Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Ask Mr. Uninformed Liar
Washington Post:
Video and actual facts in this Think Progress post. Here's part of the transcript:
And by the way, the audience, red though it may have been, roared its approval of her question. More from the Carpetbagger here.
- A sophomore asked why officials were cutting student aid by $12.7 billion. "How's that supposed to help our futures?" she asked. Bush seemed perplexed and asked if she meant federal money. "What we did is reform the student loan program," he said. "We're not cutting money out of it. . . . We're not taking people off student loans, we're saving money in the student loan program, because it's inefficient."
Video and actual facts in this Think Progress post. Here's part of the transcript:
- Q: My name is Tiffany Cooper. I’m a sophomore here at Kansas State and I was just wanting to get your comments about education. Recently 12.7 billion dollars was cut from education. I was just wondering how is that supposed to help our futures?
Bush: Education budget was cut — say it again. What was cut?
Q: 12.7 billion dollars was cut from education. I’m wanting to know how is that supposed to help our futures?
Bush: At the federal level?
Q: Yes.
Bush: I don’t think we’ve actually — for higher education? Student loans?
Q: Yes, student loans.
Bush: Actually, I think what we did was reform the student loan program. We are not cutting money out of it. In other words, people aren’t going to be cut off the program...
And by the way, the audience, red though it may have been, roared its approval of her question. More from the Carpetbagger here.
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Great post, Diane!
The sad thing is, this stuff doesn't even surprise me anymore at all...you would expect a U.S. President to be better prepared, but sadly, he's lowered the bar pretty much to the ground.
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The sad thing is, this stuff doesn't even surprise me anymore at all...you would expect a U.S. President to be better prepared, but sadly, he's lowered the bar pretty much to the ground.
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