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11/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Who said that??"
Who said that??
This quote gets around more than the Common Cold. In the Cleveland Plain Dealer, it was attributed to Tom Daschle:
Democrats piled on with criticism of the administration for failing to make Iraq's reconstruction more of an international collaboration. "I think it's fair to say that the situation continues to worsen," Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said on "Fox News Sunday."The voice in the recording resembled Saddam's, but was huskier and the speaker seemed tired. "The evil ones now find themselves in crisis, and this is God's will for them," said Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat.
Meanwhile, over at The Statesman, they've got the quote attributed to Bush:
The speaker on the tape, aired on Al-Arabiya TV, said the only way to end the chaos in Iraq was for Saddam and his now-outlawed Baath Party to return to power. The speaker also lashed out at Iraqis who cooperate with the US military, calling them “stray dogs that walk alongside the caravan”.The CIA said it would review the tape for its authenticity. President Bush dismissed the recording. “The evil ones now find themselves in crisis and this is God’s will for them,” he said.
Of course, the quotes both come from stories about the alleged new audio tape from Saddam Hussein - but it may not really be Ol' Saddam who actually said it.
Replies: 4 people speak up
Apologies for being off-topic:
Damn, Blah3, you've been getting Atrios-level traffic! Keep up the good work.
Slightly off-topic: can anyone even remember the last time Bush even mentioned Osama bin-Laden? Has this guy been flushed down the national memory hole?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/18/2003 07:18 PM NY
sssshhhh.... havnt you heard. this war isnt about people (once those people have slipped through our fingers anyway) osama has become more of an emmanual goldstien (1984) figure, a boogie man who is just used as a prop to explain why our freedoms are being taken away. sure, if they caught him (if they havnt already, who knows) bush's approval rating would go up for a while, but then how would he justify turning this country into a police state? boogy men are more usefull impotent (old meaning) than they are eliminated
Posted by justin @ 11/18/2003 07:28 PM NY
Blah3, totally sick eye for detail! Damfacrats approve.
It appears that Cleveland got it together but the Statesman is still confused. Could it be because Bush says "evil" "evil ones" and "evil do-ers" all the time like a maniacal dictator?
Buzzflash posted a link to Damfacrats last night so we also will make this shameless plug if you don't mind. Damfaudio for Peace.
Posted by Dr. Damfa @ 11/18/2003 07:51 PM NY
that quote sounds more like saddam than bush or daschel. bush says god, and evil a lot, but the language sounds too flashy. it sounds more like something translated into english with poetic licence, rather than they typical bush quote, which sounds like it was translated from english to texan by a room full of monkeys with typwriters. seems like a misquote on both accounts to me
Posted by justin @ 11/18/2003 08:03 PM NY
