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Saturday, February 11, 2006
FLASH: President's Makes Private Comments!!!!!
The media, in this case CNN, is swallowing the whole magilla.

President Bush made these "private comments" to lawmakers after having met with the press publically. But, now be sure to clutch your pearls, someone accidently left the microphone on when Bush was talking "frankly" to lawmakers off the record:
Private comments

"I want to share some thoughts with you before I answer your questions," said Bush, unaware that microphones were still on and were transmitting his comments back to the White House press room. "First of all, I expect this conversation we're about to have to stay in the room. I know that's impossible in Washington."

That was not to be -- and it was telling that the president chose the controversial NSA program as the first topic to raise out of reporters' earshot. Even so, there was no substantive difference between those statements and the series of public speeches he has given recently to defend the program.
I'll bet the microphone operator was Karl Rove. Or maybe the press room picked up a signal from the wire that the Pres. wears. Either way, what a swell scoop for some young Jimmy Olson type to get!!

Why, oh why can't we have a decent press corpse.
Written at 9:20 AM by Greyhair.
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