This Week in the Bush Adminstration
A recent Washington PostÂ-ABC News poll shows that President Bush's advantage on the issue of combating terrorism has completely evaporated: 48 percent of respondents trust Sen. John Kerry to handle the issue, while 47 percent prefer Bush.
But the Bush team is still making serious mistakes. Look at what we've seen this week alone:
* Attorney General John Ashcroft's sworn testimony before the 9/11 Commission contradicts the statements made by two FBI officials who said that Ashcroft did, in fact, blow off terror warnings in the months before the 9/11 attacks.
* Papers released by the White House show that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave the go-ahead for harsh interrogation tactics, including the removal of clothing and stress positions.
* Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz appeared before the House Armed Services Committee and admitted that the administration’s war planners "underestimated" the duration of the Iraqi resistance, and said it's "entirely possible" our troops would be forced to remain there for several years.
Not to mention their dubious claims about connections between Iraq and al Qaeda! Right now, the Bushies have lost critical momentum on the issues of terrorism and Iraq. Their politicized answers have failed to fit the giant questions still looming in each front. And it appears that they have no plans to change course.
On the bright side, it's beginning to look like the electorate certainly does. ;)
But the Bush team is still making serious mistakes. Look at what we've seen this week alone:
* Attorney General John Ashcroft's sworn testimony before the 9/11 Commission contradicts the statements made by two FBI officials who said that Ashcroft did, in fact, blow off terror warnings in the months before the 9/11 attacks.
* Papers released by the White House show that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave the go-ahead for harsh interrogation tactics, including the removal of clothing and stress positions.
* Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz appeared before the House Armed Services Committee and admitted that the administration’s war planners "underestimated" the duration of the Iraqi resistance, and said it's "entirely possible" our troops would be forced to remain there for several years.
Not to mention their dubious claims about connections between Iraq and al Qaeda! Right now, the Bushies have lost critical momentum on the issues of terrorism and Iraq. Their politicized answers have failed to fit the giant questions still looming in each front. And it appears that they have no plans to change course.
On the bright side, it's beginning to look like the electorate certainly does. ;)
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