Molly Ivins: Bush's Kiss of Death

[Dudley_DUright]

As Lily Tomlin observed, "No matter how cynical you get, it's impossible to keep up." But as Con Ed used to say, dig we must. Courtesy of David Sirota at americanprogress.org, we find the following matches between word and deed:

Just before Memorial Day, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said, "Our active military respond better to Republicans" because of "the tremendous support that President Bush has provided for our military and our veterans." The same day, the White House announced plans for massive cuts in veterans' health care for 2006.

Last January, Bush praised veterans during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The same day, 164,000 veterans were told the White House was "immediately cutting off their access to the VA health care system."

My favorite in this category was the short-lived plan to charge soldiers wounded in Iraq for their meals when they got to American military hospitals. The plan mercifully died a-borning after it hit the newspapers.

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. His approval numbers are up a few points!

Damn!!!!!

I hope that Bush doesn't rebound!!!

[Tim4319]

2. If they call what John Kerry do flip-flopping..

What do you call what George W is doing, a complete turn of the back?

[the Kelly Gang]

6. yeh..like the Exorcist

[struggle4progress]

3. It's still "say one thing, do another."

[indepat]

4. It is simply perpetuation of the big lie about almost everything they do:

if the Dems could adequately articulate all the major lies, Rethugs would get only the vote of their base instead of bamboozling tens of millions more voters.

[struggle4progress]

5. I think you're probably right. Unfortunately, the thugs ...

appear to have a hammerlock on the mass media.

[Racenut20]

7. Being one of those 164,000 cutoff

Need I say more?
ABB

[dand]

8. Ivins is always on the money,

this administration is following the Reagen blueprint, bust every union, trust any corporation, cut every service, and enrich the rich, just do it in the name of Jesus and the the great unwashed will thank you.