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SodoffBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 08:41 AM
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Then/Now quotes
THEN:
“I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the names of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.”
- President George H.W. Bush, 4/29/99 source

NOW:
“President George W. Bush has no plans to ask his staff members whether they played a role in revealing the name of an undercover CIA officer.”
- 9/29/03 source

-- Center for American Progress

http://www.commondreams.org
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 08:46 AM
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1. Times Change
I know it seems capricious and even cruel to oust a CIA source in order to extract revenge, but you have to realize Emperor, I mean President Bush has every right to do this.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 08:51 AM
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2. Huh?
What? Every right to do this? Are you being sarcastic.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 08:59 AM
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3. Yes I am
Also, President Bush isn't really our Emperor
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 09:00 AM
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4. Monday/Tuesday quotes
Monday: ...aides said Bush has no plans to ask his staff members whether they played a role in revealing the name of an undercover officer who is married to former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson...

Tuesday: A senior official quoted Bush as saying, "I want to get to the bottom of this," during a meeting yesterday morning with a few top aides, including Rove...

(Snagged from Brad DeLong)
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SodoffBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 09:05 AM
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5. As usual, the Bushies have no plan
They're like a drifting nebula, dark, and full of gas and shit.
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