Wednesday, March 07, 2007

How's Your Week Going Mr. President?

5. Bush Sr. to Press: I did Not Grope That Real & Spectacular Ass.

Bush's dad had to go on television and deny that he groped Terri Hatcher's ass.

Obviously, Papa Bush is unaware that when you're over 80 years old, you pretty much can do what you damn well please; no apologies required.

4. Venezuela: "Gringo, Go Home!" Argentina: Gringo, Go Home! And send back Jenna!"

How is Bush loseing the hearts and minds of South Americans to Calypso fan and general Looney Tune Hugo Chavez, is beyond me.

--- Chavez is scheduled to speak to tens of thousands of anti-Bush protesters in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, and he'll do it with the blessing of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner. In fact, Kirchner's aides are helping to organize the rally.


--- As President Bush flew to San Paulo, Brazil, here Thursday on Air Force One, thousands of protesters shouting "Out, Bush!" marched down this city's main drag, Avenida Paulista. Hundreds of riot police flanked at least 6,000 demonstrators near the city's financial center, and the scent of tear gas hovered along the march route.

3. Walter Reed Scandal Big Enough that FAUX HAs to Cover it.

Here's a random sampling :

Disclosures of substandard conditions for wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center represent more than another case of Bush administration incompetence.

They show how its mishandling of the management and financing of the Iraq war has created a series of devastating side effects that go far beyond questions about its military and diplomatic policies in the Middle East.

Since President Bush sent U.S. troops to Iraq, his administration has constantly sought to minimize war costs, protect its tax cuts and avoid the government's looming long-term fiscal problems.

2. Six of the Eight fired US Attorneys testify on Capitol Hill.

In back-to-back hearings in the Senate and House, former U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias of New Mexico and five other former prosecutors recounted specific instances in which some said they felt pressured by Republicans on corruption cases and one said a Justice Department official warned him to keep quiet or face retaliation.

But now in the face of further testimony in both chambers, the White House is backing down.

1. VP Cheney's Chief of Staff Convicted of 4 counts of Lying in Plame Leak.

On the heels of Libby's conviction, and conservative demands for Libby's pardon, comes hearings in Congress, where, among others, Valerie Plame will be testifying.

This shouldn't be a problem. All it it will show is that the outing of Plame was part of a systematic and widespread attempt to intimidate and discredit a critic of pre-war intelligence that the Administration was forced to admit was wrong. Cheney, Rove, Libby, Armitage, Fliescher, and other knew about it and participated in it. And either Bush knew about it and lied to the American public or he was lied to by these people.

By the way, when are you going to make good on your promise and fire Dick Cheney & Karl Rove?

" ... There are anonymous reports all the time in the media. The President has set high standards, the highest of standards for people in his administration. He's made it very clear to people in his administration that he expects them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration. --- White House Spokesman Scott McClelan, 9/23/03

"Q And, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have [who leaked the agent's name]?

A : Yes. And that's up to the U.S. Attorney to find the facts." --- President G.W. Bush, June 10, 2004.