Bush said al Qaeda 12 times. General Petraeus 8 times. Surge 6 times. Victory was mentioned Ø times

[NNN0LHI]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0709/13/acd.01.html

<snip>Mr. Bush said al Qaeda 12 times. General Petraeus got eight mentions. Surge got six, and getting no mention whatsoever, the word victory.

[Submariner]

1. Bush LOST his war and is just passing it off to the next guy

while laying the groundwork to blame Petraeus and us Dems for HIS loss. Bush is an incompetent coward.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. I was keeping count of keywords as well.

I'm disappointed that more pundits aren't calling him out on what, to me, is the most egregious lie of his speech--his contention that al Qaeda are the movers and shakers of this conflict.

In fact, I think I'll start a new thread about it.

[trof]

3. It's now "success", not "victory". You didn't get the memo?

It's SO much easier to be successful than victorious.
Victory kinda has to mean a winner and a loser.
But SUCCESS...ah!
THAT can be however you define it.

"The operation was a complete success. Unfortunately, the patient died."

[lpbk2713]

4. I heard the asshole say *nukular* once or twice.

What a dipshit.

[nuxvomica]

5. He referred to Iraq as an "ally" three times

That struck me as very odd. How can an involuntarily occupied country be called an "ally"? That's like a rapist referring to his victim as his "lover".