Gene Lyons of Arkansas Democrat Gazette pillories press and "junior"

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/story_opinion.php?storyid=38148

If we had a press corps instead of a band of celebrity courtiers, somebody would have asked him how he could send American soldiers to kill and die in Iraq without reading, as the White House says he did not, the 90-page National Intelligence Estimate. Exactly what, then, did he study before parroting Tony Blair’s hysterical warning that Saddam could strike within 45 minutes?

Bush told us that not to invade and occupy Iraq would be tantamount to "national suicide." Now he says he’s confident documents will prove that Saddam had "weapons programs." Hardly the same thing. He has faith that documents will also prove the Iraqi dictator’s "links" to al-Qa’ida, another inflammatory charge that The Washington Post reports the National Intelligence Estimate he failed to read contradicted.

From a purely psychological point of view, the most fascinating aspect of a Bush press conference is watching this under-qualified aristocrat veer from mild panic to smug arrogance within a few sentences. Here’s another example of Bush-style "personal responsibility."

Why aren’t his economic policies producing jobs? Try to believe your president said this: "Remember on our TV screens—I’m not suggesting which network did this—but it said, ‘ March to War,’ every day from last summer until the spring —‘ March to War, ’ ‘March to War.’ That’s not a very conducive environment for people to take risk, when they hear, ‘March to War’ all the time." And whose fault was that? Anybody but Junior’s.

[ewagner]

1. Well

At least SOMEBODY in the journalistic community "gets it"/

jeeesssshhhh!:eyes:

[Pepperbelly]

2. Gene is good and this deserves to be kicked...

:kick:

[Dudley_DUright]

3. "Try to believe your president said this"

Sounds like Gene has been reading Bob Somerby at the Daily Howler. This is the phase he uses about the press corps all the time.

on edit: If I would have bothered to read the rest of the article before replying, I would have seen that Gene indeed has been reading the Daily Howler. :-)

[Jacobin]

4. Nice one

THE EMPORER HAS NO CLOTHES!!!!!

Say it OUT LOUD.

The Monkey in the White House is a complete bufoon and an idiot and a warmonger and he is bringing out nation to ruin!!

See, media? You can say it. People will listen. We need to hear the truth,,,....desperately.