Well, I’m home, actually, but I’m far too preoccupied with the 9/11 Commission to manufacture Amusing Thoughts.
Ashcroft has just begun his statement. It’s pretty clear that he’s going down, though I suppose he might surprise us all. But the old woman on the steps of the Capitol this morning who warned him to “Beware the Ides of April” probably had it right…
Fanny Roborat
12 comments
Ras_Nesta
April 13, 2004 at 5:00 pm
1All I wanna know is why Colleen Rowley’s boss, “Spike” Bowman, who “spiked” (pun intended) FBI whistleblower Time Person-of-the-Year Colleen Rowley’s repeated pre-9/11 requests to search Moussoui’s computer, got a “Presidential Rank” award after 9/11 (with a hefty cash bonus) instead of being fired for incompetence.
Plenty
April 13, 2004 at 6:31 pm
2Ashcroft going down? The very image sickens me.
Murray
April 13, 2004 at 7:27 pm
3Ashcroft talks about all of these evil people, he has no idea how far off the ironic chart he is.
tess
April 13, 2004 at 8:12 pm
4plenty:
well, there is that picture of him composed of porno . . . i mean, if he’s so busy supressing it, who knows what he might be indulging in.
then again, that can probably be said about anyone in the administration.
Murray
April 13, 2004 at 9:48 pm
5My God! If you thought Ashcroft was bad, you should have seen W!
Wow! there’s a mind that is not very well connected to itself. Reminds me of that fish Dorthy in Finding Nemo.
(paraphrased)
Question: Why are you going before the 9/11 committee with vice president Chaney when they asked to talk to you alone?
Bush: Because it was a good idea.
Follow up question: If they wanted to talk to you alone how is that a good idea?
Bush: It was a good idea.
Follow up question: how is it a good idea if the committee wanted to interview just you?
Bush: Next
Is it just me, or is this guy really over the edge?
norbizness
April 13, 2004 at 10:00 pm
6Murray: I think the White House pharmacist will find that the side effects of the drugs they put Bush on are agitation, disorientation, and monomania.
Adam: The only way it could have gone worse for Ashcroft is if Ben-Veniste asked him all his questions via a calico cat hand puppet proxy.
littlebit
April 13, 2004 at 10:17 pm
7I loved the opportunity to laugh out loud when Bush tonight said that a big part of his job is consoling people who “lost their life”.
Check.
craig
April 13, 2004 at 11:37 pm
8Murray it seemed clear that W had been prepped to answer certain questions and he was going to answer those questions regardless of what questions the press asked.
My personal favorite was his refusal to admit any mistakes since trading Sammy Sosa for fear of a soundbite that could be used against him during the campaign.
mothis
April 14, 2004 at 1:11 am
9Adam: could you PLEASE put time zones on the time of the post. not that it really matters but it is kinda anoying when you see say 11:37 PM on a post (as i am now) and look at your clock and see 10:11 PM (as i do now). thanks.
mothis
April 14, 2004 at 1:12 am
10when you see*
Anonymous
April 14, 2004 at 1:13 am
11when you see, say,**(sry, cant type tonight).
Bugman
April 18, 2004 at 9:44 pm
12Bush actually started to say “confronting” people who lost their lives… I was so aghast I didn’t even notice the more commented upon gaff…
oy…
I think while they have all this talent and attention rolled out, they should revisit the whole Lewinsky thing — do we really know enough about it?
Mark