You have to admit the right has put an impressive spin on things: http://www.antiwrap.com/?915 There was so much to it that I'm not going to waste space by quoting it here.
but the Bush aides are even outdoing Clinton's definition of is http://www.antiwrap.com/?916 to quote part of the article: Echoing Bush's own later explanation, Duffy said yesterday that the president in his now-famous Sept. 1 comment did not mean that no one had ever anticipated breaches of the levees that guard New Orleans from flooding. Instead, Duffy said, Bush meant only that after the storm's landfall, many people believed New Orleans had escaped its most powerful winds. -- larry On 3/3/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/3/06, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Haven't you heard the latest spin. > > > > The warning was that the levees could be "overtopped". > > No one ever said that the levees could be "breached". > > Do you see a difference between water over flowing into the city > versus the walls keeping out the water collapsing? I thought the spin > was Bush was warned about the breaches when in fact he wasn't. Either > way we all knew the risks because we all watched the news. Just like > the year before when people on this list were saying NO could be wiped > out just before MAX that year. It seems to be an annual concern and > there didn't seem to be any reason to think this warning was more real > than the others. On top of that hours after the storm Blanco told them > the levee wasn't breached. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198820 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
