Thursday, May 06, 2004
From Dan Froomkin of washingtonpost.com:
Much has been made of the fact that Bush is still using a line from his stump speech about how the torture chambers in Iraq are closed.
But here's something no one seems to have noticed: He has made a change. Now he's specifying whose torture chambers.
Up until lately, the line generally went "Because we acted, torture chambers are closed."
That was up until early Tuesday afternoon. See, for instance, his remarks in the Ohio towns of Lebanon or Maumes.
But since Tuesday night -- or by the time he got to Cincinnati -- he's been more specific. The exact words now: "Because our coalition acted, Saddam's torture chambers are closed."
And he's used that precise phrasing two more times since then, at a Sterling Heights, Mich., rally later Tuesday night, and at the Republican National Committee Gala in Washington last night, which raised a record $38.5 million for the Republican National Committee.
