Reuters gives Bush LIE a headline...

[jackstraw45]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/ts_nm/bush_economy_deficit_dc_3

Bush says cutting US deficit ahead of 2009 goal

""We recently learned that this year's deficit is projected to be 30 percent lower than we initially thought," Bush said after huddling with his economic advisers. "And that means we're on track to cut the deficit in half by 2008, a full year ahead of the original goal."

However, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday forecast the government budget deficit would rise to $286 billion in fiscal 2007, up from $260 billion projected for this year."

[sinkingfeeling]

1. When you 'project' deficits by throwing darts and make them about

30% higher than you expect, you can trumpet this as 'on track'.