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Tag Archives: George W. Bush
Bush: The Constitution a ‘Goddamned Piece of Paper’?
Q: Did President Bush call the Constitution a "goddamned piece of paper"? A: Extremely unlikely. The Web site that reported those words has a history of quoting phony sources and retracting bogus stories.
Bush’s False Claims About Children’s Health Insurance
Summary President Bush gave a false description of proposed legislation to expand the 10-year-old federal program to provide health insurance for children in low-income working families. He said it "would result" in covering children in families with incomes up to $83,000 per year, which isn’t true. The Urban Institute estimated …
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Operation Iraqi Gloss-Over
Summary President Bush played loose with the facts in his address to the nation Thursday night as he tried to convince the American public that the surge in U.S. troops in Iraq has made the country more stable. He said "36 nations … have troops on the ground in Iraq." …
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