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	<title>Comments on: White House sends memo to Cabinet officials with talking points on Bush&#8217;s successful presidency.</title>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-2/#comment-5376132</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George W. got his close relations an investment company for no money down and nearly 50% off.

George Herbert Walker, cousin
Jeb Bush, brother

They&#039;re now part owner of 51% of Neuberger Investment Management.  The bankruptcy court accepted a $1.2 billion stock bid over a prior $2.15 billion Bain Capital offer.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=a8sENDj49u_o&amp;refer=home</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George W. got his close relations an investment company for no money down and nearly 50% off.</p>
<p>George Herbert Walker, cousin<br />
Jeb Bush, brother</p>
<p>They&#8217;re now part owner of 51% of Neuberger Investment Management.  The bankruptcy court accepted a $1.2 billion stock bid over a prior $2.15 billion Bain Capital offer.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=a8sENDj49u_o&amp;refer=home" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=a8sENDj49u_o&amp;refer=home</a><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=5376132', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-2/#comment-5375050</link>
		<dc:creator>ucsbclassics53</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and Bush also

cured AIDS...
CURED Cancer...
fought the terrorists with one hand tied around the fist...
fought Genghis Khan one-on-one and killed him
put a chicken in every pot of every American household...
stopped a meteor from hitting the earth...

why am I reminded of the Brian Boitano song in the South Park movie?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and Bush also</p>
<p>cured AIDS&#8230;<br />
CURED Cancer&#8230;<br />
fought the terrorists with one hand tied around the fist&#8230;<br />
fought Genghis Khan one-on-one and killed him<br />
put a chicken in every pot of every American household&#8230;<br />
stopped a meteor from hitting the earth&#8230;</p>
<p>why am I reminded of the Brian Boitano song in the South Park movie?<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=5375050', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bluevistas</title>
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		<dc:creator>bluevistas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Georgie has to make sh*t up in order to try to get a more favorable opinion.  How desperate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Georgie has to make sh*t up in order to try to get a more favorable opinion.  How desperate.<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=5374974', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: AlexLawyer</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-2/#comment-5374922</link>
		<dc:creator>AlexLawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right after the 9/11 attacks, which intelligence agencies had anticipated but Bush refused to take action to prevent, he told us that we were attacked because of our prosperity, freedom and moral rectitude. He and the Republican Party have taken unprecedented, aggressive and highly successful actions to radically decrease all three. By co-opting al Qaeda&#039;s agenda and destroying the country from within, he has deterred terrorism by outsiders. It&#039;s utterly logical and brilliant. It&#039;s a pity that only the good church-going base of the Republican Party understands the great service Bush and his associates have done us, because it involved a full implementation of their true moral and ethical precepts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right after the 9/11 attacks, which intelligence agencies had anticipated but Bush refused to take action to prevent, he told us that we were attacked because of our prosperity, freedom and moral rectitude. He and the Republican Party have taken unprecedented, aggressive and highly successful actions to radically decrease all three. By co-opting al Qaeda&#8217;s agenda and destroying the country from within, he has deterred terrorism by outsiders. It&#8217;s utterly logical and brilliant. It&#8217;s a pity that only the good church-going base of the Republican Party understands the great service Bush and his associates have done us, because it involved a full implementation of their true moral and ethical precepts.<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=5374922', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wizard2000</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-2/#comment-5374908</link>
		<dc:creator>wizard2000</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, President Bush&#039;s presidency has been &quot;successful&quot;...for crooked, corrupt, crony Republicans and for Big Bizness (as Molly Ivins used to say).

Of course, for all other American citizens, who aren&#039;t crooked, corrupt, crony Republicans, those of us who aren&#039;t white-collar Big Bizness CEOs, or members of crony boards of directors, as well as for the rest of the world, the Bush presidency has been a disaster of biblical proportions.

Just like beauty, &quot;success&quot; is in the eye of the beholder, and from the Bush/crony Republican perspective, his eight years in office has been a gigantic Cash Cow for no-bid-contract-awarded Republicans, for the religious fundamentalists who&#039;ve had billions in taxpayer money thrown their way, and for the oil companies who&#039;ve seen world-record-breaking profits and for whom Bush invaded Iraq so these western oil companies could regain control over Iraq&#039;s oil reserves.

All the rest of us, though, have been left holding the bag...or a shredded Constitution...or a $10 Trillion+ federal debt...or a plunging economy...or all of the above...just so the Bush birds could feather their own nest, just before they leave the nest, burning it behind them.

I just wonder when the Bush family will flee to their ranch in Paraguay in South America, just like so many Nazis fled Europe for South America after World War II...both after leaving a trail of devastation, dead children and destroyed families behind them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, President Bush&#8217;s presidency has been &#8220;successful&#8221;&#8230;for crooked, corrupt, crony Republicans and for Big Bizness (as Molly Ivins used to say).</p>
<p>Of course, for all other American citizens, who aren&#8217;t crooked, corrupt, crony Republicans, those of us who aren&#8217;t white-collar Big Bizness CEOs, or members of crony boards of directors, as well as for the rest of the world, the Bush presidency has been a disaster of biblical proportions.</p>
<p>Just like beauty, &#8220;success&#8221; is in the eye of the beholder, and from the Bush/crony Republican perspective, his eight years in office has been a gigantic Cash Cow for no-bid-contract-awarded Republicans, for the religious fundamentalists who&#8217;ve had billions in taxpayer money thrown their way, and for the oil companies who&#8217;ve seen world-record-breaking profits and for whom Bush invaded Iraq so these western oil companies could regain control over Iraq&#8217;s oil reserves.</p>
<p>All the rest of us, though, have been left holding the bag&#8230;or a shredded Constitution&#8230;or a $10 Trillion+ federal debt&#8230;or a plunging economy&#8230;or all of the above&#8230;just so the Bush birds could feather their own nest, just before they leave the nest, burning it behind them.</p>
<p>I just wonder when the Bush family will flee to their ranch in Paraguay in South America, just like so many Nazis fled Europe for South America after World War II&#8230;both after leaving a trail of devastation, dead children and destroyed families behind them?<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=5374908', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;...the flawed intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war...&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

This is misleading.  You must say &quot;the use of knowingly false intelligence&quot;.  There is a huge, significant difference between the two.  The intelligence was not thought to be true at the time and later found to be flawed----it was known to be false at the time it was said by the administration.

935 recorded lies!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;the flawed intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war&#8230;&#8221;</em></p>
<p>This is misleading.  You must say &#8220;the use of knowingly false intelligence&#8221;.  There is a huge, significant difference between the two.  The intelligence was not thought to be true at the time and later found to be flawed&#8212;-it was known to be false at the time it was said by the administration.</p>
<p>935 recorded lies!<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=5374798', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: empirecookie</title>
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		<dc:creator>empirecookie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did the talking points come from Conrad Black?

&lt;a href=&quot;http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/11/29/conrad-black-a-rather-successful-president-with-some-serious-achievements-under-his-belt.aspx &quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;

Naaa, I guess Conrad was just sucking up to try to get a pardon...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did the talking points come from Conrad Black?</p>
<p><a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/11/29/conrad-black-a-rather-successful-president-with-some-serious-achievements-under-his-belt.aspx " rel="nofollow"></p>
<p>Naaa, I guess Conrad was just sucking up to try to get a pardon&#8230;</a><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=5374658', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pdennany</title>
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		<dc:creator>pdennany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the truth of what happened 9-11 is finally forced, hopefully the United States will still exist.  Unfortunately truth and justice is not a high priority for either of the Democrat or the GOPleadership.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the truth of what happened 9-11 is finally forced, hopefully the United States will still exist.  Unfortunately truth and justice is not a high priority for either of the Democrat or the GOPleadership.<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=5374584', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ID_Neon</title>
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		<dc:creator>ID_Neon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Come on gentlemen, you can&#039;t seriously &quot;lambast&quot; a President without critical thinking.  The Bush Doctrine has flaws, but actually not many more if as many as most Presidents and their flaws.  George Washington committed genocide against Native Americans in the North-West; for instance.  Andrew Jackson and his policy of genocide in Georgia and Albama; for instance.  How about Abraham Lincoln&#039;s blatant violation of international laws where he dared Britain to go to war with him...

Bush did do great things for AIDS in Africa, &quot;Sexual Education&quot; isn&#039;t the answer...what is the answer is abstinence and monogamy, which are Christian values not native values.  And in Africa the Christian populations have the lowest rates of AIDS or HIV.

Bush didn&#039;t kill millions in Iraq and though the war was mismanaged that wasn&#039;t the President&#039;s fault.  Had the war been won in 1 year you&#039;d not have complained at all.  Just a few days ago Iraq has signed into law the framework for victory, US troops will withdraw in 3 years.  Iraq is now the first successful Democracy in the Arab middle east.

And the President was acting within his powers as President the entire time, he never took more power than belongs to that office...just so you guys know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come on gentlemen, you can&#8217;t seriously &#8220;lambast&#8221; a President without critical thinking.  The Bush Doctrine has flaws, but actually not many more if as many as most Presidents and their flaws.  George Washington committed genocide against Native Americans in the North-West; for instance.  Andrew Jackson and his policy of genocide in Georgia and Albama; for instance.  How about Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s blatant violation of international laws where he dared Britain to go to war with him&#8230;</p>
<p>Bush did do great things for AIDS in Africa, &#8220;Sexual Education&#8221; isn&#8217;t the answer&#8230;what is the answer is abstinence and monogamy, which are Christian values not native values.  And in Africa the Christian populations have the lowest rates of AIDS or HIV.</p>
<p>Bush didn&#8217;t kill millions in Iraq and though the war was mismanaged that wasn&#8217;t the President&#8217;s fault.  Had the war been won in 1 year you&#8217;d not have complained at all.  Just a few days ago Iraq has signed into law the framework for victory, US troops will withdraw in 3 years.  Iraq is now the first successful Democracy in the Arab middle east.</p>
<p>And the President was acting within his powers as President the entire time, he never took more power than belongs to that office&#8230;just so you guys know.<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=5374526', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tokin librul</title>
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		<dc:creator>tokin librul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;This will all be over in 43 more days !!!!!!
December 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am&lt;/em&gt;

Ummmm, beg to differ...

It won&#039;t be over for 20 years.

They&#039;re leaving behind a &#039;legacy&#039; of shit it would require a unanimous Congress, a totally loyal bureacuracy, and a farouking Saint in the WhiteHouse to even make a tiny dent in, over a four-year term.

Obama&#039;s 1) no saint, and he won&#039;t have 2) a unanimous Congress or anything even remotely close to it. He cannot even count on all the Dim votes in the Senate on any given measure. and 3) the bureaucracy is already shot through with little cells of Bushevik loyalists who will work sassiduously witht eh GOPukes in Congress to abstruct and interfere with everything and anything the Obamanauts att empt to do to reverse the Bushevik order.

There will NEVER be a time when the residues of this feculent, foetid clusterfukcing regime will not be evident, like a bad taste in the water...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This will all be over in 43 more days !!!!!!<br />
December 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am</em></p>
<p>Ummmm, beg to differ&#8230;</p>
<p>It won&#8217;t be over for 20 years.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re leaving behind a &#8216;legacy&#8217; of shit it would require a unanimous Congress, a totally loyal bureacuracy, and a farouking Saint in the WhiteHouse to even make a tiny dent in, over a four-year term.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s 1) no saint, and he won&#8217;t have 2) a unanimous Congress or anything even remotely close to it. He cannot even count on all the Dim votes in the Senate on any given measure. and 3) the bureaucracy is already shot through with little cells of Bushevik loyalists who will work sassiduously witht eh GOPukes in Congress to abstruct and interfere with everything and anything the Obamanauts att empt to do to reverse the Bushevik order.</p>
<p>There will NEVER be a time when the residues of this feculent, foetid clusterfukcing regime will not be evident, like a bad taste in the water&#8230;<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=5374412', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
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		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And his poop smells like violets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And his poop smells like violets.<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=5374372', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: qatwoman</title>
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		<dc:creator>qatwoman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;SNICKER
nuff said&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>SNICKER<br />
nuff said</em></strong><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=5374348', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a reality disconnect I have noticed from the rightwing. They think things will become magically true if they just SAY them. They will toss out the most ludicrous talking points that no one in their right mind could take seriously and they expect them to be taken as gospel because they SAID they were so. Its a really disturbing species of insanity when they just look out at the American people and tell lies that they KNOW the American people will know are lies and just tell them anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a reality disconnect I have noticed from the rightwing. They think things will become magically true if they just SAY them. They will toss out the most ludicrous talking points that no one in their right mind could take seriously and they expect them to be taken as gospel because they SAID they were so. Its a really disturbing species of insanity when they just look out at the American people and tell lies that they KNOW the American people will know are lies and just tell them anyway.<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=5374340', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: COProgressive</title>
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		<dc:creator>COProgressive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;the talking points state that Bush “kept the American people safe” after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;For the Record, George W. Bush failed to keep America safe from the attacks of 9/11 &lt;/strong&gt;after having been repeatedly warned.

Richard Clarke and others from the outgoing Clinton administration warned the incoming Bush administration that Osama bin Laden was the number 1 threat for America.  

The Bush administration waited to have their &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt; meeting on the threat to early September 2001, days before the terrorist attack that killed nearly 3000 people.

president Bushalso received the August 6th Presidential Daily Briefing titled &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. 

What part of that August 6th PDB title did Bush not understand?

On National Security matters, you do not get Mulligans, no do-overs, if you fail to keep the nation safe, you&#039;re a failure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>&#8220;the talking points state that Bush “kept the American people safe” after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>For the Record, George W. Bush failed to keep America safe from the attacks of 9/11 </strong>after having been repeatedly warned.</p>
<p>Richard Clarke and others from the outgoing Clinton administration warned the incoming Bush administration that Osama bin Laden was the number 1 threat for America.  </p>
<p>The Bush administration waited to have their <strong>first</strong> meeting on the threat to early September 2001, days before the terrorist attack that killed nearly 3000 people.</p>
<p>president Bushalso received the August 6th Presidential Daily Briefing titled &#8220;<strong>Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US</strong>&#8220;. </p>
<p>What part of that August 6th PDB title did Bush not understand?</p>
<p>On National Security matters, you do not get Mulligans, no do-overs, if you fail to keep the nation safe, you&#8217;re a failure.<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=5374082', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They&#039;re saying the quarterback hasn&#039;t thrown an interception in 50 games, but not mentioning that he hasn&#039;t played a game in four years.

Too many FEMA trailers were given to families that were unsafe to say that Americans have been safe since 9/11, and that&#039;s only one example.  In another 40-odd days we can start saying that we&#039;ve been safe since bush left office and that we haven&#039;t been attacked since bush was prez.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;re saying the quarterback hasn&#8217;t thrown an interception in 50 games, but not mentioning that he hasn&#8217;t played a game in four years.</p>
<p>Too many FEMA trailers were given to families that were unsafe to say that Americans have been safe since 9/11, and that&#8217;s only one example.  In another 40-odd days we can start saying that we&#8217;ve been safe since bush left office and that we haven&#8217;t been attacked since bush was prez.<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=5374078', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ThereIsNoSanctuary</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-5374052</link>
		<dc:creator>ThereIsNoSanctuary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can write fiction, too, only I would make it more believable.  Can I get a bailout now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can write fiction, too, only I would make it more believable.  Can I get a bailout now?<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=5374052', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sacopenapa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-5374000</link>
		<dc:creator>sacopenapa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Delusional till the last minute... must be the alchohool or the cocaine he has been importing from his friend Uribe in Colombia!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Delusional till the last minute&#8230; must be the alchohool or the cocaine he has been importing from his friend Uribe in Colombia!<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=5374000', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-5373988</link>
		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>43. Jackie,

Yes you did.  Don&#039;t you remember the reams of blank paper sitting by the photocopy machine ?

;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>43. Jackie,</p>
<p>Yes you did.  Don&#8217;t you remember the reams of blank paper sitting by the photocopy machine ?</p>
<p>;-)<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=5373988', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/bush-legacy-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-5373948</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t get the memo!

George W. Bush is the worse President in the history of the United States of America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t get the memo!</p>
<p>George W. Bush is the worse President in the history of the United States of America.<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=5373948', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tanglewood</title>
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		<dc:creator>tanglewood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How flipping stupid does Rove, Karen Hughes and the rest of the criminal cheerleading squad think the american people are?  Everywhere we look is a big steaming pile of disaster under these horrid, horrid  people.  Bush and company is the worst president and administration in history.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How flipping stupid does Rove, Karen Hughes and the rest of the criminal cheerleading squad think the american people are?  Everywhere we look is a big steaming pile of disaster under these horrid, horrid  people.  Bush and company is the worst president and administration in history.<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=5373940', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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