[UncleJeff]

His favorite joke claims he said it during the campaign, in Chicago, not a few days before 9/11. And we were clearly headed for deficits BEFORE 9/6. It didn't happen. That's lying, regardless of Party. Or do Republican liars get a pass?? Was all the angst about Clinton lying a put-on??

[TheWriterInTexas]

I already proved that Bush said something similar BEFORE 9-11. I knew he said it during the campaign, in defense of his tax cut: as the Enlistment Coordinator for the KEYES2000 campaign, I followed the news very closely. As a result, his statement rang true when I heard the "joke".

Here is PROOF that Bush made the statement before the attack; he even reiterates in his own statement that he made this comment several times. If you even bothered to read the press conference (which was recorded verbatim), he did not appear to be "thrown" by the question at all; this was a PAT answer. Moreover, if this was such an issue (considering the budget battle prior to 9-11), why didn't the press jump on it then? I'll tell you why...these are REASONABLE exceptions and the press HAD heard it before.

If this bothers you so much, start doing your own homework and find out the truth on yourself instead of accepting someone else's report on another person's article as gospel. If you're so concerned about the truth, DIG FOR IT.