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Quoted: Today, he announced Rumsfeld is resigning and being replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates. At the press conference, Bush said that “the only way to answer that question, and get it on to another question, was to give you [the reporters] that answer.” Bush admitted that he had talked to Rumsfeld about resigning and was actively searching for his replacement at the time.
- eric - Nov 08 2006 | news, iraq, George W Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, politics, Robert Gates
A lie within a lie within a lie. George W. Bush admits to a room of reporters that he lied to them last week about Donald Rumsfeld staying until the end of his term. His answer is complete hornswoggle and illuminates the regard he holds for the truth (i.e. none). What nice Christian values he has...
Quoted: Today, he announced Rumsfeld is resigning and being replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates. At the press conference, Bush said that “the only way to answer that question, and get it on to another question, was to give you [the reporters] that answer.” Bush admitted that he had talked to Rumsfeld about resigning and was actively searching for his replacement at the time.
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Yup. I saw the whole thing live (gotta love having to stay home waiting for Comcast to arrive). Anywho, while the President never said, "I lied," he did admit that he didn't want to tell the reporters about searching for a replacement during the election period.
Either way, this was certainly a step in the right direction, and, yes, about time!
Fox News ran the headline: "Will Rumsfeld Resignation Silence Bush Critics?" Guess they failed to pick up on the 'bending' of the facts....
I think the point is that there were even more tactful ways to have not lied. He could have said that Rumsfeld had his support for as long as he wanted to stay.
Instead, he just lied. There is no excuse.
This is true. As all the news analysts agreed, he could (and should) have said it differently.