Secrecy reins supreme, when your beat is the White House..
President Bush’s brief visit to Iraq today surprised nearly everyone, except for a few reporters invited to come along (and their spouses and one editor at each of their papers). The Politico.com published a pool report today. Here is an excerpt covering the early part of the experience. [...]
Tags: Reporting on the President, Press Pool
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More dirt from inside the White House and inside the mind of the President..
…The Washington Post has more dirt from Robert Draper’s new Bush bio, Dead Certain, today. Turns out Karl Rove didn’t want Bush to pick Dick Cheney as VP but Bush figured it couldn’t do any harm. Score one for [...]
Tags: Robert Draper, Dead Certain, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney
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Why did the President fly to Iraq today? An explanation and some numbers to support it below..
The chart at left (click on it to enlarge) was compiled by The Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum in response to Juan Cole’s assessment of claims the surge is a “success.” I guess the President’s sneak visit to Iraq this morning, aside from detracting from traditional labor day speeches that would otherwise pound this Administration [...]
Oh, by the way, dogsitting chores are now offically over. I’m exhausted, but committed to one more battle with the grill this evening. Five of those critters are a real handful/houseful. Especially when one is a very young, very energetic, puppy. But, we survived and so did they. Our two dogs are stretched out on the floor, enjoying the feeling of having "their" house back! We haven’t told them yet, but the "cousins" are coming for a return visit in a month or so!!
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Secrecy reins supreme, when your beat is the White House..
President Bush’s brief visit to Iraq today surprised nearly everyone, except for a few reporters invited to come along (and their spouses and one editor at each of their papers). The Politico.com published a pool report today. Here is an excerpt covering the early part of the experience. [...]
Tags: Reporting on the President, Press Pool
Categories: Uncategorized
More dirt from inside the White House and inside the mind of the President..
…The Washington Post has more dirt from Robert Draper’s new Bush bio, Dead Certain, today. Turns out Karl Rove didn’t want Bush to pick Dick Cheney as VP but Bush figured it couldn’t do any harm. Score one for [...]
Tags: Robert Draper, Dead Certain, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney
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I wish somebody could provide some cost-accounting for President Bush’s "surprise" visit to Iraq today. A massive photo-op with a meeting with Maliki tossed in to justify it. I’m going to avoid the TV and focus on the grill for the rest of the day, I think.
“President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, using the war zone as a backdrop to argue his case that the buildup of U.S. troops is helping stabilizing the nation.” On his way to the APEC summit in Australia, Bush made a detour to Iraq, landing at an air base in a remote [...]
…Note from AJ: Just in case there’s anybody who still doesn’t understand this code, "surprise visit" is simply a euphemism for "it’s so dangerous we couldn’t tell anybody about the trip in advance because the whole group might have been killed if we did." This has been [...]
And, from the Right, this assessment:
The news story: AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – President Bush and his national security team made a first-hand assessment of the war in Iraq and prospects for political reconciliation Monday as a showdown nears with Congress over the U.S. troop [...]
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Why did the President fly to Iraq today? An explanation and some numbers to support it below..
The chart at left (click on it to enlarge) was compiled by The Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum in response to Juan Cole’s assessment of claims the surge is a “success.” I guess the President’s sneak visit to Iraq this morning, aside from detracting from traditional labor day speeches that would otherwise pound this Administration [...]
Oh, by the way, dogsitting chores are now offically over. I’m exhausted, but committed to one more battle with the grill this evening. Five of those critters are a real handful/houseful. Especially when one is a very young, very energetic, puppy. But, we survived and so did they. Our two dogs are stretched out on the floor, enjoying the feeling of having "their" house back! We haven’t told them yet, but the "cousins" are coming for a return visit in a month or so!!
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I wish somebody could provide some cost-accounting for President Bush’s "surprise" visit to Iraq today. A massive photo-op with a meeting with Maliki tossed in to justify it. I’m going to avoid the TV and focus on the grill for the rest of the day, I think.
“President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, using the war zone as a backdrop to argue his case that the buildup of U.S. troops is helping stabilizing the nation.” On his way to the APEC summit in Australia, Bush made a detour to Iraq, landing at an air base in a remote [...]
…Note from AJ: Just in case there’s anybody who still doesn’t understand this code, "surprise visit" is simply a euphemism for "it’s so dangerous we couldn’t tell anybody about the trip in advance because the whole group might have been killed if we did." This has been [...]
And, from the Right, this assessment:
The news story: AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – President Bush and his national security team made a first-hand assessment of the war in Iraq and prospects for political reconciliation Monday as a showdown nears with Congress over the U.S. troop [...]
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Good work, Mr. Blitzer..
Appearing on CNN’s Late Edition this morning, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), who recently returned from Iraq, asserted “some major improvements” are being witnessed in Iraq. Echoing claims made by Gen. David Petraeus, Boustany said “sectarian deaths are down.” Host Wolf Blitzer corrected Boustany’s assertion, citing Iraqi health ministry statistics that report Iraqi civilian deaths have been [...]
Tags: Charles Boustany, Patraeus, Wolf Blitzer
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Wrestlin’?
In a pro-active move before the Congressional hearings kickoff because of the steroid related deaths in Pro-Wrestling, the WWE has fired and/or suspended over a dozen WWE performers who have been linked to steroids. If you follow the WWE, some of the names will be familiar from the list that has [...]
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