Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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"We understand that benchmarks are important."
--Dubya, on May 17, 2007, http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

"If you simply look at benchmarks, you're going to miss a lot of the fine-print reporting
...that does give you a sense of a whole lot that's going on right now."
--Tony Snow on July 13, 2007, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070713-5.html

"It would be a mistake to limit one's view of what goes on in Iraq to the benchmarks."
--Tony Snow, August 30, 2007, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070830-1.html

"Actually, a number of those benchmarks I thought were unrealistic from the beginning."
--John McCain, to Whore Hannity, http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/