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04/15/2004 Archived Entry: "Does the White House ever fact-check anything?"
Does the White House ever fat-check anything?
Or do they just let Bush go out there and make shit up?
Once again, President Bush misspoke on a weapons issue, telling the nation that 50 tons of mustard gas were found in Libya — twice the amount actually uncovered.The White House moved quickly Wednesday to correct the record, with press secretary Scott McClellan seeking out reporters to point out the mistake. The president should have said in his Tuesday night address and press conference that 23.6 tons of mustard gas were found in Libya, instead of 50 tons, McClellan said.
Bush used the 50-ton figure twice.
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Maybe the battery in George's earpiece went out and he had to adlib.
Posted by Demeur @ 04/15/2004 03:32 PM NY
Oh, we're blog whoring
http://www.the-age-of-reason.blogspot.com
Should we expect anything diffrent from this guy?
He has to make it into the worst situation possible, that's how he keeps the masses scared.
Posted by Smafty @ 04/15/2004 03:47 PM NY
You know where I stand on Bush.
This is a trivial issue.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/15/2004 04:03 PM NY
Gee, I'm so glad he's never made any mistakes.
That means that stuff like this is on purpose, right?
Scorpio
Eccentricity
Posted by Scorpio @ 04/15/2004 06:14 PM NY
Pish Posh
It's not like he was out weighing the stuff. Some dipshit dalloped a number.
Good Grief
Posted by Robin Hacker @ 04/15/2004 06:30 PM NY
He's the goddam president, Robin.
Don't you feel the least bit embarrassed by the fact that he goes out and spouts bullshit and then has to have Scottie McClellan wipe up after him?
Oh, and 'someone' didn't 'dallop' a number. Bush did.
Posted by editor @ 04/15/2004 07:09 PM NY
Pillory me if you must, but on this one I have to agree with my arch-nemesis, Hacker.
Hacker, I tried to respond, point-by-point, to your detailed comment on an earlier thread. Unfortunately, Greymatter swallowed my lengthy response, so in disgust I gave up.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/15/2004 07:21 PM NY
Didn't Tweety pillory Howard Dean for missing the American Iraq troop count by 6%?
IOKIYAR
Posted by George Johnston @ 04/15/2004 09:54 PM NY
Good GrIef, why kan't evryeone juss relax ? Its' not like he had sex with an intrn. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by robin hacktroll @ 04/15/2004 10:36 PM NY
Hey Robin
We are plenty relaxed. We’re Americans. We have Idols, Survivor, Janice, and Jerry Springer to keep our minds on the important things.
You’re right. A cum stain on a blue dress is much more important than the nearly 700 soldiers killed, the thousands without limbs, the tens of thousands innocent people dead just because they live in Iraq.
I’ve got to generalize here (I hate generalizing), so to my fellow liberals I apologies for this brutally honest statement. The attacks on New York and DC was the Monica scandal coming back to bite America in the butt. The repugs are to blame. If we had spent half of the amount of time and money going after terrorists instead of Clinton’s cock,….
Posted by Bob Hollander @ 04/16/2004 03:52 AM NY
Bob
There were a few other issues if you remember correctly, I'll let you post them yourself. Start with the A's though if you would please.
robin_hacktroll
I love it when you post. I know I hit the nail on the head
Editor
He was given the wrong info. End of story
Im more embarrassed that Ted Kennedy is out spouting anything for anyone. Has anyone form the press liberal or conservative asked the family of Mary Jo Kopechne how they feel?
Metro
Thank you for your support on this one.
Your other response was....well confusing, but I did manage, I dont agree on some of it.
Posted by Robin Hacker @ 04/16/2004 07:05 AM NY
Someday, politicians may come to realize that exaggeration is unnecessary. He could have just said "Libya has mustard gas" and been done with it. That's enough to identify a bad situation. Whether it's one, two, ten or 100 tons of the stuff really doesn't change the basic fact.
If anything, I get tired of both dems and repubs sensationalizing literally everything! I've told you all a thousand times....don't exaggerate the numbers!!!
Posted by Murphy @ 04/16/2004 08:48 AM NY
