Staff / TruthdigOct 26, 2006
George Bush has dealt with the failure of his "stay the course" strategy by pretending it never existed, but will other candidates who once abused the phrase follow suit? And will the media hold them accountable? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 24, 2006
The Washington Post delivers a blistering analysis of Bush & Co.'s attempts to erase from the nation's memory a phrase now synonymous with head-in-the-sand stupidity.
Earlier: Watch Bush try to pull the wool over Stephanopoulos' eyes Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 23, 2006
UPDATE: Check out a better video version
The president is rewriting history again, this time on ABC's "This Week," where he told George Stephanopoulos: "Well, hey, listen, we've never been 'stay the course,' George We have been -- we will complete the mission" (Video & Transcript). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 19, 2006
In stark contrast to the 2002 and 2004 campaigns, Democrats in races all over the country are now pummeling their GOP opponents for advocating a "stay the course" stance in the failed Iraq war. Karl Rove's strategy of trying to turn a weakness into a strength is backfiring big-time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 27, 2006
The high school course on the Bible's influence on society would be an elective storyIt's such an obvious end run around the Constitution's Establishment Clause that we'll hold fire But check this: The course textbook contains a boxed feature that shows how the Bible was used "to justify and even encourage anti-Semitism" Wow! A whole boxed feature? We wonder if there's a footnote about that whole Spanish Inquisition thing . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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