Bush's "Mission Acomplished" 3rd ann. on Monday

[MethuenProgressive]

Monday will be the 3rd anniversary Dubya's staged aircraft carrier landing and his nationally televised speech beneath a Whitehouse produced banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished!"

Media Matters has "Mission Accomplished: A look back at the media's fawning coverage of Bush's premature declaration of victory in Iraq" featured on its website.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005
my fav:
Chris Matthews:"He won the war. He was an effective commander. Everybody recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics."

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I hope the MSM plays it up - one of the biggest lies by Bush so far.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Not much chance of that...

MSM will be focused on the May Day marches and walkouts. Good timing for the Bushzis, for if it were a slow news day even Tweety would have to acknowledge what happened three years ago.

[heartofthesiskiyou]

3. I'm spending my whole day in town

with a big sign

MISSION ACOMPLISHED

at gas stations pointing them to the price.

This isn't a corodinated effort or anything, I'm just doing it myself.

[unkachuck]

4. does anyone know....

....if the mission is still accomplished?....maybe if bush declared victory in Iraq and pulled our troops out starting tomorrow, he could re-proclaim 'mission accomplished' on Monday?....

[MethuenProgressive]

5. Declare Victory!

A very Nixonian idea, Unkachuck!

[Neil Lisst]

6. don't forget how the WH tried to lay the banner off on the NAVY!

like the Navy planned it

also, they had to move the ship a short distance so that the TV cameras would not catch the California coastline in the background

[AzDar]

7. I suppose someone should tell the record-number of our fellow citizens

killed in Iraq last month this wonderful news.:sarcasm:

[MethuenProgressive]

8. ThinkProgress has the numbers:

US Troops killed:
May 1 2003 - 139
May 1 2006 - 2400

US Troops wounded:
May 1 2003 - 542
May 1 2006 - 17,469

Size of US Forces:
May 1 2003 - 150,000
May 1 2006 - 132,000

Number of Insurgents:
May 1 2003 - 5,000
May 1 2006 - 15-20,000

Insurgent Attacks per day:
May 1 2003 - 8
May 1 2006 - 75

http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Iraq

[Supersedeas]

9. the Matthews comments is as impressive as the photo op

[demdiva]

10. The White House press corps brought it up

and McClellan said that they were distorting the past ...

Who is "they"? Your soon to be ex-bosses????