AFTER YET ANOTHER DUNKING AT WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS POOL, SCOTTIE McCLELLAN WAS NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. All kinds of things are floating in the WHITE HOUSE WATERS and the place is looking like the end of another BAD FRAT PARTY. Here is the video of MEDIA GIRLS GONE WILD. Somebody is so going to get arrested soon. Thank the stars Scottie still has that Indian kid he can call on for help when he gets in a jam. Some of the Lowlights:
Q That's a dodge to my question. It has nothing to do with the investigation. Is it appropriate for a senior official to speak about a covert agent in any way, shape, or form without first finding out whether that person is working as a covert officer.
MR. McCLELLAN: I think we've exhausted discussion on this the last couple of days.
Q You haven't even scratched the surface.
Q It hasn't started.
MR. McCLELLAN: I look forward to talking about it once the investigation is complete, as the President does, as well. And you heard from the President earlier today.
Q Can I ask for clarification on what the President said at Sea Island on June 10th of last year, when he was saying that he would fire anybody from the White House who was involved in the leak of classified information? What were the parameters for those consequences? Was it --
MR. McCLELLAN: I appreciate your question.
Q Was it a knowing leak with the intent of doing damage? I'm just wondering when he talked about that, what those parameters were?
MR. McCLELLAN: Again, I've nothing to add on this discussion, and if we have any other topics you want to discuss, I'll be glad to do that.
Q I'm going to go to another question, somewhat on the same subject, but a different vein. Let's talk about the Wilson family. Is there any regret from this White House about the effects of this leak on this family?
MR. McCLELLAN: We can continue to go round and round on all these --
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AND A SECOND HEADACHE AWAITS SCOTTIE
Q Scott, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Doug Feith, who's leaving, in a long interview with The Washington Post implied criticism of the way the war in Iraq was and is conducted. He said specifically that the country was not turned over to a new Iraqi government fast enough, enough Kurds were not trained to pick up the slack, and that perhaps we didn't send enough troops in to actually wage the war. And as far as we know, this is the highest administration official who has openly criticized the way the war was conducted. Did this come up at the Cabinet meeting today? And is the President aware of this? Does he perhaps want to rethink the way the war was run, in hindsight?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, it didn't come up at the Cabinet meeting. And in terms of the decisions that were made, I would say that war is difficult and it is tough. And you have to be prepared to adapt to changing circumstances and adapt to the unexpected. And that's what we have given our commanders on the ground the flexibility to do.
We've learned a lesson over history; it is that the commanders on the ground need to have the authority and flexibility to be able to adapt to changing circumstances. And that's exactly what we have given those commanders
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DOUG FEITH of All People Is Dogpaddling Away from Bush's Inflatable Ship of State floating in the White House Press Pool. Douglas Feith has had some interesting VIEWS. Scottie M's job won't get any easier.
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Poor, poor Scotty. We should stop beating up on him. He looks so dejected.
*gag*
Posted by: Lauren | July 14, 2005 at 10:51 AM