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  Tuesday, September 17, 2002


Why is Card's comment buried in this piece
This article in the Washington Post on "Democrats Question Iraq Timing" waits until the 17th paragraph to provide proof that the Democrats claims that the timing of the latest Iraq initiative was all political.  From the middle of paragraph 17: Andrew H. Card Jr., Bush's chief of staff, said last week that the White House held back on promoting the Iraq policy in the summer because, "from a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August." And Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (Va.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, made an Iraq vote explicitly political, saying, "People are going to want to know, before the elections, where their representatives stand."  Shouldn't that have been put a lot closer to the paragraph that begins, "Bush aides angrily reject the accusation of a "Wag the Dog" attempt...."?
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