White House Admits Bush Never Watched Gonzales Testimony he claimed "Increased my Confidence"

[demobabe]

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

Now we know why President Bush was the only person who had anything positive to say about Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee: he never watched it! A White House press conference Monday revealed that Bush only "got regular updates" and then maybe "saw some news coverage of it later that day:"

Q But did the President actually see the testimony?

MS. PERINO: He got regular updates from us while we were on the road -- we were on the road that day, on the way to Ohio.

Q So how can he say he has increased confidence if he got updates from other people? So he didn't actually see the testimony, himself, because --

MS. PERINO: He got updates from us, and I think he saw some news coverage of it later that day.

Q But as Jim noted, I mean, Arlen Specter yesterday said that it was "very, very damaging to his own credibility." So what did the President see -- well, he didn't see the testimony, but what did he hear that he --

MS. PERINO: What the President knows is that the Attorney General answered honestly, truthfully and was as responsive to Congress as he could possibly be during hours of testimony and in turning over all the documents, and then making people that work for him available to the Congress in order to answer their questions.

Yes, "regular updates" and Fox News were enough for Bush to tell the American people that, during hours and hours of testimony, Gonzales "answered every question . . . in a way that increased my confidence in his ability to do the job." This explains a Friday story by BuzzFlash pointing out that it's usually a bad thing when Bush has to express his "full confidence" in members of his administration.

Full story here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/231

[C_U_L8R]

1. What a Bozo !

No insult to clowns intended.... but what a total friggin' Bozo we have for a Pretzeldunce.

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. !

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. I knew it! george, you are a Moran! nt

[nancyr]

4. The atttention span of a gnat.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. TRUE! nt

[tiptoe]

3. If * saw the trashing Gonzo brought on himself...

He'd have even MORE Confidence in Torture-Boy!!!

:sarcasm:

[Patsy Stone]

5. I laughed so loudly at the Diner during lunch

when I saw the crawl on MSNBC proclaiming that tap dance had increased the moran in chief's confidence in Gonzo, people were looking at me.

[Bluebear]

6. "regular updates" and Fox News were enough for Bush to tell the American people...

Exactly.

[Botany]

7. You just can't make this shit up.

" ..... we were on the road that day, on the way to Ohio."


And may i ask why Ms. P, you were on the road that day .... on the road to Ohio?

Running away from the testimony?

[Bluerthanblue]

8. liar, liar, liar........ someday it will all catch up to him.. eom

[NastyRiffraff]

9. Boy in the bubble

He got "regular updates." Yeah, they know they'd better tell him what he wants to hear. Because, face it, Shrub needs Gonzo in Justice. He won't get anyone else like him confirmed in the Senate.

[spanone]

11. He's a horse's ass. Boy King doesn't need no congressional 'opinions'

[Olney Blue]

12. You would think something this important would command his attention.

Oh, it's only the Justice Department.....

[malaise]

13. Rachael is nailing his lying ass

on KO right now

[EVDebs]

14. I Think They're All Bozos On The White House Bus...

from Firesign Theatre; I'm sure they'd allow a little photoshopping of Bush's Cheney's Condi's Rummie's et al faces !

[City Lights]

15. Them hearings have big words in 'em.

:crazy: Prezident See 'n' Say had more biggerer things to do. Like throwing tantrums. Or napping. Or thumbsucking.

[guitar man]

16. busted!!

this comes to mind about now :evilgrin:

[tabasco]

17. Thanks for that! LMAO !

I love Tom Tomorrow.

[guitar man]

18. me too!!!

:hi:

[Laurab]

19. In *'s defense - regular updates were really easy

"I don't recall"; "I don't remember if I recall"; repeat variations 100+ times.

[demobabe]

21. lol

too too true. :)

[catmandu57]

22. * bubble is so thick, he's so insulated from the real world

I don't think he'll know how much trouble he's in until there's a crowd gathered on the whitehouse lawn ready to kick down the doors and drag him out.

[Ino]

23. Do the math...

How long did Gonzo's interrogation last? 6 hours? 8?

Let's say 7 hours / 70 "I don't recalls" =

10 "I don't recalls" per hour =

1 "I don't recall" every 6 minutes.

Amazing!

[Supersedeas]

25. apart from the numbers, Dimson needs to hear actual ?'s and responses to form an

opinion to proclaim confidence about.

[SlowDownFast]

24. Lie #2,674,019

and counting...

[demobabe]

26. kick

:kick: