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Sunday, March 28, 2004
 
Bush in 2000: No Mention of Terrorism

Just out of curiousity, I went back and took a quick look at the 2000 Presidential debate transcripts to see if either candidate had spoken about terrorism generally or al Qaeda or Bin Laden (yes, Condi, there is a difference) specifically.

I found only one mention of terrorism during the three Presidential debates, which was by Gore during the last debate, which had taken place right after the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. (Gore, in fact, noted the bombing when answering the first question posed to him: "And of course, this debate also takes place at a time when the tragedy of the USS Cole is on our minds and hearts and insofar as the memorial services tomorrow, I would like to also extend sympathy to the families of those who have died and those who are still missing, and the injured.")

At no point did Bush ever discuss terrorism. But he sure had a lot to say about Saddam Hussein and Iraq...

- posted by Joshua @ 3:11 PM
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