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explaining, yet equivocating, on the matter this Sunday. Good God, have you heard more "ifs," "ands," and "buts"? The best line today was from Tony Snow. He was giving Condi softballs repeatedly, even setting up her cookie-cutter, pre-spun answers, and even he was amazed at the lack of concrete, coherent answers. His final line on the matter: "O.K., I'll let you off the hook." She just sat there with that stepford-wife, "I'm-giving-Satan-a-handjob-as-we-speak" smile.
I don't think the press will let this go. Today was step one for the administration, and they succeeded. They needed the muddle the issue. They needed competing narratives. Make the citizens' eyes glaze over when they here Niger and nukes. If the press reports the muddle instead of the clearly defined issues, then the story will go away. Too complicated. Rummy and Condi were not out there to answer questions. They were there to create more. And they were there to make sure of one point: everyone must look at our words with precision. Every word was FACTUALLY accurate, they tell us. And then they'll confuse the matter even more if the media dig into those words. I guess we'll see what the media does with this.
I can't wait for the moment when one of them says, "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Please, please, please.
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