Thursday, April 01, 2004
Rumsfeld on THe PBS Newshour:
DONALD RUMSFELD: I don't do politics.
Then someone left some of Rumsfelds talking points in a Starbucks.
SOme non political highlights:
The notes, printed on paper entitled "Eric's Telephone Log," counseled to "rise above Clark(e)" and "emphasize importance of 9-11 commission and come back to what we have done."
Stay inside the lines. We don't need to puff this (up). We need (to) be careful as hell about it," the handwritten notes say. "This thing will go away soon and what will keep it alive will be one of us going over the line."
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Sometimes, when its a slow day, well OTHER than the fact that 9 americans were killed in Iraq (must've choked on the flowers thrown to them as liberators), the White house runs out of things to lie about and just needs SOMETHING.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
TDS was hilaroius last night ripping Nofacts a new one.
NOVAK: Congressman, do you believe – and you’re a sophisticated guy – watching these hearings that Dick Clarke has a problem with this African-American woman Condoleezza Rice?”
EMANUEL: [looks stunned, grabs earpiece] Say that again.
STEWART: [interrupting the video] Yes, Robert Novak. Please! Say that again.
NOVAK: Do you believe that Dick Clarke has a problem with this African-American woman Condoleezza Rice?
EMANUEL: [mixture of non-plussed and bewildered expression] No. Bob, give me a break, no.
STEWART: Wow. Who even knew this deck had a race card? Don't you get it people? Civil rights activist Robert Novak is implying Richard Clarke was never interested in fighting terrorism -- he just hates black people.
That’s the thing about Robert Novak. He’s all about fighting injustice. Whenever he sees a white man attacking a black woman, he’s gotta say something. Or when he hears about a CIA agent still working undercover, he has to reveal that person. That’s Robert Novak. A douchebag for liberty.
For anyone who doesn’t read Altercation. I thought this was interesting.
Scott MClellan caught in a bold faced lie. Not a big deal you say? Well actually yes. It’s the White House Press Secretarys job to essentially spend every waking moment being blatantly dishonest. At least for this White house anyways. Ari Fliescher was such a master of bullshit it inspired awe. But they rarely get caught in an actual lie. That is, a demonstrably false statement. They’ll be deliebratly dishonest and deceptive sure, but couch it with “to the best of my recollection”, etc. This isn't relegated to just the press secretary either. Bush has lied to be sure, but most of the time hes just deliberatly misleading. For instance, Bush didn't lie in his state of the union speech ( a crime) because he said the "British learned" that Saddam wanted to buy uranium from Africa, which is "technically " true, but still deliberatly dishonest. the hallmarks of this adminstration.
Here’s the lie in question:
Q He's right that in October -- in October of 2001, when the President signed this directive, the President was directing the Pentagon to prepare plans for the invasion of Iraq?
MR. McCLELLAN: That's why I said, that's part -- that's part of his revisionist history.
Q That's not true?
MR. McCLELLAN: That's part of his revisionist history, that's what I'm saying --
Q Are you saying it's not true?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, that's right. I am.
Here’s why it’s a lie:
According to the 1/12/03 Washington Post (which quotes senior Administration officials) "six days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush signed a 2½-page document marked 'TOP SECRET'" that "directed the Pentagon to begin planning military options for an invasion of Iraq." This is corroborated by 9/4/02 CBS News report that five hours after the 9/11 attacks, "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq."
Condi will now testify under oath. Hopefully we can now start to get to the truth about what happened in this adminstration regarding 9/11.
And a little perjury trap payback for the impeachment crap would be nice on a personal patrtisan level as well, especailly since Bush has the CIA searching through Clarkes testimony for the sole purporse of trying to go after him politically. THey will release any excerpts they can find to show Clarke as inconsistent, but keep everything else, including stuff that may shed light on waht happened or, god forbid, support Clarke's claims, classified.
Just when you think they couldn't be more corrupt, they just surprise you.
Air America Radio starts up tomorrow at noon with Al Franken's Radio show "the O'Franken Factor". Should be good.
You can listen to it over the internet here.
Clarke’s allegations about Bush incompetence, Condi refusing to testify, an election coming up. Who nabs an interview with the President?
FOX news.
Heres some of Britt Humes take no prisoners no holds barred questions:
Tell me one thing. How often do you talk to your dad?
[snip]
BUSH: I've hurt my knee, and...
HUME: How bad is it?
BUSH: It's bad enough that I cannot run.
[snip]
BUSH: I'll come out here -- see my man Barney over there?
HUME: I see Barney over there.
BUSH: He loves to play golf.
HUME: Oh, he does? Does he chase your ball?
[snip]
HUME: Now, your faith is an integral part of your life. How often do you pray? Where you do you pray? Talk to me about that.
[snip]
HUME: Now, this rug, and there have been a series of them in here, this is one of your...
BUSH: Laura designed this rug. She designed this rug.
[snip]
And my personal favorite.....
HUME: How do you get your news?
BUSH: I get briefed by Andy Card and Condi in the morning. They come in and tell me. In all due respect, you've got a beautiful face and everything.
