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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Economy Takes Priority in Bush’s Last State of the Union Speech Sometimes it’s useful to let a story’s own lead speak for itself. Take, for example, the doozy of a question that opens Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s New York Times article about Bush’s <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/washington/28bush.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" title="economic focus">economic focus</a> in Monday’s State of the Union address: “Will George W. Bush be remembered as the president who lost the economy while trying to win a war?” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080127_economy_takes_priority_in_bushs_last_state_of_the_union_speech/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080127_economy_takes_priority_in_bushs_last_state_of_the_union_speech/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Economy Takes Priority in Bush’s Last State of the Union Speech Sometimes it’s useful to let a story’s own lead speak for itself. Take, for example, the doozy of a question that opens Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s New York Times article about Bush’s <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/washington/28bush.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" title="economic focus">economic focus</a> in Monday’s State of the Union address: “Will George W. Bush be remembered as the president who lost the economy while trying to win a war?” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080127_economy_takes_priority_in_bushs_last_state_of_the_union_speech/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080127_economy_takes_priority_in_bushs_last_state_of_the_union_speech/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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