How come when Kerry does it, it’s called “a flip-flop,” but when the Nincompoop in Chief
\ndoes it, it’s termed “a sharp shift from an earlier position”? How come when the ninny makes a
\nU-turn, does a back flip, lands a belly flop, or pulls his head out of his ass, it’s called crossing a
\nbridge, making a concession, embracing a new position, or acknowledging a
\nrecommendation?<\/P>
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Here’s the lede on the top story, headlined It might have read: <\/P> Here, in order of increasing timidity, are other ledes. On the same story, It might have read:<\/P> <\/P> The lede on the same story, headlined “Bush Now Backs Stronger <\/P> It might have read:<\/P> <\/P>
\nmorning’s New York Times.<\/P>
\nWASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — President Bush said on Wednesday that he
\nwanted to give a new national intelligence director “full budgetary authority,” a sharp shift from
\nan earlier position and an acquiescence to a major recommendation of the Sept. 11
\ncommission.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nWASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — President Bush flip-flopped on Wednesday,
\nsaying he wanted to give a new national intelligence director “full budgetary authority” in a U-turn
\nfrom his position five weeks ago when he declined to go along with a major recommendation of
\nthe Sept. 11 commission.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nheadlined “Bush Plan Draws on Advice of 9\/11
\nPanel,”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> in this morning’s Washington Post:<\/P>
\nPresident Bush yesterday proposed giving a new national intelligence director
\nbroad powers to plan intelligence agencies’ spending priorities and clandestine activities, making a
\nconcession to lawmakers moving to implement the more sweeping proposals of the Sept. 11
\ncommission.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nAfter dismissing the idea five weeks ago, President Bush yesterday did a back
\nflip and agreed on giving a new national intelligence director broad powers to plan intelligence
\nagencies’ spending priorities and clandestine activities, while refusing to admit he was making a
\nconcession to lawmakers moving to implement the more sweeping proposals of the Sept. 11
\ncommission.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nSpy Czar,”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> in this morning’s Los Angeles Times:<\/P>
\n
\nWASHINGTON — President Bush, moving toward embracing a key element
\nof the Sept. 11 commission’s recommendations, said Wednesday that a new national intelligence
\ndirector should have authority over more than half of the U.S. intelligence community’s estimated
\n$40-billion annual budget.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nWASHINGTON — President Bush reversed himself in a belly flop on a
\nkey element of the Sept. 11 commission’s recommendations, saying Wednesday that a new
\nnational intelligence director should have authority over more than half of the U.S. intelligence
\ncommunity’s estimated $40-billion annual budget.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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