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W Uses "Up or Down Vote" Four Times in Three Sentences

As opposed to a side-to-side vote? An in or out vote? Listen, this is intentional brainwashing! Today, from the Rose Garden:

"You know, I thought -- I thought John Bolton was going to get an up or down vote on the Senate floor, just like he deserves an up or down vote on the Senate floor, and clearly he's got the votes to get confirmed. And so I was disappointed that once again, the leadership there in the Senate didn't give him an up or down vote. And the reason it's important to have an up or down vote is because we need to get our ambassador to the United Nations to help start reforming that important organization."
W's Rose Garden Press Conference - White House Transcript

Less intentional was probably the end of his response to a question about the damning Amnesty International Report which was, according to the official white house transcript (above):

"And, you know..."

Well, no, I don't know! Daily Kos details how Cheney has said that Amnesty can't be taken seriously, while Rumsfeld used Amnesty to justify war in Iraq! Which is it?

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