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Bushism of the Day

By |Posted Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at 12:08 PM ET

"The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously."—Presidential debate, Coral Gables, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004

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