Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Consorting with Terrorists of All Sizes and Shapes
Yesterday the press surprisingly covered Bush's assertion during the Q&A in Cleveland that he never linked Saddam Hussein to September 11th. Some commentators even mentioned that the statement was blatantly false -- here, for example, Truth Dig summarizes Keith Olberman's coverage -- but no one apparently told the GOP foot soldiers.
On CNN Victoria Clarke was stressing the mythical connection between Iraq and international terrorism last night more-or-less at the same time CNN's sister stations were fussing over Bush's statement: (transcript here)
Also News Hounds flags the same phenomenon on FOX.
On CNN Victoria Clarke was stressing the mythical connection between Iraq and international terrorism last night more-or-less at the same time CNN's sister stations were fussing over Bush's statement: (transcript here)
BLITZER: Was there discussion, you were inside the inner- circles, was there a discussion of an insurgency exploding and potentially a civil war erupting.
CLARKE: There was a very rigorous going over of the many bad things that can happen when you take action. You weigh the potential bad things happening against the risk of inaction. We decided because of the pattern of abuse, because Saddam Hussein had used weapons of mass destruction, because he was consorting with terrorists of all sizes and shapes, the president made the decision to go to war.
Also News Hounds flags the same phenomenon on FOX.
