The purge has begun.
Posted by snark at March 28, 2006 05:47 AMWOW, Andrew Card. What's next? Bush's chef? I can't stand the blood bath.
Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 06:09 AMDoes Bush have a chef? I can't imagine trying to cook for such an idiot. The poor guy probably threw himself on his own knife long ago.
Posted by snark at March 28, 2006 06:18 AMDoes Bush have a chef?
If I remember correctly, they fired the first chef because he was French.
Posted by ann at March 28, 2006 06:26 AMAs started to hear the headline this morning, I was thinking it was Karl, and started pumping my hands in the air. Good thing the street was empty! But I'll take Andy, too.
This is big news. Personal reasons my ass. Fitz?
Posted by idiosynchronic at March 28, 2006 06:29 AMFair's fair---Clinton fired the French chef.
Posted by euzoius at March 28, 2006 06:38 AMNice, small article below on Bush's lie of the day, I mean 'reason of the day' for taking this country to war and killing thousands of Americans, and tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
Joe Conason's Journal
http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/conason/2003/07/15/bush/index.html
President Bush's astonishing new reason for the war with Iraq: Saddam wouldn't let weapons inspectors in.
A "darn good" quote that almost nobody quoted "We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in."
George W. Bush uttered that amazing sentence yesterday to justify the war in Iraq, according to the Washington Post.
What? Yes, I promise that's what the man said. (And by "him," the president clearly meant Saddam Hussein -- not Kim Jong Il, who actually has refused to let international inspectors into North Korea.)
Now a presidential statement so frontally at variance with the universally acknowledged facts obviously presents a problem for the White House press corps. He wasn't joking, and he didn't sound disoriented or unwell. Although Dana Priest and Dana Milbank wrote the story as delicately as they possibly could, they couldn't make it seem less weird:
"The president's assertion that the war began because Iraq did not admit inspectors appeared to contradict the events leading up to war this spring: Hussein had, in fact, admitted the inspectors and Bush had opposed extending their work because he did not believe them effective."
Appeared to contradict the events leading up to war? Indeed, that's an exceedingly mild description of what Bush said. There's no plausible explanation, unless the president suddenly flashed back to his Yale sophomore philosophy seminar, grappling with the argument that everything we perceive is mere illusion.
For the moment, however, let's just assume reality does exist. What possessed the president to make an assertion that everyone on the planet knows to be untrue? And who is going to take the responsibility for this one? Did George Tenet vet Bush's statement? Do the British have a secret dossier proving that Saddam never actually admitted Hans Blix and the UNMOVIC teams? Will Condi Rice or Donald Rumsfeld show up on Fox News next weekend to explain why Bush's statement is "technically accurate," even though he shouldn't have said it?
As hard to explain as what Bush said is the press corps' failure to report his stunning gaffe. The sentence quoted above doesn't appear in today's New York Times report, for example. Yet there is no question about what he said -- undoubtedly to the amazement of both Kofi Annan, who was sitting beside him at the time, and the dozens of reporters who were present during their brief joint press conference.
Anyone who doesn't believe me (or the Post) can watch Bush say the exact words quoted above here, toward the end of the White House's own videotape of his remarks, under the headline "President Reaffirms Strong Position on Liberia."
Another recent president once said something that was blatantly untrue, if fairly trivial, and the videotape of his statement was replayed again, and again, and again, and again ... [10:52 a.m. PDT, July 15, 2003]
The same lies continue, over and over again. Lier, theif, killer, warmonger! Impeach the BASTARD!!!
Fair's fair---Clinton fired the French chef.
But he had good reason. He didn't "fume le cigare".
Posted by snark at March 28, 2006 06:46 AM"Does Bush have a chef? I can't imagine trying to cook for such an idiot. The poor guy probably threw himself on his own knife long ago."
Snark, that was the first chef. After being berated for serving Bush humble pie, he threw himself on his own knife.
oppressmenot, perhaps Bush's instability is beginning to surface. I wonder if he is talking to the paintings in the WH yet.
Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 06:56 AMDirty Bombs Snuck Into America
Your tax dollars at rest.
Posted by actor212 at March 28, 2006 07:00 AMI believe the Senate Judiciary Committee solves 2 things, 1) a compromise on behalf of immigrants and humanitarian aid workers 2) divides and enrages the hardcore republican base.
And putting a thumb in Cornyn/Kyl's eye!
Poor Lou Dobbs, he must be crying!
Moderate repukes get to keep their caste system alive!
Look how bu$h is trying to wiggle his way in and no one is paying attention to him...I love it!
The whole situation is a win-win in my book!
Please, now that this is over let's move on to censure!!
Posted by bbtb at March 28, 2006 07:15 AMActually, Laura hired the first female chef, who is from the Phillipines.
I gave Laura a pass for killing her fiance, but had to draw the line at taking the Inquisition's position on stemcells.
I guess the chimp looked good to her on the "rebound of death".
Posted by TIKI AL at March 28, 2006 07:17 AMAh....here's what it was, not that the chef was French, but they wanted him to stop cooking French food and make more White Trash food:
After 11 years as White House chef, Walter Scheib III has been pushed out of the kitchen by First Lady Laura Bush. While Scheib says he wants to leave on a positive note, insiders say that the 'top toque' was unhappy at the Bush's insistence that he give up all French recipes and cooking techniques, and create an elaborate inaugural menu paying tribute to the brand names of a dozen top Bush campaign and GOP donors.
While Mr. Scheib was gracious in his parting words, saying that it had been an honor to serve the first lady, sources close to the chef say that his relationship with the first family had grown increasingly tense since he was asked to stop using French recipes and cooking techniques after France refused to support the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Tensions were further exacerbated, say sources close to the chef, by White House orders that Scheib create a special inaugural menu to honor the brand names represented by more than a dozen top GOP and Bush campaign donors. Scheib was reportedly vocal about his unhappiness over having to create dishes that featured such ingredients as Coca-Cola, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Pilgrim's Pride Whole Butter Basted Turkeys.
Important stuff.
FINALLY, some MSM coverage on electronic voting machine troubles!!
Not Diebold but it's a start!
Ann
Where's the link? We can't ask trolls to provide links if we don't do it ourselves!
Posted by pessimist at March 28, 2006 08:25 AMLet me guess, pessimist, you just want the recipes.
Posted by ann at March 28, 2006 08:33 AMThe world is safer today because Tom DeLay has had his concealed weapon rights revoked. Damn, I was hoping he would take the manly way out.
Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 08:52 AMI did! I wanted to know if the roast turkey recipe can be adapted for lame duck!
Posted by pessimist at March 28, 2006 09:39 AMI did! I wanted to know if the roast turkey recipe can be adapted for lame duck!
For sure. But it's a really easy switch to a wonderful bourbon basted cooked goose!
Posted by snark at March 28, 2006 10:24 AMCan you imagine going to the White House for a formal dinner and being served supermarket turkey stuffed with Krispy Kremes? I think Elvis would like it, but that's about the most positive thing I can say.
Posted by ann at March 28, 2006 10:53 AMThe world is safer today because Tom DeLay has had his concealed weapon rights revoked. Damn, I was hoping he would take the manly way out.
He's trying to appeal this now. For the love of God, why?
Posted by ann at March 28, 2006 10:54 AMWOW, Andrew Card. What's next? Bush's chef? I can't stand the blood bath.
A vicious and very funny comment, Judith. I chuckled about that for quite a while.
Posted by tempus at March 28, 2006 02:15 PMThank you Tempus. All plaudits accepted. Also, thanks for the compliment about being vicious. I try to do my best.
Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 02:29 PMThe world is safer today because Tom DeLay has had his concealed weapon rights revoked. Damn, I was hoping he would take the manly way out. Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 08:52 AM
Fortunately, they only took away his ‘legally concealed weapons’. He can still top himself at the President’s pleasure.
Posted by tempus at March 28, 2006 02:46 PMDon't you just love it. Cheney tells someone to go fuck themselves. Scalia gives someone the finger. Yeah, these guys sure showed us how to bring integrity and civility back into the Government. They all conduct themselves like they are in a men's locker room.
Posted by Judith at March 28, 2006 03:01 PMDon't forget that photo of Bush flipping the press the bird as he walked away from a presser.
Posted by snark at March 28, 2006 06:50 PM