:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 10.24.2005 ::
:: "The CIA Leak Scandal" ::
Bush Won't Comment on Own Comment
The Huffington Post
By David Corn
This morning a White House reporter, while posing Bush a question, noted that his political allies were getting ready to dismiss any indictments as minor cheap-shots and to blast Fitzgerald for being overzealous, and she asked if Bush still stood by the comment he made weeks ago when he said that Fitzgerald had been conducting a "dignified" investigation.
She was referring to Bush's appearance on the Today show on October 11. Here's that exchange:
Matt Lauer: But does it worry you that [the prosecutors] seem to have such an interest in Mr. Rove?
Bush: I'm not going to talk about the case. I've been asked this a lot, my answer is consistent. The special prosecutor is conducting a very serious investigation. He's doing it in a very dignified way, by the way--and we'll see what he says.
This morning, Bush did not take the opportunity to reaffirm his previous statement. Instead, he said, "I'm not going to comment about [the investigation]. I haven't changed my mind on whether I'll be commenting publicly." But Bush had commented publicly on the probe when he praised Fitzgerald for running a "dignified" inquiry. Now he won't publicly comment on his own public comments? Is he building a stonewall out of glass? Bush then quickly changed the subject and, looking at one of the reporters, said, "Fine-looking shades you have there."
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