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Friday, July 7, 2006 12:00 AM

Dead or alive, more or less

George W. Bush on Osama bin Laden.
Tim Grieve

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  • Friday, July 7, 2006 04:57 PM

    "whatever you want to read in the paper"

    That explains a lot about Bushie's worldview: He reads what he wants to read; sees what he wants to see; believes what he wants to believe.

    The whole press conference was remarkable. I was tempted to start blogging just so I could walk through answer by answer the childishness, the nastiness, the cluelessness. It was truly something to save for future historians.

    —Jim Read Jim 's other letters

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