Crappy Nagourney

(courtesy of Atrios)

"It is unbelievable that just this morning we learned that the president has said he would do it all over again and dress up in a flight suit, and land on an aircraft carrier, and say 'mission accomplished' again," Mr. Kerry said. "Well, my friends, when the president landed on that aircraft carrier, 150 of our young sons and daughters had given their lives. Since then, tragically, since he said mission accomplished, tragically over 900 have now died.''

Mr. Bush never actually said "mission accomplished," but stood in front of a banner that contained those words.
[NY Times, today]

"America sent you on a mission to remove a grave threat and to liberate an oppressed people, and that mission has been accomplished," he said.
[Bush, June 2003]