Get Bent Perino

[kevinmc]

In trans-Pacific volley, Perino demands apology from senator

From Tokyo comes word that Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, wants an apology from Sen. Barbara Boxer.

The California Democrat and chair of the Senate Environment Committee accused Perino today of lying about why the White House had pushed for deletions in congressional testimony from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the effects of global warming on public health.

Boxer placed the blame in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney -- and said Perino then lied about the reason for the deletions.

In Japan, where President Bush was attending the annual Group of 8 summit, Perino told reporters Thursday morning (Tokyo time): “I have never said such a thing about a fellow public servant, and I wouldn’t if I didn’t have all the facts."

"I think I deserve an apology," she added, completing the trans-Pacific volley between Capitol Hill and Japan.

Not likely, according to this response from Natalie Ravitz, Boxer's spokeswoman: "It is the Bush administration that owes the American people an apology for covering up the dangers of global warming."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/boxer-in-a-news.html

[Solly Mack]

1. What a sham it all is

A war criminal administration demanding apologies....

[Fridays Child]

3. GOP Playbook, page 1:

The best defense is a good offense.

[H2O Man]

8. Right.

Exactly. Of course, a non-criminal administration would have no need to demand apologies.

[madokie]

10. All I know for sure is I'm tired of the need for apologies

I'm ready for some honesty in our government

[Solly Mack]

12. Even if someone said something horribly untrue about that bunch

...for them, of all people, to demand an apology?

As if anything about them is legitimate or on the up and up...as if they command respect...

[madokie]

9. Almost laughable, huh

except'n of course its all so serious and all that is. This will be the longest 6 months of my life, more so than Navy bootcamp in San Diego was back when I was a kid. That was when time stood still

Hope everything is going great in your neck of the woods :hi:

[Solly Mack]

14. Hiya, madokie! Yeah...almost. Incredibly shameless bunch

All good here.

Hope all is well with you also!!

[livvy]

2. To quote the Stones..."Well, you can't always get what you want."

And Boxer doesn't need to apologize for speaking the truth.

[mwb970]

4. One of the small pleasures of bush's long-awaited Blessed Departure...

...will be the relief of ending the unbroken string of emetic, dishonest spokesliars we have seen at that podium during the accursed bush years. Perino is at least reasonably good-looking (especially compared to Fleischer) but they have all been lying sacks of crap, every one. Even you, Scottie.

[malaise]

5. Fugg Perino

She lied.

[screembloodymurder]

6. Here's your fucking apology Dana.

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[ljm2002]

7. "a fellow public servant"???

Perino is not a public servant. A public servant is someone who has been elected by the public, or appointed through a known process such as Supreme Court justices. Perino is a paid hack, not a public servant, by any definition I'm aware of. Well at least it reveals her mindset, believing that by serving her president, she has joined the ranks of those who serve the public.

Far from it, Dana, far from it. You aren't fit to lick Senator Boxer's... shoes.

[Mist]

11. Oh shut up Dana, you silly little bubblehead-bobblehead. Nobody takes

you seriously, not even your employers.

[DailyGrind51]

13. JFK used to follow the philosophy...

"Never explain, but never complain!" Kennedy was confident that he and the people around him were doing the right thing, so none of them needed to get into convoluted explanations for their actions, nor whine at public criticism.