11 Sep 2003, 19:29
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Vermin Supreme
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Pittsburgh
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Bush Cites 9/11 On All Manner Of Questions
By Mike Allen
Washington Post
In the past six weeks, Bush has cited "9/11" or Sept. 11, 2001, in arguing for his energy policy and in response to questions about campaign fundraising, tax cuts, unemployment, the deficit, airport security, Afghanistan and the length, cost and death toll of the Iraq occupation.
Bush's aides said his persistent references to the attacks reflect his identification with them as a searing personal experience.
"Every day, I'm reminded about what 9/11 means to America," Bush said when asked in July about the $170 million budget for his primary campaign, where he has no opponent. "We're still threatened," he said, explaining that he wants to "continue doing my job, and my job will be to work to make America more secure."
Such references are not new for Bush. In April, when he was making the case for invading Iraq, he said he refused to leave the nation's enemies "free to plot another September the 11th."
The attacks sometimes even seem to overshadow the president's sense of previous history. "Prior to September the 11th, there was apparently no connection between a place like Iraq and terror," he said at a congressional retreat earlier this year. Iraq was first placed on the State Department's list of designated terrorist states in 1979 and has been there continuously since 1990.
[A]s recently as July 24, Bush called Sept. 11 "a date I will not forget so long as I'm on this Earth."
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I mean, do you think I could convince someone that this was a real article?
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