I always suspected that he had a very good reason for leaving. -Kevin
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Lakein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush does it again :-) > > > That used to be Ari Fleischer's job, actually... > > - David > > Angel Stewart wrote: > > > "July 15, 2003 | A "darn good" quote that almost nobody > quoted "We > > gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he > wouldn't let them > > in." George W. Bush uttered that amazing sentence yesterday > to justify > > the war in Iraq, according to the Washington Post. > > > > What? Yes, I promise that's what the man said. (And by "him," the > > president clearly meant Saddam Hussein -- not Kim Jong Il, who > > actually has refused to let international inspectors into North > > Korea.) > > > > Now a presidential statement so frontally at variance with the > > universally acknowledged facts obviously presents a problem for the > > White House press corps. He wasn't joking, and he didn't sound > > disoriented or unwell. Although Dana Priest and Dana > Milbank wrote the > > story as delicately as they possibly could, they couldn't > make it seem > > less weird: > > > > "The president's assertion that the war began because Iraq did not > > admit inspectors appeared to contradict the events leading > up to war > > this > > spring: Hussein had, in fact, admitted the inspectors and Bush had > > opposed extending their work because he did not believe > them effective." > > > > Appeared to contradict the events leading up to war? > Indeed, that's an > > exceedingly mild description of what Bush said. There's no > plausible > > explanation, unless the president suddenly flashed back to his Yale > > sophomore philosophy seminar, grappling with the argument that > > everything we perceive is mere illusion. > > > > For the moment, however, let's just assume reality does exist. What > > possessed the president to make an assertion that everyone on the > > planet knows to be untrue? And who is going to take the > responsibility > > for this one? Did George Tenet vet Bush's statement? Do the British > > have a secret dossier proving that Saddam never actually > admitted Hans > > Blix and the UNMOVIC teams? Will Condi Rice or Donald > Rumsfeld show up > > on Fox News next weekend to explain why Bush's statement is > > "technically accurate," even though he shouldn't have said it? > > > > As hard to explain as what Bush said is the press corps' failure to > > report his stunning gaffe. The sentence quoted above > doesn't appear in > > today's New York Times report, for example. Yet there is no > question > > about what he said -- undoubtedly to the amazement of both > Kofi Annan, > > who was sitting beside him at the time, and the dozens of reporters > > who were present during their brief joint press conference. > > > > Anyone who doesn't believe me (or the Post) can watch Bush say the > > exact words quoted above here, toward the end of the White > House's own > > videotape of his remarks, under the headline "President Reaffirms > > Strong Position on Liberia." > > > > Another recent president once said something that was blatantly > > untrue, if fairly trivial, and the videotape of his statement was > > replayed again, and again, and again, and again ... > > > > -Joe Conason" > > > > -Gel > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
