{"id":23190,"date":"2026-09-11T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=23190"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:31:41","slug":"full-las-vegas-2004-speech-bushs-war-is-a-war-on-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/full-las-vegas-2004-speech-bushs-war-is-a-war-on-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Las Vegas 2004 Speech: Bush&#8217;s War is a War on Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2004 Full Speech War on Terror is War on Liberty via C-SPAN and FreedomFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94STQyyrfhg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My 2004 speech in Las Vegas on why the war on terror is a war on liberty. 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