What day did W announce mission accomplished?

[corporatewhore]

i think its coming up soon I say we should remind the public how wrong he was

[Goldmund]

1. May 1st

I believe.

[Richardo]

2. Yes - and I don't think we'll be the only ones marking that anniversary...

I predict Time and Newsweek covers, as well as the Economist, Progressive and Mother Jones...

[wryter2000]

4. Time's already ahead of you

The October 6, 2003 cover is Mission Not Accomplished, with NOT in contrasting ink.

[Richardo]

5. I remember that one - maybe this time it'll be "Quagmire Accomplished"

Just like my bumper sticker! :)

[didntvote4shrub]

3. May 1

And here's the "official" speech.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-15.html

[maddezmom]

6. everyone should read it

<<The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11, 2001 -- and still goes on. That terrible morning, 19 evil men -- the shock troops of a hateful ideology -- gave America and the civilized world a glimpse of their ambitions. They imagined, in the words of one terrorist, that September the 11th would be the "beginning of the end of America." By seeking to turn our cities into killing fields, terrorists and their allies believed that they could destroy this nation's resolve, and force our retreat from the world. They have failed. (Applause.)>>

:puke:

[SpiralHawk]

7. The day after Bush said it, the Old Man lost face

One of my old posts

The Old Man of the Mountain loses face


May 3, 2003 -- high up on the flank of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, NH -- the Old Man of the Mountain lost his face - literally - the day after G.W. Bush pulled his public relations stunt on the aircraft carrier Abe Lincoln ("Mission Accomplished") off the coast of San Diego, CA.

I was struck by the sequence of events. Bush prances on Abe Lincoln deck, the noble Old Man loses face immediately thereafter on the far side of the continent. What's that all about?

Bush Prances Carrier Deck in Flight Suit - May 2, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2993415.stm

Old Man story - May 3, 2003:
http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/nhhistory/l/bloldmanofmtn.htm

For NH -- and for all who had ever seen him -- the collapse of the granite face was a First Class tragedy -- for the Old Man was a symbol of honesty, dignity, and honor -- and he seemed eternal.

I always thought of the Old Man's profile as embodying the same qualities as Old "Honest Abe" Lincoln, whose profile is so familiar to us from the penny. So I was deeply saddened to see him "lose face," and could not help but note that it came right after Bush pulled his PR stunt on the deck of our nation's Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.

After presenting false reasons for war to America, to our soldiers and to the world, what right did Bush have to celebrate himself and "Declare Victory"? Hundreds of our soldiers have died and been wounded since that day, not to mention the ongoing misery for their families at home and the families in Iraq.

At the time I took this monumental "loss of face" in the Granite State as a sign that the appointed pResident was comporting himself without honor. After all, as we now know the Iraq war is based completely on fabrications, and Iraq had no connection to 9/11. This is a war of aggression and conquest. That's why our young men and women are dying over there -- it has nothing to do with national defense or our true honor.

But now I see things in a different light. I see the loss of face of the Old Man of the Mountain as an Omen that G.W. Bush may well lose face before the voters of the United States.

Will the truth emerge? Will Bush be unmasked for who he really is before the election? We shall see.

- end

[kskiska]

8. I'll bet the W.H. will do what they did with the anniversary

of the start of the war. Seize the story and put their own spin on it. I can't imagine how they would spin this one, though.

[camero]

9. The dumbass lied on my freaking birthday

May 1st. Yeah, it's coming up again. I don't know whether to celebrate or :puke:

[corporatewhore]

11. hell celebrate your b-day and May Day!! (do a little researching on the

REAL LABOR DAY!!)

[camero]

12. I have and I like that

I just don't like Bush fucking it up.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. What would be nice is if W would commemorate this with another flight...

A flight in disgrace from the White House Lawn a la Nixon. Then OUR mission would be accomplished.