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Must read! "Mission Accomplished": Anatomy of a Deadly Lie
BuzzFlash dissects another Bush whopper:

"The 'Mission Accomplished' sign, of course, was put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying that their mission was accomplished," Bush said yesterday. "I know it was attributed somehow to some ingenious advance man from my staff - they weren't that ingenious, by the way."

Oh really?

'Mr. Sforza embedded himself on the carrier to make preparations days before Mr. Bush's landing in a flight suit. Media strategists noted afterward that Mr. Sforza and his aides had choreographed every aspect of the event, even down to the members of the Lincoln crew arrayed in coordinated shirt colors over Mr. Bush's right shoulder and the "Mission Accomplished" banner placed to perfectly capture the president and the celebratory two words in a single shot. The speech was specifically timed for what image makers call "magic hour light," which cast a golden glow on Mr. Bush.' - - CNN.

Read the whole thing here.




PSM
Bush Wars breaks down yesterday's speech:

Iraq/Iraqis - 60 mentions

terrorists - 29 mentions

terror - 17 mentions

terrorism - 1 mention

"September the 11th" - 4 mentions

Saddam Hussein – 14 mentions

Taliban - 1 mention

Osama bin Laden - zero mentions

accountability - zero mentions

87 billion dollars - zero mentions

Donald Rumsfeld - zero mentions

America/American/Americans - 23 mentions, mostly in his opening remarks.