Bush OKs Rove, Palmeiro, "intelligent design" in one interview: transcript

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush Backs Rove, Palmeiro, 'Intelligent Design'
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, August 2, 2005

In a high-spirited and free-wheeling interview with a handful of Texas print reporters yesterday, President Bush:

· Expressed "complete confidence" in top aide Karl Rove -- while stubbornly refusing to say anything more about what he knows about the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's identity.

· Said he still believes his friend, Baltimore Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, has never used steroids -- in spite of the player's suspension Monday for violating baseball's anti-drug policy.

· Endorsed efforts by Christian conservatives to include the teaching of "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes.

I've just Web-published the complete transcript of the 30-minute interview in the Roosevelt Room -- another White House Briefing exclusive....

(Full transcript: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080200899.html)

Article containing Froomkin's excerpts:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

[eallen]

1. Oh, for a president who belongs to the reality-based community.

[ClintonTyree]

2. bush always picks the biggest fuck-ups..........

and raises them to the brink of sainthood. He's god's anointed one, you know? :eyes: Up is down, black is white, bad is good, right is wrong.....the man's living in a parallel universe.

Really, the man is so removed from reality it's funny. It shouldn't be funny, but it is. He doesn't have a clue what the real world is like.

[Vox_Reason]

3. Boy, these grocery scanners are neat!

Like father, like son.