Bush pays price for 'Mission Accomplished' sign

[jon1856]

IMVHO, this is one H*** of a waffle/flip-flop/CYA:
Bush pays price for 'Mission Accomplished' sign

White House admits fault on banner seen to declare Iraq victory 5 years ago

WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the “Mission Accomplished” banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.
Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush’s dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24400896/
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Apr...lished,00.html

McCain: 'Mission accomplished' banner not Bush's fault
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May...raqWar,00.html

[Leslie Anne]

From the article:

"McCain said he can't blame Bush for the banner. After shifting explanations, the White House eventually said the "Mission Accomplished" phrase referred to the carrier's crew completing its 10-month mission, not the military completing its mission in Iraq."

Pft! Truly pathetic spin.

[jon1856]

A few more follow-up stories:
Five Years, Two Words, No Letup
By tradition, the proper gift for a fifth anniversary is something made of wood. Jack Murtha must know this, for in observing the fifth anniversary yesterday of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, he gave the president a rhetorical two-by-four to the head.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...050103220.html

That Banner, That Ship. Remember?

Antiwar folks and media critics were preparing all week for the annual Bush-bashing yesterday on the fifth anniversary of the president's appearance on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln with that "Mission Accomplished" banner behind him.
White House press secretary Dana Perino was fully prepared as well, as she noted at Wednesday's briefing, for the rabid media "to play this up again, as they do every single year." (And, sure enough, they did yesterday, although Perino didn't show up.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...050103223.html

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

IF the banner was meant for the entire Iraq war, don't you think it shows that W. was happy to leave, just like everyone else?

Also, what price is Bush paying? I'm still trying to figure that one out.

That's why we all hate him. (approval rating) I mean it's clearly based on a banner... nothing else.

And the banner was meant for our invasion of Iraq, we all know it. It wasn't that he was happy to leave he was happy we "conquered."

[PhiGam]

He still got re-elected!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

He still got re-elected!

Well yeah, it took us five years to hate him because of a banner! Can't you see he's paying the price?!?!

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

He still got re-elected!

Yeah, by the closest margin ever for a sitting president and not officially until the day after the polls closed when Kerry conceded Ohio, a state won by Karl Rove and the evangelicals that scared people to the polls with the gay marriage issue they muscled on to the ballot.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Well yeah, it took us five years to hate him because of a banner! Can't you see he's paying the price?!?!

LOL

[shinerbock]

Yeah we get it. Liberals hate him. You're not on the cutting edge here, you're in the majority.

[DeltAlum]

A really bad public relations effort gone terribly wrong.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Yeah we get it. Liberals hate him. You're not on the cutting edge here, you're in the majority.

Did I forget the /sarcasm ?