Bush's Gerald Ford moment: "The Taliban are no longer in existence"

[Cocoa]

The best thing about this gaffe is that the whores have been reviewing past presidential debates, and the Ford gaffe has been portrayed as one of the big ones. Watch them ignore this, or else contort themselves to explain how it's not as bad. :-)


http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/002969.html#002969

Bush Evokes Ford: "Taliban No Longer in Existence"

Evoking Gerald Ford's 1976 comment “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe,” George Bush said yesterday that the “Taliban is no longer in existence,” underscoring the point that he isn’t being straight with the American people about his wrong choices in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BUSH’S FANTASY WORLD:

“That's why I said to the Taliban in Afghanistan: Get rid of al Qaeda; see, you're harboring al Qaeda. Remember this is a place where they trained -- al Qaeda trained thousands of people in Afghanistan. And the Taliban, I guess, just didn't believe me. And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.”

THE WORLD THAT THE REST OF US LIVE IN:

Taliban is Resurgent: “Nearly two years after their defeat… the Taliban has re-emerged as a growing security threat…”

House Republicans Confirm Taliban Remains Threat to Security: “The greatest threat in the country remains Al Qaida, Taliban and other indigenous military groups. These groups operate mostly on the Pakistan border and in the south. U.S., coalition and Afghan combat forces are positioned and employed to defeat these threats.”

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[bif]

1. I thought he was off crack?

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[incapsulated]

2. This is a gimmie for Kerry to use in the Debates! n/t

[politicaholic]

3. "And if reelected I will sprinkle this pixie dust...

and Iraq will turn into a place like Hawaii...that is if everyone in Hawaii were going to hell for believing in false gods."

[against all enemies]

4. Bush doesn't flip-flop. He has never worried about al Qaida or

the taliban. He has consistently overlooked them. It appears that America prefers an idiot determined to go in the wrong direction, because he is "decisive."

[atommom]

5. Reminds me of all the articles that came out after Reagan's Alzheimers was

revealed to the public. It was only then that the press started giving his "gaffes" the attention they really deserved at the time. How long will it take for GW's Teflon to wear off???

[BootinUp]

6. what a loser.

By the time this thing is over I bet Kerry wins by 5% in the popular vote.

[Jane Austin]

7. kick!

n/t