Did anyone notice Dubya imply that being against the war means you're a racist?
"Some of the debate really center around the fact that people don't believe Iraq can be free; that if you're Muslim, or perhaps brown-skinned, you can't be self-governing and free."
Oh, and this was priceless:
Q Mr. President, why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission? And, Mr. President, who will you be handing the Iraqi government over to on June 30th?
THE PRESIDENT: We will find that out soon. That's what Mr. Brahimi is doing; he's figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over. And, secondly, because the 9/11 Commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting. And I look forward to meeting with them and answering their questions.
Q I was asking why you're appearing together, rather than separately, which was their request.
THE PRESIDENT: Because it's a good chance for both of us to answer questions that the 9/11 Commission is looking forward to asking us, and I'm looking forward to answering them.
GEORGE! He's asking you why you insist on appearing TOGETHER WITH CHENEY instead of separately, AS THE COMMISSION REQUESTED! NOT why you're appearing at all!
I would have liked to see the following reporter that was called on say "Thank you Mr. President. I'd like to ask you why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission?"
And the reporter after that, etc. until he ANSWERED THE QUESTION. It was one of the very few questions that was specific enough to be useful.
My vote for most ironic statement:
"a country that hides something is a country that is afraid of getting caught."
Hmmm, I suppose that's true. Oh, by the way:
why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission?
I don't know about you, but I got chills when the Prez got all tent-revival on us:
"I also have this belief, strong belief, that freedom is not this country's gift to the world; freedom is the Almighty's gift to every man and woman in this world. And as the greatest power on the face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread of freedom."
Chills of horror.
There was a distinctly nautical theme last night:
"We can no longer hope that oceans protect us from harm"
"we assumed oceans would protect us from harm"
"Oceans don't protect us".
I don't know about you, but I don't remember ever assuming any such thing. George, maybe you should've asked me, I could have told you:
"George, I'm pretty sure terrorists can go through water. If you're looking at water as your primary counterterrorism strategy, I'd say you should go back to the drawing board. Unless, of course, the Wicked Witch is planning an attack".
So you caught the anti-war=racist implication as well? I guess all those Abolitionists who suggested we free the slaves instead of waging a civil war were just a bunch of racists too.
Posted by: antigeist at 14.04.04 11:54Yes, those oceans were such helpful things back in '41.
Posted by: czeltic girl at 14.04.04 17:36Goddamnit, water doesn't work as a shield anymore? FUCK. I've got all my valuable shit in a bag in the middle of a tub of water out in the parking lot. Can the terrorists get to that, too?
Nice post, man, I only managed to sit through about 3.2 minutes of his stupidass prepared statement before I turned it off.
Posted by: i at 15.04.04 13:22you see, monk, they absolutely must appear together because cheney's got to sit beside the president to stick his hand up his butt to get him to "talk" and move his arms like he's "a real live boy."
Posted by: z. at 19.04.04 15:07Well, that would get me talking...
Posted by: monk at 20.04.04 11:03Personally, I'm scared of what's going to be IN the oceans if that clown gets his way. Clear skies and healthy forests my ass. We'll have Godzilla coming up in the Gulf of Mexico, presently.
Posted by: Tazja at 21.04.04 17:06