Hmmm, here's the Dave Ross take on the president's quotes (from KIRO-710, Seattle):
Jul 14, 2003 FORGERY What to do about all those rogue notions. We know the Iraqi uranium deal story has been declared officially over; we know that officially CIA Director George Tenet is to blame for failing to strike the sentence. But what we still don't know is how it GOT there to begin with. In his news release, Tenet calls it troubling that the 16 words "eventually made it into the State of the Union Speech." "Made it into the speech." But how? Did they sprout little feet? Plus now we learn that the same uranium claim had already been struck once -- after "making it into" a speech last October. It can't be an accident, because say what you want, this Administration is VERY careful about the facts it releases. Remember the story last month about the EPA's big environmental report? It came out that The White House very carefully edited the climate section -- to cut the part describing risks from Global Warming. I quote the New York Times: "The editing eliminated references to many studies concluding that warming is at least partly caused by rising ... emissions." You see? The White House was able to see RIGHT THROUGH the Global Warming scam. I mean, those climatologists didn't fool them ONE MOMENT. And yet, a squirelly reference to a uranium deal, which had already been cut once, somehow "makes its way" NOT into some obscure report that no one will read, but into a State of the Union speech. Very strange, these self-propelled words. We can only hope that the next time a rogue notion tries to scamper into the Oval Office, the Secret Service just whacks it over the head. -Ben > "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
