Heads Up! Rand Beers scheduled for Inside Politics today (CNN)

[nostamj]

defending attacks on Clarke obviously.

WH is in overdrive trying to spin this away

[Vadem]

1. Inside Politics just cut away for live news event from Tom Ridge...

think it was planned that way, hmmmmm? He'll probably take up the whole time of Inside Politics so that they can't have Rand Beers on. Ridge speaking on the safety of America's railroads, re Spain's rail attack.

He's putting the rail system on heightened alert.

[buycitgo]

5. did you see Bartlett?

the smiling fascist?

he contradicted Hadley, who, IIRC, DENIED to Stahl last night, that any meeting occurred between Dumbo and Clarke, in which he pressed for Iraq/AlQ connection.

then, she sprang the witness bit on him, and he "stood by" his version

I'm getting this correct, yes, about last night?

Bartlett admitted that the meeting took place, but cleverly, by saying something like "let's accept that the meeting took place"

well, if it took place, was Hadley LYING about it?

oh, spineless dems, when are you going to respond to all this?

[nostamj]

7. Snotty said that "* didn't remember it" and

there's no record of it.

now, that couldn't be the WH flip-flopping, could it?

[Nlighten1]

9. Who is Bartlet?

[buycitgo]

10. WH communications director

I'd REALLY like to wipe that SMIRK off his face

MUCH more infuriating than dumbo's, as he wears it constantly, as if he's been lobotomized

would be nice if a real reporter ever got to question him

not holding breath

[underpants]

11. White House Communications Director-the message guy

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/bartlett-bio.html



Dan Bartlett serves President George W. Bush as Assistant to the President for Communications and White House Communications Director. Bartlett is responsible for managing all aspects of President Bush's message. He oversees the White House Press Office, Office of Media Affairs, Communications, Speechwriting, and Global Communications. Prior to that, he was principal deputy to Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President.

[Vadem]

2. Well, I'll be! Judy Woodruff just cut Ridge off to go to a commercial..

I'm shocked! Maybe we'll see Rand Beers after all!

[nostamj]

3. they've still got a full half hour....

hopefully they will!

[CatWoman]

4. he"s on now!!!

[buycitgo]

6. taping it

saying "shame on" WH for ignoring him

judy reading reading off Clarke's resume of responsibility for Cole, Nairobi, etc.

hammering Clarke, very unlike her lavage of Bartlett

[buycitgo]

8. Schneider on now

talking about political implications

says it's a two pronged prob for pres:

WOT and War in Iraq

"Clarke's book feeds the charges that dumbo exaggerated evidence to get us into war"

he used condi's tape in which she claims he asked for her support to be nominated asst head of homeland security; said he was gung ho with bush at that point

[imax2268]

12. Beers did very well...

n/t