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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Bush twists the facts on Iraq

In remarks Tuesday, the president couldn't seem to keep his chronology of the war straight, and gave -- again -- a misleading explanation of ongoing troop withdrawals.

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  • Wednesday, March 12, 2008 07:33 AM

    They pulled 4000 troops

    out of Bagdad this week and the carnage is already escalating. Bad news for McCain.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

    Still, at least its nice to know that someone can run a budget surplus. Too bad its at our expense.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_oil

    The level of fraud must be staggering.

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