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MEDIA REFUSED TO RUN STORY THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED 2004 ELECTION
lobal Research - Two years before the 9/11 attacks on America, George W. Bush told a Houston journalist if elected president, "I'm going to invade Iraq." Bush made the comments about starting an aggressive war to veteran Houston Chronicle reporter Mickey Herskowitz, then working with Bush on his book "A Charge To Keep," later brought out by publisher William Morrow.
This disclosure was uncovered by Russ Baker, an award-winning investigative reporter when he interviewed Herskowitz for his own book, "Family of Secrets" about the Bush dynasty. However, Baker says, when he approached The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times with the potentially devastating story to President Bush prior to the 2004 presidential election, they declined to publish it.
In a new book, "Media In Crisis", Baker quotes Herskowitz as telling him: "He (Bush) said he wanted to do it(invade Iraq), and the reason he wanted to do it is he had been led to understand that you could not really have a successful presidency unless you were seen as commander-in-chief, unless you were seen as waging a war."
Bush told Herskowitz that his father (President George H.W. Bush) knew that from Panama and (President Ronald)Reagan knew that from Grenada and. . . (UK Prime Minister)Maggie Thatcher knew this from the Falklands."
According to Baker, Bush told Herskowitz, "The ideal thing was a small war, and this is why Bush said nobody was going to be killed in Iraq because he thought it would be small war."
Baker said he believed if a major daily ran his Herskowitz interview it "could have changed the election" but "I could not get it published." The story was turned down by both The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. He described the Post as "scared because of the Dan Rather thing, and they said to me, 'What do you have in the way of evidence?'" Baker replied, "Here's a tape of Mickey Herskowitz, who's published 20-some books, long-time journalist of the Houston Chronicle, friend of the Bush family, telling me this story." The Post said, "It's not enough. In this climate, we need Bush on tape saying this." Expressing his disappointment over the rejection, Baker said, "Well, that standard has never applied anywhere."
This disclosure was uncovered by Russ Baker, an award-winning investigative reporter when he interviewed Herskowitz for his own book, "Family of Secrets" about the Bush dynasty. However, Baker says, when he approached The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times with the potentially devastating story to President Bush prior to the 2004 presidential election, they declined to publish it.
In a new book, "Media In Crisis", Baker quotes Herskowitz as telling him: "He (Bush) said he wanted to do it(invade Iraq), and the reason he wanted to do it is he had been led to understand that you could not really have a successful presidency unless you were seen as commander-in-chief, unless you were seen as waging a war."
Bush told Herskowitz that his father (President George H.W. Bush) knew that from Panama and (President Ronald)Reagan knew that from Grenada and. . . (UK Prime Minister)Maggie Thatcher knew this from the Falklands."
According to Baker, Bush told Herskowitz, "The ideal thing was a small war, and this is why Bush said nobody was going to be killed in Iraq because he thought it would be small war."
Baker said he believed if a major daily ran his Herskowitz interview it "could have changed the election" but "I could not get it published." The story was turned down by both The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. He described the Post as "scared because of the Dan Rather thing, and they said to me, 'What do you have in the way of evidence?'" Baker replied, "Here's a tape of Mickey Herskowitz, who's published 20-some books, long-time journalist of the Houston Chronicle, friend of the Bush family, telling me this story." The Post said, "It's not enough. In this climate, we need Bush on tape saying this." Expressing his disappointment over the rejection, Baker said, "Well, that standard has never applied anywhere."
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Meanwhile, in 2004 John Kerry was saying that the reason the US effort in Iraq was floundering was because Bush hadn't sent enough troops. Bush troop this criticism to heart and mounted The Surge.
Kerry also knocked Bush for starting The Wrong War At The Wrong Time (Iraq). Obama is now ramping up his Right War At The Right Time (Afghanistan). And all the little progressives who voted for him are left wondering "How is this happening?" Did you people listen to him during the campaign?
Alas, another article from moonbat-conspiradroid infotainment-central, GlobalFiction.ca, home to such absurd, mythological and opportunistic products as:
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2) H1N1 is a NWO-ZOG plot to scare, exploit and kill for profit
3) the north american union
To name but 3 in a laundry list that would make the John Birch Society blush with pride.
Keep up the good work Mr. Smith!
But once again I implore and encourage you to come out of the closet!
Stop hiding behind infotainment website bylines and proudly declare you inner-moonbat!
You'll be glad you did and it's what a real man would do.
MoneyMuffins
I think its the run of adjectives which makes one wonder if you don't spend too much time vexing over websites. Maybe you should have waited until something from your laundry list was linked, instead of a confirmed story that's been in the public record for quite a while.
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