Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
A Nation Bamboozled
This week marks the anniversary of one of the most avoidably-idiotic moments in American history—the day Republicans shot our country in the face and expected a parade of sweets and flowers for it. It's the 21st dumbstickiversary of the invasion of Iraq. Seems appropriate to mark the occasion with our annual reminder of some of the lying and/or moronic statements made by the band of Very Serious People who orchestrated and/or promoted the debacle. Feel free to hurl rotten tomatoes as you see fit…
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us." ... "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
—Dick Cheney (8/28/02) and (3/16/03)
"Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof—the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
—George W. Bush (10/7/02)
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