No Respect
06 December 2007 6:36 pm by Taylor Marsh
OK, look. I can see where you could see that the president could have been
more precise in that language. But the president was being truthful.
Dear Dana, er, Ms. Perino.
Babe, you’re drowning. You look like Katie Couric trying to report from Iraq.
You’ve got the backdrop and the title, but costume and setting alone just won’t
get the job done.
Transcript
via Think Progress:
QUESTION: But the president said, quote, He didn’t tell me what the
information was. But you’re now saying he was told that Iran may have
halted its nuclear weapons program and also that there may be a new assessment,
right?PERINO: Right, but he doesn’t — he didn’t get any of the
details of what — what the information was, in terms of what the actual
raw intelligence was.
The President was told there was new information coming in on the NIE, but
he wasn’t told the details? Um, excuse me, but isn’t that kind of, well,
his job. What is he, last on the list, last to know?
Do you ever anticipate what questions might be asked in the briefing? Or do
they just push you out there and hope for the best. I mean, you look great and
everybody likes a pert blonde, but it’s the 21st century. Women are supposed
to actually be able to blow dry their hair and handle facts, even details, all
at the same time.
QUESTION: Can you just clarify one more thing? What day was the president
actually briefed on the NIE?PERINO: I don’t know. I don’t know.
QUESTION: Well, because Mr. Hadley left the impression that it was last Wednesday.
PERINO: Oh, on the NIE, specifically?
QUESTION: On the NIE.
PERINO: Yes, last Wednesday.
QUESTION: Last Wednesday? OK. But there have been reports that the president
briefed Prime Minister Olmert last week, maybe on Monday.ERINO: I don’t know.
Jeez, tough day, babe.
Now we also find out that there was a meeting in the Situation Room and Vice
President Dick Cheney was there but Mr. Bush wasn’t, but you don’t know anything
about it, even though the New York Times does? Oh, and it’s not odd
that Cheney’s briefed on the NIE, but Bush isn’t. Was he busy?
Sweetie, time to call Christiane Amanpour. She’ll show you how not to take
crap from the boys. You’re letting them ruin your rep.
