The Decider seems to have decided that any news is good. First, his aides cite anti-American protests in Iraq as progress (because, they say, Hussein wouldn't allow it), and now he says that the decrease in apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the Mexican border is progress because "When you apprehended fewer people, that means fewer were trying to come across.... And fewer were trying to come across because we’re deterring people from attempting illegal border crossings in the first place.” However, according to
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/09/bush-immigration-apprehension/
Bush in November 2005 declared:
"Our actions to integrate manpower, technology and infrastructure are getting results. And one of the best examples of success is the Arizona Border Control Initiative, which the government launched in 2004. In the first year of this initiative — now, listen to this, listen how hard these people are working here — agents in Arizona apprehended nearly 500,000 illegal immigrants, a 42-percent increase over the previous year."
See, all the news to him is good!
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Don't forget that since no 9/11 style terrorist attacks have happened on US soil since 2001, the Bush War!On!Terrorism! is completely successful.
Since 9/11 happened after the Clinton administration, it is clearly their fault.
Since we've had no more devastating hurricanes, FEMA is doing a great job.
Because we haven't fallen into another Great Depression, the Bush tax cuts are working.
Since we can't see the children we leave behind, "No Child Left Behind" is a brilliant success.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc. The motto of this presidency.
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