Editor and Publisher reminds us it was five years ago today that Team Bush herded the White House Press Corpse into, if I remember right, the East Room, for an exercise in mass delusion.
Unlike Mitchell, I don't remember any sharp questions, but I do recall a lot of bluster, mixed in with lies, innuendo, and a certain smug attitude...as if by kicking Iraqi butt, 9/11 was going to be avenged AND the libruls would learn their subordinate place at the American political table. There's also a significant amount of political naivete regarding "the Iraqi people," of whom Bush speaks as if they were/are children.
If you have the time, take a look at the entire transcript--sure, hindsight is 20/20, but this really is, to paraphrase the Marquez title, a chronicle of a train wreck foretold.
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