Bush's Iraq bloggers: check out the site.

[rodeodance]

posted elsewhere, but deserves some discussion.


Thu Mar-29-07 02:01 AM
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Troop Rise Aids Iraqis, Bush Says, Citing Bloggers (that he met with Jan '04)
WASHINGTON, March 28 — President Bush has discovered bloggers. Iraqi bloggers.

Mr. Bush — a man not known for his love of the working press, and certainly no fan of anonymous quotes — cited two Iraqi bloggers on Wednesday in a speech asserting that his troop buildup, despite Congressional criticism and calls for withdrawal, was helping improve everyday life for Iraqis.

“I want to share with you how two Iraqi bloggers — they have bloggers in Baghdad, just like we’ve got here,” Mr. Bush told an audience of ranchers and cattlemen, after remarking that Iraqis were beginning to see “positive changes.”

~snip~

But just who were these anonymous bloggers? The deputy White House press secretary, Dana Perino, spent a good chunk of her regular briefing on Wednesday deflecting that question, and defending the propriety of the president’s use of anonymous quotes.

~snip~

As for the writers’ identity, it remained a mystery — until the White House distributed a transcript of the briefing. In a footnote at the end, the administration disclosed that the bloggers were Omar and Mohammed Fadhil, two brothers who are both dentists and who write an English-language blog, IraqTheModel.com, from Baghdad. The White House said their writings had been cited in mainstream news outlets; on March 5, the Fadhil brothers wrote an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal titled “Notes from Baghdad.”

Oh, yes, and on Dec. 9, 2004, they met in the Oval Office with Mr. Bush.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/washington/29blog.htm...

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Someone should connect him with Riverbend

Expand his horizons a little.

[Flarney]

2. Jesus, at least TRY to cover your tracks! Buffoon. n/t