s go back to the 90&#039;s and review some of Osama bin Laden&#039;s list of demands.

U.S. Military bases out of Saudi Arabia? Check.

Remove the secular dictator from power in Iraq? Check.

More recruits for al Qaeda? Check.

Yes, one could make a cogent argument that George W. Bush supports terrorism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s go back to the 90&#8217;s and review some of Osama bin Laden&#8217;s list of demands.</p>
<p>U.S. Military bases out of Saudi Arabia? Check.</p>
<p>Remove the secular dictator from power in Iraq? Check.</p>
<p>More recruits for al Qaeda? Check.</p>
<p>Yes, one could make a cogent argument that George W. Bush supports terrorism.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3780114', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: IraqVet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3780087</link>
		<dc:creator>IraqVet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 20:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>preÂ·vail      /prÉªËˆveÉªl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pri-veyl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

1. to be or prove superior in strength, power, or influence (usually fol. by over): They prevailed over their enemies in the battle. 

&lt;em&gt;Hmmm...Let me see...

a) We are stronger, yet we have a decided advantage because the enemy has little to lose...

b) It serves no strategic advantage for the U.S.

c) It is costing thousands of military and civilian deaths

d) Is being corrupted and mislabeled as a national Security risk...

Hmmmm...VIETNAM anyone? It is too bad that the communist threat thatwas preached over and over again did not materialize and yet, we have no visible enemy within Vietnam currently?&lt;/em&gt;
 
2. to succeed; become dominant; win out: to wish that the right side might prevail. 

&lt;em&gt; Well that would be accurate. BUSH is certainly wishing, yet he keeps forgetting ONE THING! &lt;strong&gt;HE IS AN IDIOT AND A COWARD, and has NO EXPERIENCE in warfare.&lt;/strong&gt;

a) Dominance is a strategy and a concept of winning before the battle is fought. So there goes that advantage.

b) Good commanders know when they are at an impass. They will withdraw and regroup to fight differently. Dayum, I forgot who I was talking about! Therefore, we have NO PLAN, NO STRATEGY, NO VICTORY...

c) The HATED are the least trusted, and so it often falls to others to clean up the mess they created. This is not know, since DADDY BUSH has been covering for his SCREW_UP of a son for so long...&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>preÂ·vail      /prÉªËˆveÉªl/ Pronunciation Key &#8211; Show Spelled Pronunciation[pri-veyl] Pronunciation Key &#8211; Show IPA Pronunciation</p>
<p>1. to be or prove superior in strength, power, or influence (usually fol. by over): They prevailed over their enemies in the battle. </p>
<p><em>Hmmm&#8230;Let me see&#8230;</p>
<p>a) We are stronger, yet we have a decided advantage because the enemy has little to lose&#8230;</p>
<p>b) It serves no strategic advantage for the U.S.</p>
<p>c) It is costing thousands of military and civilian deaths</p>
<p>d) Is being corrupted and mislabeled as a national Security risk&#8230;</p>
<p>Hmmmm&#8230;VIETNAM anyone? It is too bad that the communist threat thatwas preached over and over again did not materialize and yet, we have no visible enemy within Vietnam currently?</em></p>
<p>2. to succeed; become dominant; win out: to wish that the right side might prevail. </p>
<p><em> Well that would be accurate. BUSH is certainly wishing, yet he keeps forgetting ONE THING! <strong>HE IS AN IDIOT AND A COWARD, and has NO EXPERIENCE in warfare.</strong></p>
<p>a) Dominance is a strategy and a concept of winning before the battle is fought. So there goes that advantage.</p>
<p>b) Good commanders know when they are at an impass. They will withdraw and regroup to fight differently. Dayum, I forgot who I was talking about! Therefore, we have NO PLAN, NO STRATEGY, NO VICTORY&#8230;</p>
<p>c) The HATED are the least trusted, and so it often falls to others to clean up the mess they created. This is not know, since DADDY BUSH has been covering for his SCREW_UP of a son for so long&#8230;</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3780087', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: peterh</title>
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		<dc:creator>peterh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 20:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ms Perino is obviously finding other applications for her lipstickâ€¦.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms Perino is obviously finding other applications for her lipstickâ€¦.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3780080', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BD</title>
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		<dc:creator>BD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why wasn&#039;t she then asked: 
&quot;So do all ships returning home get a nifty &#039;Mission Accomplished&#039; banner?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why wasn&#8217;t she then asked:<br />
&#8220;So do all ships returning home get a nifty &#8216;Mission Accomplished&#8217; banner?&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3780032', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why are these jokers still in office?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why are these jokers still in office?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779956', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Kindness = Wealth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kindness = Wealth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like Orwell&#039;s Animal Farm when the pigs keep modifying the rules painted on the wall.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like Orwell&#8217;s Animal Farm when the pigs keep modifying the rules painted on the wall.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779918', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lonesomerobot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3779895</link>
		<dc:creator>lonesomerobot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;That was specific to the mission of that ship.&lt;/em&gt;

yes, thanks for waiting four years to give us that bit of context.

let&#039;s get dana&#039;s take on some other bushco classics...

&lt;em&gt;bring &#039;em on&lt;/em&gt;
the &quot;&#039;em&quot; there refers to the LOVERS OF FREEDOM!

&lt;em&gt;last throes&lt;/em&gt;
what cheney actually said was &quot;last throws&quot; - meaning the insurgents were just warming up, like a relief pitcher about to come into a baseball game.

&lt;em&gt;we know where the wmds are&lt;/em&gt;
well, we do. we still have the receipts!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>That was specific to the mission of that ship.</em></p>
<p>yes, thanks for waiting four years to give us that bit of context.</p>
<p>let&#8217;s get dana&#8217;s take on some other bushco classics&#8230;</p>
<p><em>bring &#8216;em on</em><br />
the &#8220;&#8216;em&#8221; there refers to the LOVERS OF FREEDOM!</p>
<p><em>last throes</em><br />
what cheney actually said was &#8220;last throws&#8221; &#8211; meaning the insurgents were just warming up, like a relief pitcher about to come into a baseball game.</p>
<p><em>we know where the wmds are</em><br />
well, we do. we still have the receipts!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779895', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tln41</title>
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		<dc:creator>tln41</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rove and company have a PhD in wordsmithing. Words spoken by Bush Administration officials are carefully chosen to imply hidden meanings, then pundits are used to spread the hidden meanings. This allows officials to later hide behind the actual words used and deny any responsibility for the intended interpretations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rove and company have a PhD in wordsmithing. Words spoken by Bush Administration officials are carefully chosen to imply hidden meanings, then pundits are used to spread the hidden meanings. This allows officials to later hide behind the actual words used and deny any responsibility for the intended interpretations.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779881', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-2/#comment-3779859</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is just like saying Bush never linked Saddam to 9/11. All he did was to mention them both in the same sentence, time after time after time. But he didn&#039;t actually link the two. In salesmanship it&#039;s called the use of inference.

It&#039;s a way to weasel out of a misrepresentation charge.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is just like saying Bush never linked Saddam to 9/11. All he did was to mention them both in the same sentence, time after time after time. But he didn&#8217;t actually link the two. In salesmanship it&#8217;s called the use of inference.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a way to weasel out of a misrepresentation charge.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779859', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Art</title>
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		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;PERINO: We did prevail&quot;
 ... then why are we still there?

&quot;And things looked very promising.&quot;
 ... then maybe we should sue for breach of promise?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;PERINO: We did prevail&#8221;<br />
 &#8230; then why are we still there?</p>
<p>&#8220;And things looked very promising.&#8221;<br />
 &#8230; then maybe we should sue for breach of promise?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779858', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: the Lone Voice of Reason</title>
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		<dc:creator>the Lone Voice of Reason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toasterhead you just got Punked, OK I just woke up, and it isn&#039;t all a bad dream. We&#039;re F@#%&amp;$!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toasterhead you just got Punked, OK I just woke up, and it isn&#8217;t all a bad dream. We&#8217;re F@#%&amp;$!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779839', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: OxyCon</title>
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		<dc:creator>OxyCon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...And so Scott Sforza came aboard several days before the president was due to touch down on the Lincoln to work out the dozens of small details that would create a truly memorable photo op. Take the lighting, for example. Sforza concluded that the president would look best, look more heroic, in the more muted sunshine of the late afternoon then he would in the harsh light of midday. And so the event was scheduled for the late afternoon. And then there was the question of the ship&#039;s proximity to land. Originally, the White House had argued that a helicopter entrance would not have been possible because the ship was too far out to sea. But it turned out that the Lincoln had moved faster than planned, and on May 1, it was only 45 kilometers off the coast of San Diego, well within helicopter range. But nothing would be allowed to get in the way of the picture of the president, in full battle gear, landing mid-ocean aboard an S-3 Viking fighter jet. It simply required turning the Lincoln away from land, so the cameras would see nothing but sea and sky behind Mr. Bush, rather than the looming skyline of San Diego. 

...The exterior of the four-seat Navy S-3B Viking was marked with &quot;Navy 1&quot; in the back and &quot;George W. Bush Commander-in-Chief&quot; just below the cockpit window. On the plane&#039;s tail was the insignia of the squadron, the &quot;Blue Wolves.&quot; 

...&quot;Yes, I flew it. Yeah, of course, I liked it,&quot; said Bush, who was an F-102 fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard after graduating from Yale University in 1968. 

...Bush wanted to swoop onto the deck of the Lincoln aboard an F-18 Hornet, but the Secret Service nixed the idea -- they didn&#039;t like leaving the president unguarded in a fighter jet that only has space for the president and a pilot. 

...No president in the 20th century, not even Dwight Eisenhower, a legitimate five-star general, had ever been photographed wearing a military uniform. But this president was different. Michael Deaver, who had created so many compelling images for Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, was suitably impressed. &quot;Somebody&#039;s got a good eye over there,&quot; he told the New York Times two weeks later. &quot;They understand they have to build a set. â€¦ They understand that what&#039;s around the head is just as important as the head.&quot; Chris Mathews, a host on MSNBC, called it &quot;the best presidential picture in years.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;And so Scott Sforza came aboard several days before the president was due to touch down on the Lincoln to work out the dozens of small details that would create a truly memorable photo op. Take the lighting, for example. Sforza concluded that the president would look best, look more heroic, in the more muted sunshine of the late afternoon then he would in the harsh light of midday. And so the event was scheduled for the late afternoon. And then there was the question of the ship&#8217;s proximity to land. Originally, the White House had argued that a helicopter entrance would not have been possible because the ship was too far out to sea. But it turned out that the Lincoln had moved faster than planned, and on May 1, it was only 45 kilometers off the coast of San Diego, well within helicopter range. But nothing would be allowed to get in the way of the picture of the president, in full battle gear, landing mid-ocean aboard an S-3 Viking fighter jet. It simply required turning the Lincoln away from land, so the cameras would see nothing but sea and sky behind Mr. Bush, rather than the looming skyline of San Diego. </p>
<p>&#8230;The exterior of the four-seat Navy S-3B Viking was marked with &#8220;Navy 1&#8243; in the back and &#8220;George W. Bush Commander-in-Chief&#8221; just below the cockpit window. On the plane&#8217;s tail was the insignia of the squadron, the &#8220;Blue Wolves.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8230;&#8221;Yes, I flew it. Yeah, of course, I liked it,&#8221; said Bush, who was an F-102 fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard after graduating from Yale University in 1968. </p>
<p>&#8230;Bush wanted to swoop onto the deck of the Lincoln aboard an F-18 Hornet, but the Secret Service nixed the idea &#8212; they didn&#8217;t like leaving the president unguarded in a fighter jet that only has space for the president and a pilot. </p>
<p>&#8230;No president in the 20th century, not even Dwight Eisenhower, a legitimate five-star general, had ever been photographed wearing a military uniform. But this president was different. Michael Deaver, who had created so many compelling images for Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, was suitably impressed. &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s got a good eye over there,&#8221; he told the New York Times two weeks later. &#8220;They understand they have to build a set. â€¦ They understand that what&#8217;s around the head is just as important as the head.&#8221; Chris Mathews, a host on MSNBC, called it &#8220;the best presidential picture in years.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779833', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ranger Jay</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-1/#comment-3779824</link>
		<dc:creator>Ranger Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps Bush didn&#039;t actually utter those words. That would involve the use of more than two syllables.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps Bush didn&#8217;t actually utter those words. That would involve the use of more than two syllables.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779824', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: toasterhead</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-1/#comment-3779821</link>
		<dc:creator>toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m still waiting for the day that Allan Funt steps out from wherever he&#039;s been hiding for the past seven years to tell us that this whole administration has just been a carefully-orchestrated Candid Camera prank.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m still waiting for the day that Allan Funt steps out from wherever he&#8217;s been hiding for the past seven years to tell us that this whole administration has just been a carefully-orchestrated Candid Camera prank.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779821', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: the Lone Voice of Reason</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-1/#comment-3779802</link>
		<dc:creator>the Lone Voice of Reason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That tight-ass Preino reminds me of Angela on The Office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That tight-ass Preino reminds me of Angela on The Office.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779802', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tomazulob</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-1/#comment-3779796</link>
		<dc:creator>Tomazulob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mission of the ship?!?!  The ship was in San Diego harbor, the speech was as empty as the codpiece he was wearing.  What a bunch of liars!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mission of the ship?!?!  The ship was in San Diego harbor, the speech was as empty as the codpiece he was wearing.  What a bunch of liars!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779796', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: OxyCon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/another-bad-mission-accomplished-explanation/comment-page-1/#comment-3779788</link>
		<dc:creator>OxyCon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 19:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Published on Sunday, September 26, 2004 by Reuters  
Bush: Would Give &#039;Mission Accomplished&#039; Speech Again   
  
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush said he had no regrets about donning a flight suit to give his &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; speech on Iraq in May 2003 and would do it all over again if he had the chance, according to excerpts from an television interview released on Sunday. 

When asked by Fox News if he still would have put on a flight suit to declare major combat operations in Iraq over, Bush replied, &quot;Absolutely.&quot; 

When Bush gave his May 1 speech fewer than 150 Americans had died in the war. Since then more than 900 have died.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Published on Sunday, September 26, 2004 by Reuters<br />
Bush: Would Give &#8216;Mission Accomplished&#8217; Speech Again   </p>
<p>CRAWFORD, Texas &#8211; President Bush said he had no regrets about donning a flight suit to give his &#8220;Mission Accomplished&#8221; speech on Iraq in May 2003 and would do it all over again if he had the chance, according to excerpts from an television interview released on Sunday. </p>
<p>When asked by Fox News if he still would have put on a flight suit to declare major combat operations in Iraq over, Bush replied, &#8220;Absolutely.&#8221; </p>
<p>When Bush gave his May 1 speech fewer than 150 Americans had died in the war. Since then more than 900 have died.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3779788', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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