Here is the Text of Bush's speech:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100775.html
Last night, when Bush had the opportunity to give a speech that would bring Americans closer together as we all mourn the anniversary of the attack, when he had a chance to be a "uniter, not a divider", did he instead use that opportunity to try to shore up support for the ongoing war in Iraq & the political benefits that his party might reap from it?
Just for illustration purposes, here is a count of the amount of times Bush used certain words in his speech:
Al Qaeda: 3
Osama Bin Laden: 3
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: 1
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Iraq: 9
Saddam Hussein: 5
Iraqi (adj.): 4
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Afghanistan: 2
Taliban: 1
Why couldn't he focus on the 9/11 attack and the nation's mourning, instead of spending so much time on a tangentially-related war? Couldn't he show enough restraint to not be a politician for one night & instead be a president for all Americans?
2006-09-12
06:24:32
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