George W Bush and the real state of the Union

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

Another great front page splash for this morning's edition of the Independent:

Today the President gives his annual address. As the election battle begins, how does his first term add up?


232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004

501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far

0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945

0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed

0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq

100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003

... and much much more ...

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=482947

[ogminlo]

1. But hey, he isn't getting BJs, so everyone's happy!

[dennis4868]

4. yep...a BJ...

is a matter of national secuity and importance....lying us into a war and outing CIA agents cant be that important really....:-(

[eblack101]

2. Number of Promises Kept?

Friends,

How about:

01...number of promises to American Public kept? 1, he lowered taxes.
BUT...he did manage to keep it twice. lol.

eblack101

[wonderwhy]

3. Perfect campaign material

Wow. Beats any op/ed I've read in a while.