September 10, 2003

• Bush goes on TV and tells the nation (and the world) that he needs $87 billion more in order to rebuild Iraq.
  
  The NEXT DAY the White House releases this fact sheet saying they'll need between $55 and $75 billion OVER the $87 billion Bush asked for the previous night.
  
  So who screwed up the first number? Is some economist or speechwriter getting fired over this? Or did Bush just pull a number out of his ass, knowing that the White House can raise the ante without causing sticker shock?
  
  What a mofo.

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