O'Reilly, Cameron forward lie that Bush never said "mission accomplished"

[dennis4868]

O'Reilly, Cameron forward lie that Bush never said "mission accomplished"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200409280006

In response to Senator John Kerry's recent criticism of President George W. Bush's use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" in reference to the Iraq war, FOX News Channel chief political correspondent Carl Cameron and host Bill O'Reilly echoed the false Bush-Cheney '04 campaign defense that Bush never actually used the words "mission accomplished." But, in fact, Bush did say "that mission has been accomplished," as FOX News Channel co-host Alan Colmes pointed out to O'Reilly.

In addition to declaring an end to major combat in Iraq in front of a "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, Bush said to U.S. troops in Qatar on June 5, 2003: "America sent you on a mission to remove a grave threat and to liberate an oppressed people, and that mission has been accomplished."

On the September 27 edition of FOX News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, guest Colmes corrected O'Reilly's false claim that Bush didn't say "mission accomplished":

More Here...http://mediamatters.org/items/200409280006

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Actually, he didn't say it

but it was on the sign behind him and that was no accident.

[dennis4868]

3. You obviously did not read my post....

he did say it....

Bush said to U.S. troops in Qatar on June 5, 2003: "America sent you on a mission to remove a grave threat and to liberate an oppressed people, and that mission has been accomplished."

[Jack_Dawson]

5. "major combat operations"

He never said "mission accomplished" as in "our work is done here", etc.

[wtmusic]

10. Oh, so "major combat operations" were done on May 1, 2003

Thanks for the clarification. *Note to self: pass that on to the families of the 800 soldiers who have died since then. :eyes:*

[HootieMcBoob]

16. no he put the words "has been" between

mission and accomplished.

And that's what that SOB Bush is gonna be after November 2nd a "has been".

Who knew how prophetic his words would be.

[joefree1]

8. Whoops, might want to save that Victoria Bitter

for later in the day.


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[trumad]

6. mission has been accomplished

Sounds like he was saying that Mission was Accomplished to me?

[dennis4868]

2. self deleted

[Stephanie]

4. They repeated this lie on PBS Newshour last night

They actually interrupted the Kerry remarks to mention that Bush never said the words although it was on the banner. When they showed the Bush remarks, there was no similar interruption despite his many lies.

[dennis4868]

7. And he did say it!

Bush said to U.S. troops in Qatar on June 5, 2003: "America sent you on a mission to remove a grave threat and to liberate an oppressed people, and that mission has been accomplished."

[Stephanie]

12. Send to Kerry people!

We need a direct line to Kerry's team. Send this!

[dennis4868]

18. I believe....

david brock sends these updates to all the major news outlets as well as the campaigns...

[Supersedeas]

20. thank you Newshour--no longer count on my yearly donation

[stevielizard]

9. But he didn't say the words RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER!

SHUT UP SHUT UP CUT OFF HIS MIC!!!! :D

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. What tripe. Their hand should be called. Picking nits.

[maine_raptor]

14. No, nits have substance

and brains, neither of which are to be found in Bill or Carl.

[jimshoes]

13. Parsing words...

mental masturbation, same thing.

[MsUnderstood]

15. its getting hot in here. . .

First, Pick me up off the floor, Alan Colmes DEFENDED democrats?

Second, when we talk about bush, it needs to be exact or it is B.S. (according to the media). Therefore, saying "The mission has been accomplished" is not the same as saying "Mission Accomplished"

Kerry should be more careful how he portrays our commander in cheif-it is hurting the moral of the troops if he misquotes our president.

It is not Bush's fault that he actually read his script and kept all of the verbs in his sentence for once. . .

[dennis4868]

19. "The mission has been accomplished" is not the same"

Huh? :shrug:

How in the world is it not the same?

If I say today is Tuesday and that Tuesday is today I AM SAYING THE SAME DAMN THING!

[Stephanie]

17. Google has it:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22mission+has+been+accomplished%22+bush

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