White House backs off Bush's Iraq view

[rodeodance]

I thought the WH WAS BUSH?????????

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/winning_in_iraq

White House backs off Bush's Iraq view

59 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The White House took a step back Monday from
President Bush's confident assertion two months ago that "absolutely, we're winning" the war in Iraq.


"I'm not playing the game any more," said White House press secretary Tony Snow. "It's one of those things where you end up ... trying to summarize a complex situation with a single word or gerund, and — or even a participle."

Snow was questioned repeatedly on the point because former Secretary of State
Colin Powell said on Sunday that the situation in Iraq is "grave and deteriorating, and we're not winning, we are losing. We haven't lost."

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Snow, asked Monday if Bush still believes the United States is winning, said, "I think at this point it ceases to be fruitful to jump into this." He said that "we will win and we have to win."

[BOSSHOG]

1. "We have to win."

Our kids must continue to get slaughtered at least until bush is out of office. My god can you imagine, if we "lose" people will blame bush and we can't have that. And if we continue the war until January 2009, then we can blame the democrat who gets elected. Its all quite simple said tony (who doesn't like to play games.)

[saigon68]

16. Latest Poster Child

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/10519978/detail.html

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[rodeodance]

2. He said that "we will win and we have to win."

[jazzjunkysue]

3. They're all jumping ship, including the press sec. When do we decide

who's gonna run the white house, since no one will let George do it?

[Disturbed]

4. Is Tony snow now representing the WH...

instead of Busholini?

[shain from kane]

5. In actuality, the word is that it's post gerund and past participle.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Well, I'm relieved that Tony 'isn't playing the game any more'. See, it's all just

been a harmless, frat boy game!

[AlinPA]

7. More of the same from the slimy lying bastards. nt

[goforit]

8. Overwhelmed, dizzy, lightheaded and confused.

[Mark E. Smith]

9. White House Backs Off Bush's Iraq View

WASHINGTON (AP) --

The White House took a step back Monday from President Bush's confident assertion two months ago that "absolutely, we're winning" the war in Iraq.

"I'm not playing the game any more," said White House press secretary Tony Snow. "It's one of those things where you end up ... trying to summarize a complex situation with a single word or gerund, and - or even a participle."

Snow was questioned repeatedly on the point because former Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that the situation in Iraq is "grave and deteriorating, and we're not winning, we are losing. We haven't lost."

Snow, asked Monday if Bush still believes the United States is winning, said, "I think at this point it ceases to be fruitful to jump into this."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/12/18/national/w110420S42.DTL

[truthisfreedom]

10. tony's poor participles are left dangling quite a bit nowadays... bushco is hard on its people.

I bet tony wishes he would never have taken this job... who is going to want him after this? faux news?

[yellowcanine]

15. Tony's "dangling participles" are so small they are almost microscopic.

[katsy]

11. Correction, not a "back-off"... a flip-flop. nt

[Ian David]

12. "trying to summarize a complex situation with a single word or gerund, and - or even a participle."

Or how about an onomatopoeia?

Thud.

[lapfog_1]

17. Hey, I thought this whole Iraq thing was just a comma anyway.

You say comma, I say coma.

[HereSince1628]

13. Is Snow old enough to know what a gerund is?

That disappeared from most curricula before the 8 parts of speech took the dive.

[yellowcanine]

14. So Tony, what the President said 2 months ago is now "inoperative?"

Where is Ron Ziegler when you need him?

[Marnieworld]

18. Follow-up ?- Tony define gerund and participle?

God I hate these people who act like this is all one big game.