> Will Rumsfield eventually do the same? we'll find out soon enough... he's what 76 or so now?
will Doug White wrote: >If you can rely on the accuracy of the Washington Post, then the Quote is >accurate, while the statement is not. > >If it is an accurate quote, then I expect that over time, it will be brought >back to haunt him. > >You can bet the Democrats will keep it alive and well, just as the Republicans >did with the quotes from his predecessor. > >Strange, though, a lie about the justification for going to war, was last used >by a Democrat; i.e. Lyndon Johnson who relied on his Secretary of Defense, >McNamara, who just before death admitted he lied. Will Rumsfield eventually do >the same? > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andy Ousterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:36 PM >Subject: RE: Bush does it again :-) > > >| While I haven't seen this yet, perhaps it will be on the news tonight, I >| would need to understand the context prior to forming a judgment. For >| example, what question prompted this answer and what was the complete >| answer. I am very wary of any single sentence quotes. It is too easy to >| misunderstand what was actually communicated. >| >| And maybe, just maybe, the reason almost nobody quoted him was that it >| wasn't newsworthy. >| >| -----Original Message----- >| From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >| Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:05 PM >| To: CF-Community >| Subject: Bush does it again :-) >| >| >| "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
