Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise

Newsletter

AlterNet Headlines

 

Video archive by date:

«November 2009»
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930

Use » and « to view other months.

  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Bush 'the assessor' Lied about Rumsfeld [VIDEO]

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 11:37 AM on November 8, 2006.


A slip-up?
Post Tools
email EMAIL
print PRINT
10 COMMENTS
Bush/rummy

Share and save this post:

      

      

Share on Facebook       

AlterNet Social Networks:
follow us on twitter
find us on Facebook

Got a tip for a post?:
Email us | Anonymous form

RSS iconVideo RSS Feed

RSS iconMain AlterNet RSS Feed

Get Video in your
mailbox!

 

Last week Bush told the media that he was keeping Rumsfeld. Today he implied in a press conference (video, right) that he'd lied to the media for political purposes.

And just for fun, watch the video to the end so you can see 'the decider' morph into 'the assessor'...

Digg!

Tagged as: bush, rumsfeld

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.


Return to Video  » Post Tools: email EMAIL print PRINT 10 COMMENTS PERMALINK
Also in Video
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Breaks Ranks, Admits "The Green Economy Is Coming"
Finally, one member of the GOP has a slice of reality pie.
Post by Staff. November 5, 2009.		 Iowa Wingnut Steve King Lauds Lobbyists as American Heros for Bussing in Health Reform Protesters
Astroturfing earns praise from the GOP rep.
Post by Lee Fang. November 4, 2009.		 GOP Loon Goes Off the Rails: Health Reform Greater Threat than Terrorism
The government's trying to put you to death, don't you know.
Post by Faiz Shakir. November 2, 2009.
Advertisement
Comments Turn comments off sitewide Give us feedback »
Comments closed.
The comments for this story have been closed. Thank you to everyone who participated. 		View:
Funny
[Report this comment]
Posted by: bookie on Nov 8, 2006 11:45 AM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Watching Bush try to back pedal, and tripping all over himself

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

The only thing Bushit can competently assess....
[Report this comment]
Posted by: tap17x on Nov 8, 2006 12:36 PM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
....is his own incompetence, but he always comes up with the wrong answer. Did you notice his slip where he said "had my FINAL conversation with Rummy?" I wonder what that meant.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

You gotta love this idiot!
[Report this comment]
Posted by: haddit on Nov 8, 2006 2:00 PM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
I loved it all, but at the end when he talks about "assessing all the time, by myself." I didn't know he was capable. You go, George.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

He did not have a war with that man...( sound familar)
[Report this comment]
Posted by: what now cartoons on Nov 8, 2006 4:35 PM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Lies, Lies, Lies, and caught on camera doing it.....whoo Whoo, I sure rember how much they played that clip of Clinton's. Well the Winds of change are blowing strong, and America just took a giant step backwards from fascism. Then to top it off there's Rumsfield " Cutting and Running ", boy is that the icing on the cake? Don't be blinded by Rumsfield falling on his sword, it's probably by request from KKKarl.
They eat their own you know. So all those Republican Party members on the fringe, watch your backs, the big guys will do anything to hold power, and Lie all they can.
I drew a Democratic Victory cartoon last night, it's up on my website now;

www.whatnowtoons.com

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I'm waiting for a follow-up question.......
[Report this comment]
Posted by: John Rice on Nov 9, 2006 11:47 AM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
....from a terminally-disgusted reporter who would ask:
"Mr. President--given that you admitted lying to three reporters about Rumsfeld so as to not affect the election the following week, why should we believe or have any faith in anything you choose to tell us?"

Only Helen Thomas has the integrity to ask questions such as this, and not be overly concerned about the consequences of asking. Helen Thomas--undresser of kings (and hero).

Regards,,,John
( john_rice@neitherparty.org )

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

He's fooled us twice, er once, uh well, you know
[Report this comment]
Posted by: TennMom on Nov 9, 2006 9:35 PM   
Current rating: Not yet rated    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Bush lied about Rummy, but it wasn't before the election. His attempt to lie about the lie is just more crap. He did everything possible to affect the outcome of this election. Announcing Rumsfeld's resignation would have garnered more votes for his party. Bush was just too cocky, giving his "dancing in the endzone" and "picking out the drapes" speech, to actually make a move that might have saved his majority.

He has lost his stranglehold and must now grovel to those he detests. His legacy will not be as he envisioned. He sacrificed Rumsfeld to save face and to act as if he is willing to "play nice." The Democrats have usually been able to see through his crap, and now they actually have the power to do something about it.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]