Think Progress Lying and Not Thinking As Usual
By 186 on May 14, 2008
Think Progress claims President Bush, regarding his not golfing, telling Mike Allen of Politico that he felt “it’s just not worth it anymore to do.”, doesn’t hold water?
The non-thinkers at Think Progress try to twist President Bush’s own words even though the transcript is readily available.
Think Progress » Bush’s golf story ‘doesn’t hold water.’
In an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen, President Bush claimed he gave up golf after UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in Iraq. “I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad…I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it’s just not worth it anymore to do,” Bush said. De Mello was killed on Aug. 19, 2003. The Washington Post’s Dan Froomkin reports today: “Bush’s story doesn’t hold water“:The Associated Press reported on Oct. 13, 2003, that he’d spent a “cool, breezy Columbus Day” playing “a round of golf with three long-time buddies.
Bush never said “he gave up golf after UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in Iraq” as Think Progress says.
Problem for “Faiz” of Think Progress is Bush specificlay said;
Q: Mr. President, was there a particular moment or incident that brought you to that decision, or how did you come to that?
Bush: No, I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life. And I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it’s just not worth it anymore to do.
Think progress…not thinking or reading and lying as usual.
