how dare Bush call our recent disasters "distractions" [View All]

[dajoki]

i'd like him to answer how many American lives are a "distraction"?
how many poor and homeless people are a "distraction"?
he needs to be called on this because he is the true "distraction".
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NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/politics/07prexy.html?th&emc=th

10 Plots Foiled Since Sept. 11, Bush Declares
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: October 7, 2005

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A senior White House official said Thursday evening that the president's 40-minute speech arose from Mr. Bush's desire to remind Americans, after "a lot of distractions" in recent months, that the country was still under threat, and had no choice but to remain in Iraq so Al Qaeda did not use it as a base to train for attacks on the United States and its allies.

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Mr. Bush's warnings about the need for renewed American attention to "this global struggle," and the release of information on past plots that the White House had previously been reluctant to discuss on security grounds, comes at a moment of heightened criticism of the president's handling of the Iraq war and the broader effort against terrorism. It also comes as he is trying to heal fractures in his own party about his selection of a nominee for the Supreme Court, and as he has faced complaints about the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.

A poll released by CBS News on Thursday evening indicated that Mr. Bush's approval rating had dropped to 37 percent, and that disapproval of his handling of terrorism was at an all-time high.

Democrats were quick to answer Mr. Bush, saying that he was gliding past major errors of tactics and strategy in Iraq, and that Al Qaeda began operating there only after the American invasion.