Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] misleading Bush statements from the debate

[Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I didn't think there were any "major" falsehoods, mostly exaggerations
one way or the other. My favorite quote of the FactCheck.org article.
This seems like something you would be very careful about getting
correct.

"The AP also caught Kerry's mistake when he referred to looking at KGB
records in Treblinka Square in a visit to Russia. Treblinka was a Nazi
death camp. Kerry meant Lubyanka Square."

Scott

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:23:29 -0500, Spurling, Shannon <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> The interesting thing about this election is that I have not heard much
> pie in the sky stuff from Bush. I hear mostly optimistic idealisms. That
> might be counted as pie in the sky, but it's an outlook not a promise.
> The promises I hear from Kerry have been lighting up my "Campaign
> Promise" warning meter. He seams to promise a lot of the things bush is
> doing or has tried to do. He says he would do it different. When they
> ask how, he says he would build a larger coalition. What if he could
> not? What then? Just drop things? I think that is the next step in logic
> people want him to answer, but no one has asked. In the debate, I think
> every one feels Bush was off his game. He seams to have had trouble
> concentrating. Kerry was articulate, but the content didn't seam to
> extend past the content I get from his TV ads.
> One question I have about the world coalitions, as was in Bosnia and
> other places. What was the troop count from each nation, and how much of
> the cost did the others bear? People grumble about how much we have to
> pony up in Iraq, but I am having trouble with the idea that it would be
> any cheaper in lives or money if the other countries actually joined in.
> Are there any resources, reliable neutral resources, that gives this
> information for past military actions? Another question, would Iraq view
> a UN Occupier any different than the way they view us? I know I
> wouldn't. Half dozen of one six of another.
> 
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> Again, you have to look at both sides to get the real story...
> 
> http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=271
> 
> Shannon Spurling
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