Campaign season is in full swing and so is the Republican attack machine. We here at the BilgeBucket have
already noted in some of our headlines many ironical statements (Ironies of the Day) concerning President Bush and other top
ranking members of the GOP. But now they're coming in hot and heavy and we've decided to keep track. This will be an ongoing
feature, so tune in every week for additions to the list.
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Bush calls the Cuban elections a sham.
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Bush condemns the United Russia Party for not allowing dissent.
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Conservative talk show hosts griping about Dean rants.
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Bush criticizes Congress for fiscal irresponsibility.
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Republicans accuse Democrats of gutter politics.
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Bush and Blair are nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
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Bush says sending jobs overseas will help economy.
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Bush says Democrats will endanger fiscal health.
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Republicans accuse Democrats of being tied to special interests.
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Bush accuses Kerry of being a waffler.
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Laura Bush says attacks on husband's National Guard Record are part of a vast Liberal conspiracy.
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Bush accuses Kerry of being an elitist.
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Bush claims to be a uniter not a divider.
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Bush has brought honor and integrity back to the White House.
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Donald Evans says that increasing taxes destroys jobs.
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Cheney says we wouldn't have our current job growth rate if Democrats were in charge.
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Bush says that the torture rooms in Iraq are closed.
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Bush says Iraqis are sick of people coming into their country trying to destabilize it.
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Bush Administration accuses Kerry of being above the law and playing by his own rules.
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Conservative ranters like Sean Hannity, Dennis Miller and Michael Savage call Al Gore's speaking out insane.
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Bill O'Reilly complains about Michael Moore, "If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes truth."
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Bill Kristof contends Democrats politicized Paul Wellstone's, then says Bush should politicize Ronald Reagan's death to get re-elected.
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Bush said earlier this year that he is a 'war president', then he said recently that he wants to be the 'peace president'.
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Bush told supporters in Davenport, Iowa, that "the world will drift toward tragedy" without strong U.S. leadership.
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Dick Cheney "blamed his Democratic opponents and their opposition to the Bush administration's energy policies" for rising gas prices.
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Republicans claim to be adept at keeping America safe, yet protestors managed to get into Republican National Convention each night.
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Bush announces he'll never negotiate with terrorists, yet he suggests that Putin negotiates with the Chechen terrorists.
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Bush says he trusts deputy National Security Advisor, Stephen Hadley, despite all the erroneous information he provided about Iraqi's nuclear weapons, which don't exist . Bush said, "He has earned my trust".
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During the election campaign, President Bush said, "I will never give another country veto power over our national security." Yet, Pakistan won't permit American military and intelligence forces in Afghanistan to cross the border into Pakistan to pursue militants such as Osama Bin Laden, the man responsible for 9/11.
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Neoconservative Republicans, led by Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, want U.N. Secretary to step down because of the "oil for food" programs, yet are willing to overlook the blatant corruption of Halliburton receiving no bid contracts in Iraq and the horrendous deception by the White House on the existence of WMDs in Iraq.
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Tom Delay and other right wing Republicans claim it was the liberal judges that killed Terri Schiavo, and yet the six of the ten judges of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals who upheld the decision to not force feed Schiavo were Republican.
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President Bush wants to promote a 'Culture of Life' but yet continues to support the death penalty and has sent thousands of Americans and Iraqis to their deaths
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