Friday, September 03, 2004
The Evidence of Things Not Said
Faith, we are told, is "the evidence of things not seen." The invaluable Froomkin, who got most of a week off from his "White House Briefing" column since there wasn't anybody IN the whitehouse even briefly, is back with his RNC wrapup. He notes the various and sundry items NOT mentioned in the Acceptance of Coronation speech last night:
(via Froom)
(via Froom)
And, for the record, here are a few other things he didn't mention:Most egregious of all, of course, was the omission of any mention of his SOTU-proposed determination to eradicate the scourge of steroids from professional sports. And the attempt of Sadaam to obtain uranium from Africa. We're sure they're with those other details of his next-term agenda on his GeorgeBush.con website he so proudly mentioned last night, even managing to both pronounce and spell it correctly. Well, almost.
• The prison abuse scandal or allegations of torture in Iraq.
• His proposed mission to Mars.
• The value, past or future, of having a Republican-controlled Congress.
• His "miscalculation" in Iraq.
• A headcount of the dead in Iraq.
• The flawed intelligence that he used to justify the war in Iraq.