AP ran a story today about a Bush speech with the headline, “Bush Says ‘We’re Winning’ War on Terrorism.”
With a headline like that, would you expect this much anti-Bush liberal propaganda in the article?
The quotes below are all from the article:
“Bush cited progress following the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but did not mention setbacks.”
“He did not speak of a surge of violence that has claimed 64 lives in Afghanistan in recent days, the bloodiest period since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Nor did he mention that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) is still at large.”
“Bush did not mention that Saddam, too, is at large nor that 129 U.S. troops have died since May 1, when he declared major combat over.”
“The president offered words of mourning for fallen soldiers, not specifically directed at those recently killed in Iraq.”
“Bush is spending two days in Southern California to raise about $2 million for his own campaign while taking pains to avoid the chaotic recall free-for-all.
“California was hostile political territory for Bush in 2000; he lost the state by more than 1 million votes.”
“The speech here and an event on restoring national parks Friday allowed the White House to bill taxpayers for part of the travel costs of Bush’s fund raising.”
What is this article about? Shouldn’t the headline have been, “Bush spends taxpayer money to travel to Republican-hostile California to give a speech that doesn’t mention military failures”?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20030814/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush