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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The buck stops where?

Our delusional president laments the "intelligence failure" that identified nonexistent WMD in Iraq and admits he was "unprepared" for war.
Joan Walsh

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 08:34 AM

    @Groenhogen

    Groenhogen: "I assume you feel the same way about Bill Clinton, who received a draft induction notice, worked out a deal with Colonel Eugene Holmes to serve instead in the ROTC, and then reneged on his commitment after the lottery system was changed later that year."

    Hey, at least Clinton didn't join the military and then go AWOL and become a drunkard. If your entire existence is based around comparing Clinton to Bush as a weak rationalization for Bush's failures, then you've lost this point by your own hand.

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