Reuters: "After tough year, White House cites only successes"

[ailsagirl]

Gee, what a surprise!!! :sarcasm:

Reuters
Thu Dec 22, 8:00 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By most accounts, it was a tough year for President George W. Bush, marked by a drop in public support for the Iraq war, legislative setbacks on Social Security and arctic oil drilling and a politically disastrous initial response to Hurricane Katrina.

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The White House list of accomplishments included elections in Iraq, Senate confirmation of John Roberts to the Supreme Court and the first national energy plan in more than a decade. Bush is "advancing his agenda" and passing "legislation important to the American people," the fact sheet declares.

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But several of the "accomplishments" touted in the White House fact sheet are anything but accomplished, top among them the Patriot Act, the first item listed under the headline "A week of accomplishments."

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Left out was any mention of the slow and bundled federal response to Katrina, which angered many Americans and which Bush himself called appalling.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051223/pl_nm/bush_factsheet_dc_2;_ylt=As8qGuropjL0Bx23PncBSOpjKsMA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. No surprises there

[ailsagirl]

2. It's encouraging to see articles that tell the truth...

:)

[w13rd0]

3. Disasterous "initial" support?

Um, they are STILL fucking up their response to Katrina.

[Demeter]

4. If Those Are Bush Successes, I'd Hate to See the Failures!

[ailsagirl]

5. They don't have much to work with-- that's for sure!!

Must be a real CHALLENGE trying to spin gold out of THAT straw!!

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