George Bush's Presidential Portrait Accused of Lying
Underneath the 43rd President's portrait in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, lies an explanatory captions that "states that Bush's term was marked by 'the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.'"
That, to me, seems like one of the more kindly captions they could have come up with.
But Vermont's Independent Senator Bernie Sanders seems to have some objections to it, simply because it lacks any sort of truthful veracity. In fact, he feels so strongly that he wrote to the Smithsonian to complain…
When President Bush and Vice President Cheney misled our country into the war in Iraq, they certainly cited the attacks on September 11, along with the equally specious claim that Iraq possessed vast arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.
The notion, however, that 9/11 and Iraq were linked, or that one "led to" the other, has been widely and authoritatively debunked … Might I suggest that a reconsideration of the explanatory text next to the portrait of President Bush is in order[?]
With all due respect to Sen. Sanders, I do believe that a clear connection between 9/11 and Iraq has already been found.
The carrying-out of one gave the Bush administration a brilliant cover for carrying-out the other.
What more do you need to know?
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This clip did not included the best part- the part where he was trying to lionize himself for not being a whiner. Far from the economic crisis hitting on his watch (as he put it), I believe the whole thing was deliberate and timed so that most of the focus during this time could be on how the two candidates would HYPOTHETICALLY handle the economic crisis. Great smoke screen. But as rescue plans go, Bill Clinton would have gotten my vote there anyway.
We thought starting a war with Iran would be the Bush administration's last hurrah but I guess he fooled us there. Or maybe it was Cheney. In any case, there's nothing like the element of surprise. Our biggest flag wavers are our worst traitors. Fuck that lapel pin.
i guess you actually think there was a link. america should remember him how he truly was and what he actually did and yes it is relevant when you've lead a country into war followed by an economic crisis which could have been avoided if the money spent on the war had still been there. why i'm arguing with an idiot who can't even admit that bush was horrible for the country i don't know cause you obviously have no brain or are hooked on ver y strong narcotics. also, try not being a chicken shit and put your name instead of a number
We have representatives complaining about a picture caption and you think Bush has been our problem?
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