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That is the headline of a recent article at the History News Network. An “informal, unscientific survey of historians” showed 81 percent of 415 historians surveyed viewed the Bush Administration as a failure. 12 percent of all historians who responded rate the Bush presidency the worst in American history. 17 percent said Bush was the […] Bush tells reporters that the Aug. 6, 2001, “PDB said nothing about an attack on America.” Let me once again quote from the document itself: FBI information “indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.” (Emphasis […] I blogged below about the media’s hesitancy to call things as they are when it comes to the White House. Today’s New York Times is a perfect example. In an article about the August 6, 2001, presidential briefing, the Times reports Bush was told al Queda “planned an attack within the United States with explosives […] Dick Cheney visits, leaving his undisclosed locations to raise money for John Thune. Of course, if you wanna see him you gotta pay. $100 contribution for a “public” event and $4,000 for a private one. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that while the local electronic media has covered […] David Kay, the man Bush trusted to look for Iraq’s WMD: “I don’t think they existed.” “[W]e found the weapons do not exist.” Charles Duelfer, Kay’s replacement selected by the CIA: “I think the reason that they haven’t found them is they’re probably not there.” Colin Powell, Secretary of State: It’s an “open question” if […] |
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