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03/15/2004 Archived Entry: "Howie Kurtz obscures the truth."
Howie Kurtz obscures the truth.
On Blitzer's CNN program just now, Howie Kurtz answered an email about Bush's refusal to show flag-draped coffins from the Iraq war by claiming that 'Clinton did it, too.'
Not quite.
In truth, the ban began with the Clinton administration in 2000 – but it was never strictly enforced. And before 2000 access to flag draped coffins was generally allowed especially if it reflected well on the administration – as with the bodies of former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and his entourage who were killed in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996 - and with the remains of soldiers from the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa.
Get it straight, Mistah Kurtz.
Replies: 3 people speak up
It always strikes me a strange when this administration and its flacks uses the "Clinton did it too" argument, when they thought he was so despicable and dishonorable.
Posted by Alex @ 03/15/2004 12:54 PM NY
Agreeing with Alex above as to how this Administration loves to blame Clinton for everything...
recession,9-11,soft on Al Qaeda. There is one simple answer to this and should repeated everytime they either blame or use Clinton as an excuse for something. Clinton isn't running for preznit in 2004 you are Mr. Bush!
Posted by emjdl @ 03/15/2004 01:02 PM NY
See Suburban
Guerilla for more interesting news on this story.
It seems that not only does Howie know that the policy of not showing the returning dead began in the Bush41 administration, Howie wrote the 1991 story that broke that news.
Posted by Kate @ 03/15/2004 01:44 PM NY
