Kilmeade of Fox whitewashes Bush's lies on Iraq & Al Qaida

On the August 6 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that "the president of the United States never even said there's a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq," and that "[t]hat wasn't the premise for going in there."

In fact, President Bush, and several other members of his administration, repeatedly said there was such a link, and that the United States should invade because Saddam might give his purported weapons of mass destruction to Al Qaeda, which could use them to attack the United States.



Media Matters has documented numerous instances where Bush tried to link Al Qaida and Iraq. Bush linked Al Qaeda to Iraq many times during the lead-up to the war.

Kilmeade made the claim while discussing Pulitzer prize winning author Ron Suskind's report in his new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism (Harper), that "[t]he White House had concocted a fake letter from [Iraqi intelligence chief Tahir Jahil] Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001. It said that 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq -- thus showing, finally, that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda."

Myth #532: Republicans are Fiscal Conservatives

Steve Greenberg's Cartoon




All Republicans Presidents in the last 25 years, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush (#41) and George W. Bush (#43), have been responsible for massive deficits.

One President who actually created surplus was Bill Clinton, a Democrat

Bush calls Roger Ailes 'our man' on Limbaugh's show

The Bush family (Bush 41, Bush 43 and Jeb) appeared on Limbaugh's radio show on August 1, 2008. During the nauseating love-fest where they congratulated each other and expressed their admiration for one another, Bush 41 let slip this nugget:

BUSH 41: Well, yeah. I'm kind of on the sidelines, but I can't do golf and all that stuff anymore. But life is good. It's wonderful, and it's great having the family up here in Maine, and all is well. Do you see our man Ailes at all?

RUSH: Oh, yeah. I saw Roger at Tony Snow's funeral.

BUSH 41: Oh, did you?

RUSH: And a couple of times earlier this summer.

BUSH 41: Are we on the radio, are we?

RUSH: (laughing)

BUSH 41: I didn't know that. I'll clean up my act here. I'm glad they told me.

Roger Ailes, our man? So much for Fair and Balanced.


Later, Keith Olbermann featured them on his Worst Persons list