Snow Backtracks, Now Claims Bush Didn’t Know Of Walter Reed Neglect
Snow Backtracks, Now Claims Bush Didn’t Know Of Walter Reed Neglect
During yesterday’s White House press briefing, Tony Snow tried to play down the neglect uncovered at Walter Reed by portraying it as old news. President Bush “certainly has been aware of the conditions in the wards where he has visited, Snow said, affirming that the administration was aware of Walter Reed’s conditions “before the articles appeared in the paper.”
The White House has since backtracked from Snow’s comments. In a small addendum added to the bottom of yesterday’s briefing transcript on the White House website, a note now reads that Bush “first learned of the troubling allegations regarding Walter Reed from the stories this weekend in the Washington Post,” and that he is “deeply concerned” by the conditions:
Following the reversal, Snow told the Washington Post that “he did not know why the president, who has visited the facility many times in the past five years, had not heard about these problems before.”
Asked yesterday if Bush may talk about this scandal at some point in the future, Snow answered, “No.“
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And why would Dubya know anything about any of this when he visited WR. They would never take him into any of those areas. He might see a real wounded person or maybe even an amputee!!!!
And anyway, he wouldn’t care…. as he hates the troops!
February 21st, 2007 at 11:38 amHe knew about it before he didn’t know about it. These folks in the admin are capable of un-knowing things.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:38 amAll they know is spin and PR and they can’t even get that right.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:42 amsee, he IS max headroom… a complete ROBOT…
just automatic SPIN… automatic LIES…
well, max was not evil… just nutty… but that LOOK… creeeepy..
February 21st, 2007 at 11:44 amYup. The soldiers be damned..The American people be damned.
http://algore.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=358&Itemid=84
A section from link above follows:
“Bush’s Last 1000 Days” by Al Gore
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Note: The following is written by Al Gore.
“In all my years of public service I have never witnessed national political leaders as corrupt, incompetent and subservient to powerful special interests as George Bush and the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress.
The level of cynicism and crass political calculation that characterizes the Bush White House and the Republican-controlled Congress is truly breathtaking.
Critical public policy issues — from national security and global warming to public health and retirement security — seem to be formulated solely on the basis of what will please the special interests most important to maintaining the Republican Party’s stranglehold on the federal government. The needs of the American people be damned.
And this reprehensible behavior is aided and abetted by the complete and utter lack of oversight of the Bush administration by the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress. The needs of the American people be damned.”
February 21st, 2007 at 11:46 amOnce Bush’s Press Secretary’s get “backed into a corner” like this,
(Fleisscher), they don’t seem to be around long after tha fact.
I believe we will be seeing a new Chief Obfuscator, I mean Press Secretary very, very soon.
These people read like an open book.
Who next for Press Secretary, Michelle Malkin? Ann Coulter?
February 21st, 2007 at 11:46 amTHAT will really rally the troops and the public. (sarcasm)
The prez is kept in a bubble. No way he would be shown anything “wrong”. Duh. Thats a fundamental premise to any moron who thinks otherwise.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:47 ama note now reads that Bush “first learned of the troubling allegations regarding Walter Reed from the stories this weekend in the Washington Post,†and that he is “deeply concerned†by the conditions:
yea… cause it just can’t be known that he was aware of this all along, for years at the most… aware and nonresponsive…
February 21st, 2007 at 11:49 amWe had to know this was coming. No surprises here.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:49 amAs I suspected, this administration has no clue what is going on when it comes to its military.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:52 amSpinning out of control, another Press Secretary is about to bite the dust. Tough job, this. Where’s Baghdad Bob these days?
February 21st, 2007 at 11:52 amWell, there are the known knowns, the known unknows, the unknown knowns, and the unknown unknows. No wonder Tony Snowjob is a bit confused.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:52 amMy response is…
What’s worse…
…that he DID know BEFORE the WAPO article…
…or that he DIDN’T?
Seems logical that…
…either way…
…he’s out of touch…
February 21st, 2007 at 11:55 amGeez, what happened? Did Snow go running towards Emperor Bush and apologize?
February 21st, 2007 at 11:56 amThey probably kept Bush in the “renovated” wing if their is one. (For photo ops)
Just as Hitler in his last days was convinced 8-14 year old boys were going to save the Reich, what he saw and what he was “told” were ALL sanitized for better public consumption.
No difference here with the Walter Reed visits and Bush.
He had probably heard about it AND “saw” it firsthand, therefore it didn`t exist in BushWorld.
In BushWorld, EVERYTHING is political and EVERYTHING has a “political” solution.
For better human consumption.
String the bastard up.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:57 amHow Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All ?
February 21st, 2007 at 11:58 amby The Firesign Theatre.
jeez…how out of touch can these idiots be?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:01 pmPriest/Hull – Pulitzer in 07? What else could top the work these 2 have done so far. Amazing, amazing, amazing.
Makes me wonder if all reporters did such great work as these 2, we wouldn’t have these reporters whining so much about bloggers: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/20/snow-reporters-blogs/
February 21st, 2007 at 12:01 pmJust because he knew about it doesn’t mean he knew about it.
This is stolen from a Marx Brothers movie isn’t it?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:02 pmWhen I think back to the ‘04 presidential elections…
…and the way the right wing fascist hypocrites…
…skewered John Kerry with that ‘wind surfing” “flip-flop” commercial and slogan…
…and ff to today’s right wing scum like Snowjob and McCan’t’s flip-flopping…
…i really wanna be sick…
…in a right wing retard’s face…
February 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pmthe only thing Shrub is “deeply concerned†about is that word got out into the MSM and that they got caught.
Don’t worry, Shrub, as soon as the next big boobed blonde dies, goes missing, or shows she is not wearing underwear, while getting out of a car, the press will forget all about it.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pmDon’t worry, Shrub, as soon as the next big boobed blonde dies, goes missing, or shows she is not wearing underwear, while getting out of a car, the press will forget all about it.
Comment by Wayne
Let me know if that happens Wayne. I gotta have a distraction in the middle of trashing the Bush admin. Keeping chimp poop off of oneself is a tough job.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:09 pmAmanda – stop breeding hate. Look at the violence you are inciting:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253400,00.html
ThinkProgress is a hate peddler. You people should be shut down.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:09 pmFrom the WP article, regarding Weightman:
“He said the Army has agreed to fund what he called a “surge plan” that has been designed for the likelihood that the 21,500-person troop increase underway in Iraq will result in more casualties.”
Isn’t the point of the “surge” to reduce the violence, which would inherently reduce casualties?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:11 pmthat the way to diffuse the “dems aren’t supporting the troops” meme is to throw things like walter reed (as well as publican votes against supplying armor, and the disappearing funds into contractor pockets) back in the gop’s faces.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:12 pmI have a fundamental question. How did he learn about it from the Post if he doesn’t (can’t?) read newspapers?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:14 pmAmanda – stop breeding hate. Look at the violence you are inciting:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253400,00.html
ThinkProgress is a hate peddler. You people should be shut down.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
Number one: There are fringe nut cases on both sides, you are one.
Number tow: I’m sure another poster will dig up some good crap coming from your side that would involve killing, not assault.
Number three: The guy was visiting a Republican website, not this one/.
Number four: Don’t even go there, lots more whackos on your side
Number five: Have you seen Amanda’s picture? I don’t think she is capable of inciting violence, you just hate an intelligent woman.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pmc’mon TP…don’t depart from the reality-based community…and make sh*t up! Tony snow is a liar. However, his statement said Chimpy was aware of the conditions in the wards he visited. Did he ever visit Building 18, etc? no. So please don’t say he did.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pmIt’s obvious any partially-caring prez would be aware. Just another damning reality. But progressive causes will lose out if we concede that truth is subjective. Just another damning reality.
It’s time to impeach.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:16 pmMaybe its Walter Reed’s fault, it’s his hospital.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:17 pmaside from feeling very bad for the men and women who get stuck in that place, i am….
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!! -Heckuva job, Tony!! Heckuva job, Dubbie!!!!
February 21st, 2007 at 12:18 pmThe bigot “Liberals Heart Terrorists” can’t tell the difference between Amanda and Malkin, he’s got it backwards.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:19 pmprogressive causes will lose out if we concede that truth is subjective.
whoa… that sounds familiar… where have i heard that phrase before?…
February 21st, 2007 at 12:21 pm…
ThinkProgress is a hate peddler. You people should be shut down.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists But I Run and Hide! — February 21, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
Your supposed news story left out one critical sentence, which I will now highlight in bold (for you learning pleasure)
Andrew Stone, 23, was charged with three counts of assault and battery. A magistrate released Stone on his own recognizance and he was ordered to have no further contact with the victims.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:28 pmIt was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting.
Care too actually debate, or are you going to post and run like the true coward that you are?
…about the WR conditions themselves. This is a non-issue, for easily two reasons. First, Building 18 etc is sub-par, but livable and not a major health threat; sitting armorless and planless in the middle of a civil war WE created…surely is. [[fyi: from what i can tell...the bulk of violence against US troops is b/c the Iraqis fear/know the W admin is taking root in the new economy. The violence is b/c there's been no revenue-sharing plan announced/implemented]]. Second, WR is Pentagon…they got cash. The real outcry should be over consecutive cuts to VA funding…while projections for PTSD care-requirements have sky-rocketed.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:29 pmProgressives, don’t get side-tracked.
“At the White House, press secretary Tony Snow said that he spoke with President Bush yesterday about Walter Reed and that the president told him: “Find out what the problem is and fix it.”‘
What are Tony Snow’s other job duties and skills that we should know about other than fixing hospitals?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:29 pmForTruth
In Bush’s bizarro world where Liberals Heart Terrorists resides everything is backwards. Therefore, we should do them the favor of translating their posts for the reality based world. To wit:
ThinkProgress is a love and truth peddler. You people should be heard by all.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
Now, isn’t that better?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:31 pmChymp can’t be expected to know everything about everything.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:36 pmUnless God is telling him.
It’s simple. bush only gets “happy talk”. It’s forbidden to tell his highness bad things.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pmWhat are Tony Snow’s other job duties and skills that we should know about other than fixing hospitals?
Comment by TR
The President told Snow to “fix it”, because he thinks more PR, spin, campaign slogans and smearing the people that broke the story to cover it up will “fix it”. Standard operating proceedure for Bushco.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pmFunny how the left who celebrates each death of a U.S. Serviceman for its political gain now rants about how our soldiers are being victimized by the very kind of health care they want to provide all Americans.
The selective outrage of the left never disappoints.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pmpablo
I agree that cuts to the VA are an important issue. But the condition of Building 18 certainly is as well. The fact that Democrats have been lambasted from here to infinity and beyond for “not supporting the troops”, the hypocrisy of Building 18, under management of the executive branch (i.e Republican BushCo) is very relevant. The mold and other deplorable conditions can be negative factors in the recovery of these troops – either directly through infection, unsafe mobility, etc or indirectly through the psychological message they must get from those conditions. Talk about demoralizing! Progressives should be able to multi-task in holding the Bush administration accountable. We need to focus on all of it.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pmI nominate PLC as the official TP translator.
Second?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:39 pmSecond.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:41 pmThanks Patrick Starr,
Can you cite a time when a death of an American Troop was celebrated?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:42 pmAll in favor of PLC being the official TP translator, say “aye.”
Aye.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:43 pmAye.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:44 pm#34 pablo
First, Building 18 etc is sub-par, but livable and not a major health threat
It’s about the way the troops are treated when they’re wounded and come back to the States. How major does the health threat have to be for you to think it matters? Mold in the walls isn’t important? Try again.
WR is Pentagon…they got cash.
And the idea is to get them to spend it properly.
fyi: from what i can tell…the bulk of violence against US troops is b/c the Iraqis fear/know the W admin is taking root in the new economy. The violence is b/c there’s been no revenue-sharing plan announced/implemented
Huh?
Progressives, don’t get side-tracked.
I sure won’t. I’m going to ignore the twisted illogic of your post.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:44 pmFunny how the left who celebrates each death of a U.S. Serviceman for its political gain now rants about how our soldiers are being victimized by the very kind of health care they want to provide all Americans.
The selective outrage of the left never disappoints.
Comment by Patrick1
Prove it, asswipe.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:47 pmhe did’nt know? i guess he also wants us to believe he did’nt know Iran
offered Bush a peace deal back in 2003,
willful ignorance of the facts is acceptable now?
http://www.micropoll.com/akira/MicroPoll?mode=html&id=23186
February 21st, 2007 at 12:48 pmPat – - you can’t think of any selective outrage episodes for the Republican’ts??????????…..I’ll bet we can give you a list longer than your arm if you hang around long enough – but I, personally, don’t like your type hanging around.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:48 pm#40 patrick1
Funny how the left who celebrates each death of a U.S. Serviceman for its political gain now rants about how our soldiers are being victimized by the very kind of health care they want to provide all Americans.
The selective outrage of the left never disappoints.
Please give us an example. I mean one from someplace other than your imagination. I’m anxious to hear about the lefty who celebrates the death of U.S. servicemen. I guess to follow your wishful thinking, we should assume that the right was ecstatic over the attack on 9/11 for all the political hay they’ve been able to make out of that. It helped the GOP win big in ‘02 and ‘04. Too bad the country got burned out on all the fear and smear in ‘06, eh.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:48 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
You have been elected the Official TP Translator, by the majority of the only two of us voting. Heh. I’m sorry, this position involves no payment, but with all due respect. Thank you for your service.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:49 pm[...]
The selective outrage of the left never disappoints.
Comment by Patrick1
whew! i got dizzy on that one! … good thing i’m grounded in reality!
February 21st, 2007 at 12:52 pm…
PLC gets my vote too!
February 21st, 2007 at 12:54 pmdon’t worry folks, it’ll all be better when the rest of the Republican’ts are gone from power, and con-swervatism finds its rightful place in political history, on the shelf next to Lyndon LaRouche’s books and Ross Perot’s leftover bumperstickers.
and that’s happening right now!!! i’m actually optimisitc for the first time in 6 years!!!!
(beauty part is, they’re totally doing it to themselves!!)
Patrick – run down to the store and get us some champagne – we’re celebrating the demise of right-wingery!!!
February 21st, 2007 at 12:54 pmFrankenSnow has his work cut out for him.
If WR doesn’t get off the PR machine & actually improve conditions, the WP will continue to report on the fact.
If FrankenSnow tries to spin it & cover up, the WP will do the same.
I’m sure the Whitey House will deflect questions on this for awhile…
February 21st, 2007 at 12:55 pm(Is Bill Clinton ANS’s daughter’s real Father? or, Is Brittany Shears now in Rehab with Mark Foley?) trying to detract Americans and the World at large by changing the subject, but now, as a earlier poster noted, we should be relentless in pointing out the Whitey House is cutting funding for our returning Vets.
Like this…
WHITE HOUSE CUTS FUNDS FOR WOUNDED VETS!!!
Stop blaming Bush for the troubles at Walter Reed.
How can it be his fault?
Maybe there are just too many injuries.
(sarc.)
February 21st, 2007 at 12:55 pmWhy is Patrick Star posting here today?
February 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pmThis just in from Walter Reed, socialized medicine doesn’t work. CNN celebrated the death of every American soldier it filmed being assassinated by Islamists using the fascist’s video.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:03 pmGreat News! Weapons Sales to Oil Countries is Booming! God bless the Military Industrial Complex for keeping us all safe!
Oil states plan weapons buying binge
By Jim Krane, Associated Press Writer, February 16, 2007
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates –Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks, officials say.
Some 900 weapons makers and security firms from around the world, including the U.S. and Russia, will compete for those military buys at the IDEX military show that opens Sunday in Abu Dhabi. At stake are contracts predicted to soar past the $2 billion signed at the last such show two years ago.
“The shopping lists are directly correlated to the threat perception,” said military analyst Mustafa Alani of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center.
“For the past 15 years, these countries didn’t invest a lot in rearming.”
But now they’re rushing to upgrade.
The biggest fear in the region is that Iraq will collapse into civil war and its violence will spill into nearby Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, Alani said.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:04 pmFunny how the left who celebrates each death of a U.S. Serviceman
Comment by Patrick1Thought— February 21, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Strawman alert!! You can’t even provide a link to one such celebration, let alone a celebration of each. DORK!!!
now rants about how our soldiers are being victimized
Oh, you’re right, we should completely ignore this issue. Let’s have our brave men and women subjected to moldy and overcrowded hospital rooms upon their return.
Nice compassion..DORK!!!
The selective outrage of the left never disappoints
February 21st, 2007 at 1:04 pmThe complete nonsensical and baseless posts of the right’s trolls never disappoints, and always amuses…DORK!!!
Then go give CNN some of your opinions about that Pat. Didn’t happen here.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pmTHis just in from many other developed nations, their socialized medicine is working just fine. Too many greedy asswipes here to allow it to work.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:07 pm#48 Eye!
February 21st, 2007 at 1:07 pmThis just in from God.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:09 pmPatrick, join up and go fight the jihad.
That way, when you wind up maimed, you can laugh at yourself.
It is a crime that the soldiers have to be subjected to Hillary care.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:10 pmNow I know why jeff guckert-gannon was spotted at the Press Club – Dubbie called him to come over and give Tony some “rough justice” for screwing up on the Walter Reed story. – now it totally makes sense.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:11 pmThis just in from Walter Reed, socialized medicine doesn’t work.
Comment by Patrick1Cell — February 21, 2007 @ 1:03 pm
This just in…..Patrick can’t debate (shocked, I tell ya)
Please compare and contrast socialized medicine to the conditions of Walter Reed’s Hospital.
take your time, Mr. compassionate…DORK
CNN celebrated the death of every American soldier it filmed being assassinated by Islamists using the fascist’s video.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pmWow, was there party strings and banners with that broadcast? I must’ve missed it. Was it one helluva party, DORK? Can you please provide a link?
DORK
I find no humour when it comes to the conditions are brave women and men are facing, yet you trivialize their plight.
And whose ranting, DORK?
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hey, uh, as a fan of the NEXT SENATOR FROM MINNISOTA, AL FRANKEN,
i have a bit of a problem with that…
i GET it, but i don’t think it will help…
SNOWJOB seems more appropriate… think?
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February 21st, 2007 at 1:18 pmstrong>by Islamists using the fascist’s video.
well, that sealed it… just another ignoramous trying to start a flame war…
too stoopid to bother with… … please…
February 21st, 2007 at 1:22 pmWHITE HOUSE CUTS FUNDS FOR WOUNDED VETS!!!
Comment by Zimzone
More like:
February 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pmBush’s Political Appointees to the Veteran’s Adminstration Systematically Denies Veteran Disability Claims
…i missed the vote for PLC…but offer an “aye” of confidence.
RE #41
February 21st, 2007 at 1:28 pmMy point is that i’m a reluctant realist now. I know WE can multi-task the trespasses of this har criminal enterprise…but most americans just don’t have either the: time, inclination toward punditry, excess mental capacity, or emotional fortitude to internalize this scale of deception and malice. My, first take on the WR piece was that if mad folks ain’t lined up already (see: Iraqi conventional weapons stocks unguarded, inadequate body armor, illegal domestic surveillance, kidnapping/torture, GOP stalling debate, missing billions, etc) …several moldy walls won’t do it.
Maybe your right in that average folks can more readily understand moldy walls here.. than lives/billions/clout squandered there. I must believe that we progressives (multi-tasking b/w promoting our agenda and uncovering theirs) will have failed in our concission and articulation if W goes down for being ‘the moldy wall’ president.
RE#47
I hear ya, and shouldn’t have downplayed the role of air-borne contaminants in impeding the recovery process. I just see the mold as wrongly overshadowing worse transgressions.
As far as the ‘illogic’ of my assessment for why our loyal occupiers and the respective iraqi communities are experiencing so much violence…i’d be interested in your thoughts on what that fuel consists of. Thanks.
zooey
Point of order. The “nays” were not requested (not counting the one who was requested to go directly to jail, of course).
You are a wise-guy. No wonder I like reading your posts.
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February 21st, 2007 at 1:31 pm#40 patrick1 [translation]
It is funny to the neocons how they are able to distort the left’s honest and real support of the troops while simultaneously using U.S. troops for its power gain and not having to bother with more than slogans in helping those soldiers who are severely injured from being victimized by the health care system by the military itself.
The selective attention and hypocrisy of the right always abuses democracy.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:38 pmComment by rachel kinnardi
rachel, do you really have to put troll droppings on all the threads, especially threads dealing with veteran issues?
Way to support the troops and veterans.
I assumed you cared, from previous posts, but your posts now show you don’t.
I`ll be back however, I am being transferred March 1st to a new “assignment†within the NSA.
yeah, right…..
February 21st, 2007 at 1:40 pmI guess once a psychotroll always a psychotroll.
The situation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is abhorrent, but I’m sick and tired of reading pointless, unproductive ad hominem attacks against Bush et al. Criticize his policies only; let the arrogance and indifference of his administration be inferred therein.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:41 pmGet haliburton to pay for a new walter reidseeing as they are a big part of the problem ……. Oh I forgot this has been tried and they declined
February 21st, 2007 at 1:44 pmTollins
The Republicans have been saying that “character counts” and they would “restore decency and morality” to the government. So the attack on character, not just policies, is relevent. If you are “sick and tired of reading” then stop reading.
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Comment #1 shows the typical vicious liberal perspective. Never let facts get in the way of a good hate. Amputees are in Ward 57 of Main Pavillion, a place the President has visited. There also in Mogolone House when they are well enough to not need 24/7 medical care and nursing.
The building in question is outside the fence and it normally holds 50 people, not 80. These are the folks who are ambulatory and are there primariliy because they still need long term out patient care. I know because I routinely stop in with something and leave for their dayroom.
Amazing that Dana Priest and Anne Hull spent that much time in Moglone and never heard how John Kerry got booed.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pmHe read it in the washington timesz? I know he illiterate.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pmIn a small addendum added to the bottom of yesterday’s briefing transcript on the White House website, a note now reads that Bush “first learned of the troubling allegations regarding Walter Reed from the stories this weekend in the Washington Post,†and that he is “deeply concerned†by the conditions…
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C’mon, Squealer — which is it? You can’t have been telling the truth both times! The reporter yesterday was very specific when he asked whether Bush was aware of the situation at Walter Reed. Here’s the direct quote from the transcript published here at TP yesterday:
QUESTION: You responded to me a moment ago that the administration was aware of this before the articles appeared in the paper.
SNOW: That is my understanding.
But, again, this is something that’s an action item over at the Department of Defense and in particular the Department of the Army. I am not fully briefed on the activities of who knew what, when. And I suggest…
QUESTION: Was the president aware of it? Was the White House aware of it?
SNOW: I am not certain when this — when we first became aware of it.
The responses clearly suggest that the White House was aware of the situation at Walter Reed as described in the Washington Post articles — but today, you’re falling back on a variation of your tired and trite excuse that “nobody could have foreseen, etc., etc.” So either he didn’t know and you were lying yesterday — or he did know and you’re lying today. Which is it?
February 21st, 2007 at 2:23 pmKaty,
February 21st, 2007 at 2:26 pmYou’re right.
I’m from MN & also respect Al Franken.
It’s just that, if you color in green & add the bolts into Tony’s neck…
I’m just say’n
#59 Patrick1
CNN celebrated the death of every American soldier it filmed being assassinated by Islamists using the fascist’s video.
reporting the news = celebrating the news
I’d never heard that before. They should call themselves the Celebration News Network. Whoopee!
February 21st, 2007 at 2:27 pmOne of the things which I’d also like to know is why the media took so long to pay attention to this story — considering that according to a report this morning on AmericaBlog, Salon did a report on this two years ago! Not only does this suggest that these problems have been in existence for at least two years and still haven’t been sufficiently addressed, but also that the MSM didn’t consider the story important enough two years ago to really give it much or indeed any attention. Disgusting.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pm#73 pablo
As far as the ‘illogic’ of my assessment for why our loyal occupiers and the respective iraqi communities are experiencing so much violence…i’d be interested in your thoughts on what that fuel consists of. Thanks.
As for insurgent violence, I don’t think you need to look any further than the occupation of their country by a military force that regularly humiliates them and frequently kills their friends, neighbors, and loved ones. The rest is largely due to perpetual vengeance and a struggle for power between Sunnis and Shiites, aka “civil war”.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:37 pmIt’s just that, if you color in green & add the bolts into Tony’s neck…
I’m just say’n
Comment by Zimzone — February 21, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
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February 21st, 2007 at 2:40 pm#83 Hector
Amazing that Dana Priest and Anne Hull spent that much time in Moglone and never heard how John Kerry got booed.
Patients at Walter Reed booed Kerry? Well, boy are they in for a rude awakening when they get out of there and start having to use their VA benefits. If they think that Kerry’s not on their side and that the GOP is, I hope someone will be kind enough to explain to them who it was that cut the f*ck out of their benefits and forced them to have to drive 100 miles to the nearest clinic after a one year wait for an appointment. Clue: It sure in the hell wasn’t Kerry.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:44 pmOkay, we know this is a lie, because Bush doesn’t read newspapers!!. This is a long-established fact!
February 21st, 2007 at 2:47 pmComment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) #81
PLC,
…they’re too stupid to stop…
Really…
February 21st, 2007 at 3:37 pmPatrick1: “Hillary care”? How can it be Hillary Care when your boy, George W., is the one in charge? I see, hiding from responsibilities again. Of course, NONE of these guys would be in the hospital if it weren’t for the Bush War.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:53 pmI have just turned in my “subersives listâ„¢ ” to my superiors. I had a total of 37 off of this site, NO MATTER WHAT IDENTITY YOU POST UNDER.
Nicknames? They are no good to the NSA. When you “own” the source code of subversives hard drives, nicknames are meaningless. You, (at least 37 of you), have been identified not by NAME, but by preassigned NUMBER.
Happy posting.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:54 pmSource code has nothing to do with drives dumb a$$. source code is for operating systems and other software, not hardware. They use firmware.
God, you should take a class before you post bullsh!t.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:57 pmNice to hear Snowjob reads Thinkgrogress. Tony your a poor liar and Bush is the true example of Axis of Evil. Everyone knows Bush doesn’t give a damn about our troops check Walter Reed and the thousands that die in the Iraq civil war. This Administration as destroyed the US reputation around the world we’re now known as a country that lies and illegally invades. Yes so many world leaders knew Bush was trying to control the world and steal the Middle East Oil. Blair is now trying to clean up his mess as the UK soldiers go home. Don’t worry History will show Bush as the worst President in the History of America. As stupid as Bush is he doesn’t even know US history he’s making it up as he goes. Maybe the White House should ask Iran or Russia to teach you American History. Question as Bush finished the book he started reading 6 years ago My Pet Goat. Let’s hope he finishes it be for the impeachment hearings start.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:57 pm[...] “certainly has been aware,” he meant “unaware.” During yesterday’s White House press briefing, Tony Snow tried to play down the neglect [...]
February 21st, 2007 at 4:18 pmIt is not “as far as I know. It is what it is and you can’t change that by posting stupid bullshit on a blog thread.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
As far as YOU know.
I’ll never tell.
It is a “state secret” how we track you here.
And track we do.
At least 37 of you.
So far.
And Pud in the ASs BOY?
The “source code” of your hard drive IS your operating system asswiper.
And when you “OWN” the source code, you “OWN” the hard drive.
February 21st, 2007 at 4:44 pmYou mean the source code ON your hard drive is the operating system.
And you know that thanks to me. Glad I could help loony.
February 21st, 2007 at 4:55 pmdang!! them righties is just twistin themselves inside out over what they now see comin at’em….gotta say I LUV IT (though it’s come at waayyyy too high a price)
and to think we’re going to get to enjoy their swan song for another 2 years, it’s going to be awesome – the greatest political vindication of my lifetime (Clinton years were ok and all, but not what i’d like to see)
this big spike in troll activity is evidence that the PR firms in DC, retained by the regime, are working overtime and using every dirty trick they know of to derail the popular momentum that is buiding fast, and leading inexorably toward impeachment and the end of this wasteful tragedy that they call a war.
February 21st, 2007 at 4:58 pmi hate these liars too but it does seem think progress is a little sneaky on this one–if that is the only quote admiting they knew about the conditions then the case for the flip flop is weak-it only says that bush knew the conditions of the wards he went to, and they probably kept them away from these conditions–so there is no contradiction–thinkprogress, isnt there more blatant examples that you could focus on from this corrupt administration
February 21st, 2007 at 5:24 pmRachel- come and get me. Do you swallow? Ass-play?
February 21st, 2007 at 5:30 pm“There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.”
I showed a coworker at the Dr’s office a copy of the conditions at Walter Reed, she would not even consider glancing at it. She says our wounded GIs are getting great care. Why does she hate our troops?
February 21st, 2007 at 6:06 pmTony, Tony
February 21st, 2007 at 6:08 pmStop Your BALONEY!
CHIMPya KNEW
Full DAMN WELL
About Walter Reed, YOU MAROONEY!!!!!
Dana Priest, Anne Hull & Lt. General Kevin Kiley were on the Diane Rehm Show with guest host Susan Page.
Kiley refers to all of the problems with Building 18 was “simple maintenanceâ€.
Susan Page asks ‘who is responsible?’
“I’m not as convinced that the conditions at Building 18 were that atrocious…â€
February 21st, 2007 at 6:18 pmdetractors are right – the whole story’s really not that big a deal, BUT it is perfectly emblematic of the lack of seriousness and responsibility the bush regime has practiced in every single aspect of their GI-Joe-fantasy-league warmaking activities.
February 21st, 2007 at 6:52 pmPoint of order. The “nays†were not requested (not counting the one who was requested to go directly to jail, of course).
I was using Robert’s (hacker bob’s) Rules of Order. I wasn’t interested in “no” votes. :)
You are a wise-guy. No wonder I like reading your posts.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
You charmer, you. Heh.
February 21st, 2007 at 7:27 pmIf at first, you don’t suceed, try, try, try again:
Spudge_Boy,
February 21st, 2007 at 8:26 pmSome how, my first post on the source code matter vanished into the TP bit bucket. Source code can be written in assembler, compiler or machine language. The stuff that exists on your hard drive or ROM exists as machine language. There are tools that convert machine language to assembler. These tools do not convert machine language into source because there is no method that will span the different compilers.
I have actually written some interrupt vectors that will not yield to the disassembly tools because they exploit certain quirks in the Intel architecture.
99
Who the fu*ck do you think you are hippy? What in the fu*ck in Jesus name are you angrily vomiting that shi*t about our #2 in charge man.
I am from the very deep South and we love yanks even far north and west as Cheney’s home state. You gawd damnned “yellow-belly†yanks better crawl back under your Circu-Circus pizza box and smoke some more crack that you attain from your swelfare chack every month.
Got that CRAkKeR?
Well do ya punkass white yank ass shitball faggo lezbo hom pinko faggotic grabbasstic piece of civilian slime traitorous peter-puffer smack ass big wally suckin aids infested hippy ass bitch!!
February 21st, 2007 at 9:57 pmDr. Condoleezza Rice: magnificently accomplished and educated woman; brilliant scholar; concert pianist; gracious lady; presidential confident and trusted advisor; dedicated public servant; political giant and National Security Advisor to The President of the United States of America. And now, Secretary of State of the most powerful country on the planet. The first African-American female Secretary of State in our history.
Why would such an accomplished American woman be so savagely and viciously trashed and dishonored by the liberal elites and the left-wing Democratic Party? Not only trashed, but insulted, bad-mouthed, ridiculed and humiliated.What does a girl have to do to win the accolades and approval of these people?
Condi Rice has garnered the scorn of her Democratic colleagues, not because of what she has accomplished, but because of who and what she is. She is a black American, who is guilty of an unspeakable crime in liberal eyes.Her crime? She does not worship at the altar of the Democratic Party. Condi Rice has committed the unpardonable sin.She has dared to carve out her own political path while black.
And so has any black American sinned who dares to look the Democratic Party in their face and say, “You are wrong. I don’t need you.I don’t want you.I can do better than youâ€. And so she has.
The Democrats haughtily assume they own black America and their votes.They ridicule and belittle any black who dares to wander off their liberal “plantationâ€.
They think any black American who seeks a life free of Democratic ownership, is stupid, ignorant, uneducated and misinformed. Condi Rice, in particular, has been labeled a bald-faced liar, a puppet, a sycophant, and a mindless, thoughtless, robotic, brainwashed slave of George W. Bush. In their eyes, any black who dares to snub the Democrats is a traitor.
Countless cartoons and articles have insulted and offended her and her blackness in ways we have not seen since the pre-Civil War south.
Condi Rice dared to tell the Democratic owners that she believes the conservative mindset is her home. She dares to be a black Republican. And so they savaged her.
The liberal elites cry foul! She is black and not allowed to be a conservative! She is beholden to them, and only them, for the freedom she has attained. They own her and she has not paid them back for the favors they bestowed upon her and her people. Not only is she uppity, she is ungrateful!
The Democratic Party is the party of Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Grand Dragon in the Ku Klux Klan. This pitiful excuse for a human being still throws the “N†word around like it is butter, and is never corrected by his liberal cronies. This sad, pathetic man has the blind hubris to say Condi Rice is not fit to serve, when he himself is not fit, nor shall he ever be fit, to walk the hallowed halls of Congress.
Bulletin to Democratic liberals: Condi Rice owes you nothing. Clarence Thomas, who your leader, the disgraceful Harry Reid, called “an embarrassment to the courtâ€, owes you nothing.You don’t own them anymore.They are not beholden to you for anything.Stings, doesn’t it?
But isn’t that the country you’ve always preached about? At least until someone dares to leave your plantation. Then you turn back the clock and call them lying buffoons who don’t have enough sense to hold high office; too stupid to see that George Bush is a war mongering fraud.
And this same fraud just happens to be bringing freedom to a tyrannized people and is changing the face of the planet we live on; something you people have never even thought about doing and wouldn’t have the courage of conviction or the stomach to do it anyway.
And not one of you, not Robert Byrd, not Barbara Boxer, not Ted Kennedy and not Harry Reid is fit to tie Dr. Condoleezza Rice’s shoelaces.
Get over yourselves. The slaves have been freed. Get used to it. And in case you hadn’t noticed, they were freed by a Republican. His name was Abraham Lincoln.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:03 pmWell, like Rummy said, there are the unknown unknowns and the known unknowns and this might have been one of the known unknowns that they didn’t know they knew about.
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:18 amI’m headin on down to Georgia to pick up zell miller, then I’m runnin over to rachel’s house to cram him up her ass, so I won’t be available for a couple of days.
February 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 pmFor a so called conservative, to post on this Forum,
that Think Progress should be shut down, due to
the hate being posted here, a small piece of Reality.
You Reichs Volkes condone the gutter speech of
Antraxxx Coulter, Boortz, Hammity, Prager, and
all the other outright liars and pure hate mongers,
and act as if they are an exceptable form of political
punditry, proves beyond all doubt, your absolute
one sided self serving, pure evil intention, to
squelch freedom of speech, and limit the
media, to people even Dr Goebbels would find in poor
taste. These Reichwing pundits are Assassin’s of the
Republic and the truth. Of course, no one could fault
you with for your lack of culture, or true concern for
the truth. The majority of the voters are long wise to
your Willie Horton tactics, and its incredible you cannot
conduct yourselves in a civilized manner. Of course, you
have proven your outright lust for blood money at every
turn. This is a known known, as the Lord Rummenstein
would put it. The Troops being blown to pieces everyday
at the Front are pawns to you. I have been a Republican
for 40 years. You bloodsuckers have destroyed the GOP,
and it will take another 40 years to undo the damage
you have done, for money, and position, the Republic
be damned. I hope you are proud of your despicable and
school yard Bully tactics. Its all you have left.
I didn’t leave the Republican Party, it left me. Trust me
February 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pmyour have no lot with true Conservatives.
This is actually a good development, as it reinforces something I’ve suspected for a while:
Tony Snow is the new President. He only gets confused when he’s trying to stick by the old story that Bush is in charge.
“President” Bush is the one who was paraded through the resort ward, and President Snow is the one who learned about roaches from the newspaper.
Clear?
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:08 pmWhat is the most disgraceful? To have known about the sorry state of affairs at WR and done nothing, or not to have known at all?
Gambit
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:18 pm120 – Gambit,
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:37 pmIts the bubble, Gambit, just the bubble.
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February 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pmI wonder when Barbara Bush will come out and say that they are better off there than where they were previously
February 26th, 2007 at 12:07 pm