OUTRAGE: Did I hear that WE paid for the extravaganza in Georgia?

[Bluebear]

Do I understand that the WHITE HOUSE paid for the lovefest at Tblisi?

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I was impressed for five minutes. I thought "Wow, here is one nation in the world that likes....no, loves George W. Bush!"

Then I hear on the news this morning that the White House (meaning US) PAID for this spectacular event and choreographed it right down to the people in the stands dressed in colors meant to duplicate the flags of the two nations.

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A frigging P.R. campaign paid for by US tax dollars, meant to shore up support for Bush by showing a "spontaneous" outpouring of Georgia's populace. Funded by you and me.

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Propaganda in a former Soviet area? Talk about carrying coals to Newcastle.

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