Facts | So?
1. Why is it okay that 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq?
Answer: I don't know.
2. How did the President and Mrs. Bush mark the day of the 4,000th death?
Answer: I don't know. Some sort of solemn observance, I suppose.
3. Is it true that Vice President Cheney was fishing with a sultan on March 19, 2008, the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq?
Answer: No, that must be made up.
4. Did Vice President Cheney as recently as March 19, 2008, tell people that 9/11 was a good reason to invade Iraq?
Answer: No, that can't be true.
5. Okay. Here's a long question. Ready? It's been reported that on that same day, this exchange took place in a recorded interview.
Q. Two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting, and they're looking at the value gain versus the cost in American lives, certainly, and Iraqi lives.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: So?
Q. So -- you don't care what the American people think?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: No, I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.
That's not true, is it?
Answer: Oh, my goodness! Our dreams will alway come true if we really, really believe.
White House photo by Grant Miller
Children gather at the Magic Stage on the South Lawn of the White House to watch magician Fairy Twinkletoes perform Monday, March 24, 2008, during the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll.
Answer: I don't know.
2. How did the President and Mrs. Bush mark the day of the 4,000th death?
Answer: I don't know. Some sort of solemn observance, I suppose.
3. Is it true that Vice President Cheney was fishing with a sultan on March 19, 2008, the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq?
Answer: No, that must be made up.
4. Did Vice President Cheney as recently as March 19, 2008, tell people that 9/11 was a good reason to invade Iraq?
Answer: No, that can't be true.
5. Okay. Here's a long question. Ready? It's been reported that on that same day, this exchange took place in a recorded interview.
Q. Two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting, and they're looking at the value gain versus the cost in American lives, certainly, and Iraqi lives.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: So?
Q. So -- you don't care what the American people think?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: No, I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.
That's not true, is it?
Answer: Oh, my goodness! Our dreams will alway come true if we really, really believe.
White House photo by Grant Miller
Children gather at the Magic Stage on the South Lawn of the White House to watch magician Fairy Twinkletoes perform Monday, March 24, 2008, during the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll.