So which is it, Mr. President?

[theHandpuppet]

The Chimperor recently stated that he was unaware of the port deal until he read about it in the newspapers. Curiously, though, he was immediuately supportive of the deal even though he denied any previous knowledge of the port sale. So which is it, Mr. President? How can you claim to not read the newspapers then turn around and claim you only found out about the deal from the papers? Who's really in charge up there, you nitwit? Andy Card or you? Dick Cheney or you? Condi Rice or you? I'll bet you were probably one of the last to know only because you're the most incurious idiot ever to take up residence in the WH. Now you're trying to CYA but can't hide that curious smell of JAD (just another deceit) that creates that special ambience at Neocon Central.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/143851_thomas15.html
No wonder Bush doesn't connect with the rest of the country
By HELEN THOMAS
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON -- President Bush recently gave an hour-long exclusive interview to Fox TV anchor Brit Hume, who tossed him a series of softball questions.
Among them, Bush was asked how he gets his news. Answer: He relies on briefings by chief of staff Andrew Card and national security affairs adviser Condoleezza Rice.
He walks into the Oval Office in the morning, Bush said, and asks Card: "What's in the newspapers worth worrying about? I glance at the headlines just to kind of (get) a flavor of what's moving," Bush said. "I rarely read the stories," he said....

Another...
http://www.counterbias.com/blog/2004/06/bush-explains-why-he-doesnt-read.html
Bush explains why he doesn't read newspapers...
"I like to have a clear outlook," he told me. "It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion or somebody's characterization which simply isn't true."

And another...
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/helenthomas/2547076/detail.html
Bush continued: "I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world."
What struck me and a lot of other folks about the interview was Bush's revelation that he does not read newspapers.
Anyone who wants to stay in touch with national, international and local events looks forward to reading the newspaper every day. The variety and breadth of newspaper stories make Americans the best-informed people in the world....

And yet another...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050414-4.html
President Addresses American Society of Newspaper Editors Convention
Just a couple of brief thoughts and I'd be glad to answer some questions -- if you have any. (Laughter.) Here's what Jefferson said -- Jefferson said, "Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, that cannot be limited without being lost." He also went on to say, "I've given up newspapers and I find myself much happier." (Laughter.)


Other links:
http://www.peterhansen.com/james_howard_gibbons.htm
http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/004048.html
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/9/23/173118.shtml
http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBU3UEHF0E.html

There are tons more. So which is it, Mr President? You either found out about the port deal from the newspapers (as you recently stated) or you lied on numerous occasions by stating that you don't read newspapers at all, but rely on your aides to predigest them for you and regurgitate the "pertinent" information.

[liberal N proud]

1. I am glad I am the only one that caught that little bu$h slip

[magellan]

2. I think a lot of people caught it, including Repubs

I seem to recall a letter on Congress.org or a call in to WJ from an R who mentioned this slip and he was furious about the implications. He'd caught his leader LYING!!

As I said on another thread, what Clinton tried to do with the truth by claiming he "never had sexual relations with that woman," Bush** and his Neocon cabal pull off every day. I'm hoping Bush**'s ports deal flub causes some Repubs to start wondering how many other times they've been lied to. They'll find many instances if only they take an objective look....