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Bartlett: "It's Never Been A Stay The Course Strategy" (Video)

thinkprogress.org — Video of White House counselor Dan Bartlett on CBS this morning saying the administration has "never" had a "stay the course strategy" in Iraq + Video of President Bush and Tony Snow repeatidly describing their Iraq strategy as "stay the course."

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mareeba, on 10/12/2007, -8/+69Bushco can’t decide what their policy is except to continue the stream of lies and deceit. If you voted for Bush in ’04 because you thought he was a straight shooter and Kerry was a “flip flopper”, this should be all the evidence you need that Gay Old Pedophile party needs to be voted out on November 7th.
- macfanboi, on 10/12/2007, -29/+7In the of defense of the Bush Administration, they don't recall saying "Stay the Course". That's good enough for me, and the rest of the American People.
  
  BTW- its just Grand Old Pedophiles.
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16They must have been drunk when they said that.
  
  Damn that alcoholism!
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17"In the of defense of the Bush Administration, they don't recall saying "Stay the Course". That's good enough for me, and the rest of the American People."
  
  no, it's not good enough
- kent1146, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Hey, guys, give them a break.
  
  It's not like this administration is not full of no doublespeak or nothing like none of that. That would be dishonest.
- Olle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Tenebrous,
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
- dvfreelancer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"Damn that alcoholism!"
  
  Get thee to rehab and start brainstorming the name of a priest you can blame for childhood abuse. Come on, people, you know the drill.
- gadgetuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@macfanboi "In the of defense of the Bush Administration, they don't recall saying "Stay the Course". That's good enough for me, and the rest of the American People."
  
  My sarcasm meter just blew a fuse so let me just say....
  
  Whaaaaa...?
- cl0r0x70, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Don't see a reason to smear gays.
  
  Gays, by and large, don't molest children at a higher rate than straight people. It's Republican congressman and priests that you have to look out for.
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@mareeba:
  
  It's understandable that you hate the administration in charge, as do I. But as much as I am for their exile from office, I'm not sure it's fair to label all republicans as pedophiles. And if they were all gay? So what. All that would make them is hypocrites, which is what I think you were really getting at.
  
  As far as the video goes, I can't believe that bitch of a reporter let that ***** off like that. I would've called him out on his bull immediately.
- walkingdogs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Georges Bush's mind... " Who knew they had all this video footage of me saying stay the course. I hope no one notices. Ahh who cares anyways I can do what I want, thats why i passed all these new laws anyways isn't it? Dick what do you think?"
  
  What a Douchebag!!! Only a couple more weeks of republican power and then we can stop all his efforts and hopefully impeach the SOB and all his cronies!!!
- spankaccount, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In an effort to be open and objective, it should be noted that thinkprogress is a left wing think tank funded by George Soros and the DNC. This is mainly why they hide their financial information.
ravipalanivelu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30It is already the second time in last two days that the white house, starting from Bush, have lied that they NEVER said stay the course. Why not, next time any reporter ask this question (and should anticipate the same denial) be ready with clips from the past such as the ones posted on ThinkProgress or a simple search of President's speeches as Jon Stewart did and play back to them to ask what do they say now? Will the MSM step up to do their job or simply ask the question and dutifully report the lies?
- e68895f, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25"be ready with clips"
  
  but that would mean they have to work for a living. why start now?
whiskeymb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21outright and blatant lies from this administration, shocking!
acroyear2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40He said "Steak the Horse". Not stay the course. What on earth he means by that, I have no idea. There's no telling with Commander Cuckoo Bananas.
- tjeeds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Stake the horse. Nearly half of all insurgents in Iraq are vampire horses.
Phaedruss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20The sad thing is if they say it enough times, people will start to believe it...
- centinall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Anyone else having problems with youtube? I can see "Save to Favorites", "Add to Groups", etc... but the "Down the Memory Hole" link is gone. Anyone else having this problem?
  
  Winston.
- scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I don't know. I didn't check.
  
  Trevor
- choovler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Good one, centinall. I got it. Just finished the Orwell masterpiece.
edsonmedina, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28We've never been at war with Eurasia.
- metamethod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oceania has always been waging war on Oceania's people
EbowUK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Am I the only one that saw that headline and thought there was someone decent in the Whitehouse?

Ahh, The West Wing, you are missed.
killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -41/+2Oh, you libs and your silly obsession with catch phrases.
- tont0r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24glad to hear i never have to hear 'cut and run' and 'flipflopper' again since apparently republicans are above that.
- miketrin, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6killinger, rather have a silly obsession with catch phrases than be a clueless moron like you.
- killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1Good one, Mikey!!
- klasikahl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27How many times have I heard "cut and run" out of a GOP party figure/strategist? Libs obsessed with catch phrases... Well now I've heard everything.
  
  Just to recap:
  Mission Accomplished
  Stay the Course
  No Child Left Behind
  Cut and Run
  Shock and Awe
  Iraqi Freedom (LOL!)
  Adapt to Win
  Flip Flop
  
  What am I missing?
- cthulhu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7If it's so silly, why bother repeatedly lying about it.
- Diabolickungfu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@Klasikal
  
  You forgot 'swift-boating', and 'fair and balanced'
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19khlasi, here's a few:
  
  Swiftboater
  Islamofascist
  Freedom
  Security
  Terrorism
  Solution
  And most ironically, "You Libs"
  
  Kill - not that your particular brand of self-satisfied ignorance is really worth arguing with - but 'libs' may be 'obsessed' with these catch-phrases...guess who made them up? Guess who listens to them? Guess who justifies an unpopular war and the dissolution of American freedoms with them? Then, one month later, guess who denies them and makes up new ones?
  
  Keep on eating what they give you, man. You're so used to a diet of complete ***** that you can't even see what an incredibly insufferable human being it's making you. You spend your entire miserable life trolling forums for your neo-con overlords. You're the front-line in an army of liars and cheats who could give two ***** about you beyond election season.
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11You forgot 'greeted as liberators'.
  
  We should submit that to bash.org. funny stuff.
- e68895f, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7khlasi, : a few more to add :)
  
  Axes of Evil
  Evildoers
  Unknown Unknowns
  Islamic Fascists
monergism, on 10/12/2007, -23/+3Politicians lie. Film at 11.

Has Digg fallen to this?
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Yes, politicians lie. It's getting to be pretty blatant though. I'm voting Zaphod Beeblebrox in '08.
- Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2Stupid much?
totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13On Sunday, President Bush told George Stephanopoulous "‘We’ve never been stay the course, George!’"
pcuser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20"We're at war with Eurasia. We've always been at war with Eurasia."
For those of you who still haven't read Orwell's 1984, it is seriously time to do so:
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
- toxonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I had to re-read it the other day. The first time I read it was probably in the 80s, now it's become rediculously relevant. Especially since it appears that many of the policy/decision makers are drinking their own kool-aid. What is most disturbing is that not only does the government lie about policy, it believes its lies.
MGinLV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5They are just trying to set up the withdrawal of troops, while trying to save face in the eyes of the idiots who actually still back the lying bastards, oops I mean the Republicans,,,they are going to get out just in time for the elections so they can try and make the voters happy.......I am a voter and I am not happy now and will not be happy with them in November.
- centinall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I doubt that they're going to get them out before the November elections. But you might be right that they're changing their position now in preparation for withdrawal soon. I really don't have any ideas about what we should and shouldn't do... but what can we honestly say was a single positive result of the invasion? I seriously can't think of a single one.
- migbike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Maybe they are trying to free up troops/resources for the impending invasion of North Korea.. just a thought...
- Web_Weasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@migbike
  
  You misspelled Iran.
lordTalus, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0This isn't an excuse for mistakes made by the current admin., but he's not talking about unwavering from a single plan of action, and that was the context of Stephanoposaurus' question. The context of 'stay the course' is complete the mission in Iraq and don't leave until the job is done...whatever that is.
- lordTalus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1OK...I'm getting dugg down for stating an obvious fact. /inserts some bush bashing comments to getdugg up. viva la revolution!
- evazan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's a weak excuse for an obvious lie.
HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -20/+2thinkprogress.org = reported as inaccurate

"Political news" my ass. You should try posting stories from other sites once in a while. You might find different points of view refreshing if not enlightening.

http://digg.com/users/jlegum/submitted
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2...more
  @jlegum
  It's disturbing that your overall user ranking is 89 when every single story you've posted is from thinkprogress.org.
  ......and you have to wonder why the rest of us think you leftists play dirty.
- Nibble, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Think Progress may be biased, but that doesn't make two videos taken directly from the news inaccurate. The submitter's submission history is also irrelevant.
- evazan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1HarryBausonia won't even beleive his own eyes. Delusions are rampant.
nosferatu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5This IS "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."

show this to everybody you know. This man needs to lose what little credibility he has left. The thirty-something percent of Americans who support him need to finally learn the truth.
cmdrNacho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I honestly don't get it .. what's there to debate. The last couple of days we've been hearing Bush and his cronies saying there strategy was never "Stay the course". Yet theres countless amount of video proof that there strategy is /was "Stay the course". Are people that ignorant.
- dvfreelancer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"Are people that ignorant."
  
  You sure you want an honest answer to that question?
piggy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10These aren't the droids you are looking for America.

/wave hand
- limeaid, on 10/12/2007, -18/+1Can you start putting "Moon Bat Circle Jerk" in the title of your posts?
  
  It really makes it easier to find and I'm sure the rest of the John Stewart Liberals would appreciate it.
  
  Or maybe you could quote George Orwell some more .... that might sway people over - I'm sure glad you stumbled over this '1984' story - it's all clear now.
  
  Cap it all by asking me if I've seen 'V for Vendetta' - that would be the best
  
  Here I'll make it easier on you:
  ---------------------------------copy text here-------------------------------------------------------
  bush
  cheney
  haliburton
  Colbert
  John Stewart
  1984
  Orwell
  V for Vendetta
  get the vote out
  ---------------------------------------end copy text----------------------------------
  
  Now you won't have to waste all that time typing the same thing over and over
  you can simply copy/paste from my post so you can spend more time on the George Soros beat off page thinkprogress.orgy
  
  HTH
- killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1you forgot to quote ben franklin
- tenaciousdino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@limeaid
  
  bitter much?
- 60days, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Jesus its painful reading these threads sometimes. Do any of you actually have a counter argument beyond "ZOMG LIBERALS!". You know, address the points made in the links , present counter-arguments with evidence, point out flawed thinking (systematically, not just 'UR WRONG'). Something, anything, related to reality, and not confined to political caricature. Seriously, we need some decent debate on digg.
- jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 "its painful reading these threads sometimes. Do any of you actually have a counter argument beyond "ZOMG LIBERALS!". You know, address the points made in the links , present counter-arguments with evidence, point out flawed thinking (systematically, not just 'UR WRONG'). Something, anything, related to reality, and not confined to political caricature. Seriously, we need some decent debate on digg."
  
  You are so right...they can't, I think cause most only react with the emotional part of the brain...that's why they really shouldn't be allowed in control of the military. Basically cavemen...though they don't believe in cavemen because:
  man say god say bad when man say god no make man who say I know what god say.
browep, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1i think bartlett means that the strategy is not stay the course as the insurgents change their strategy and tactics all the time but the overrall policy in iraq is to "stay the course" as in bring irag to a stable self-governing democracy. of course it would be hard to tell that from this clip.
xutopia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Next:

"We just said those things because that's what you guys wanted to hear and we wanted the oil in Iraq!"
diggreader1963, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9F l i p f l o p. F l i p f l o p. F l i p f l o p.
rdotson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If you want documentary evidence of just how corrupt our government is, watch the movie: "The Revolution Will Not be Televised."
tenaciousdino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I think we can all see that those clips were all taken out of context. In each case before he said "stay the course" the reporter asked what the strategy in Iraq WASNT going to be.
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LOL! *rolls on the floor laughing* hehe, why you got modded down, i have no idea, that was funny :)
labmouse42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Bartlett must have missed the message from Snow on how to ***** the public.

Perhaps he needs to go take some lessons from Rice.
labmouse42, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Bartlett must have missed the message from Snow on how to ***** the public.

Perhaps he needs to go take some lessons from Rice.
jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Next up:

Mark Foley - "I was never touched by a priest, nor am I gay and love teenage boys (oooh yeeeeah)"

Seriously, is anyone else other than me looking forward to dems slicing that pig? (maybe the german chancellour will join in?) oh yeah, i forgot, 2/3's of you do... :)
bshock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey, that's right. You can't have a "Stay the Course" strategy if you've never had any goddamn strategy at all.
jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"(gasp), someone with something sensible and non-liberal to say. As if pigg users would allow this to remain for more than a few minutes. Diggs users policy: "If you're not bashing Bush, or kissing up to the ACLU, keep walking."

Cry me a river, conservative crybaby. Maybe in 20 years or so your fellow conservatives will discover the "internets" until then go back to your AM radio and your cable "news".

Conservatives just seem like they won' t be happy until they control everything...control freaks.
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