Froomkin: Bush spins victory by a party with "an armed wing"!

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WP: Spinning the Hamas Victory
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, January 26, 2006


President Bush this morning faced a conundrum: How to reconcile all his soaring rhetoric about democracy with the democratic election victory of a radical Islamic group he has labeled as a terrorist organization?

The answer: Spin that conundrum away.

The words "terrorist organization" never came out of Bush's mouth in his hastily-called news conference, just hours after it became clear that Hamas won a huge upset victory in the Palestinian elections.

Hamas has claimed responsibility for many attacks on Israel over the years and continues to deny Israel's right to exist. Bush as recently as yesterday, in a Wall Street Journal interview, flatly declared that the U.S. won't deal with the group regardless of the election results.

But this morning, Bush was looking hard for the positive. The Palestinian vote was "a wakeup call to the leadership," he said....

ADDED NOTE: My favorite quote from Bush's spin -- "On the other hand, I don't see how you can be a partner in peace if you advocate the destruction of a country as part of your platform...And I know you can't be a partner in peace if you have a -- if your party has got an armed wing."

IF YOUR PARTY HAS GOT AN ARMED WING!
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

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1. Ha, Hmmmmmm. An armed wing like ours?