Comments on: The helm is right here

By: Uqpsbgzb

Uqpsbgzb — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:23:34 +0000

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By: John Asscroft

John Asscroft — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:35:32 +0000

Citizen, report to your block warden immediately. You have committed the ThoughtCrime of noticing that the Ministry of Truth has revised the past to reflect TODAY’S truth!

Sincerely,
John Asscroft, Ministry of Love, Untied States of America

By: Blair

Blair — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:04:06 +0000

Well, one informal, and one not. Probably amounts to the same thing, ultimately. Indeed. As I understand it, normally there is the "gaggle" in the morning which is more informal and not on camera. The press briefing is in the afternoon, is less freewheeling, there are cameras, and there is a transcript (there is, sometimes, a transcript of the gaggle as well). My original recollection that the remark had been made at the afternoon press briefing was later confirmed by a report I read at the CTV site:

"This is Dick Clarke's 'American Grandstand.' He just keeps changing the tune," White House Spokesman Scott McClellan told a news conference Monday afternoon. "His assertions that that there is something we could have done to prevent attacks of September 11th from happening is deeply irresponsible, it's offensive and it's flat out false."

But this piece from MSNBC seems to point to the morning gaggle:

?When you compare Dick Clarke ?s current rhetoric with his past comments and actions, the bedrock of his assertions comes crumbling down,? McClellan said in the first of two briefings he held for reporters. ?This is Dick Clarke ?s ? American Grandstand .? He just keeps changing the tune.?

I guess it wouldn't be the first time the Canadians got it wrong! ;-) In any event, as Chris Vosburg points out above, it does amount to the same thing: McClellan said it to the press and it was snarky and dumb.

By: Chris Vosburg

Chris Vosburg — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:13:32 +0000

I’ve read that there are actually two daily white house press briefings, one funny and one that isn’t.

Well, one informal, and one not. Probably amounts to the same thing, ultimately.

By: J Edgar

J Edgar — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:48:29 +0000

I’ve read that there are actually two daily white house press briefings, one funny and one that isn’t.
Um, one with lies and one with only the truth?
No, I don’t know the difference, but this “what happened?” comes up enough on blogs to make me believe that there are two similar press briefings each day, but I don’t recall the details.

By: Chris Vosburg

Chris Vosburg — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:49:32 +0000

Oops, sorry, Margot, and Frederic, don’t take this as disparagement of Darryl or Toni, who I actually sorta liked.

Apologies to “Somkey” aka Smokey Robinson as well; good grief…

By: George Claredon

George Claredon — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:05:09 +0000

Very stupid remark, especially since Clarke disavowed any intention in serving in a Kerry(or Democratic) Administration.

Proof once again that Rove is doing blow from his office desk these days.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:00:15 +0000

Don’t blame Margot. I’m “only” 43 and I was the one who called it a Captain and Tennille song.

By: Chris Vosburg

Chris Vosburg — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:57:01 +0000

Al “I’m in control here” Haig sez: He probably thinks that the Democrats have a chance this time and so he’s trying to suck around for another job

Surely, Al would know. He “sucked around” unsuccessfully for the presidential nomination in 1980, and gracefully withdrawing, netted the SoS spot in the Reagan administration.

Incidentally, for many of us “over 45s,” he’s chiefly remembered for his starring role in the Watergate coverup as Nixon’s Chief of Staff.

And while I’m on the subject of gripes of the over 45s, Margot [laughing], please don’t call Somkey Robinson’s “Shop Around” a Cap&Ten song–

Good line, though.

By: Margot

Margot — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:40:11 +0000

lol, I thought you were kidding. Warn, warn, warn, and toss a couple of missiles…!

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:35:37 +0000

"Suck around"? Is that from a Captain and Tennille song -- "My mama told me, you better suck around"?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 06:55:29 +0000

Wait, nine years of inaction? Last time I check Clinton only had 8 years to do anything.

And what’s with the warn, warn, warn comment? Maybe Al, the Repubs didn’t listen to the President and that’s why he didn’t do more. Dickhead.