WP's Dan Froomkin: WH Briefing - What the President Meant to Say

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What the President Meant to Say

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, February 2, 2006; 12:42 PM

The most memorable portion of President Bush's otherwise largely forgettable State of the Union address Tuesday night was his call for America to break its addiction to oil from the Middle East.
But it turns out maybe we should forget that, too.

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Defending Big Oil
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And just in case you thought Bush, himself an oil man by profession, had suddenly turned all populist on the issue: Never fear. High oil prices have taken an enormous toll on working Americans while contributing to world-record profits for the oil companies. But Bush doesn't see a problem there.

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Hurricane Watch, Part I

Hurricane Watch, Part II
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" 'I waited until the bitter end,' Dottie Tabor, a New Orleans retiree, said as she bought food at a city market. 'There was not enough at all about New Orleans, and he promised a lot when he was down here.' "

Missing E-mails

Domestic Spying Watch

Straw Man Watch, Part I
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The New York Times editorial board writes: "President Bush is not giving up the battle over domestic spying. He's fighting it with an army of straw men and a fleet of red herrings.
"One of the oddest moments in Mr. Bush's defense of domestic spying came when he told his audience in Nashville, 'If I was trying to pull a fast one on the American people, why did I brief Congress?' He did not mention that some lawmakers protested the spying at the briefings, or that they found them inadequate. The audience members who laughed and applauded Mr. Bush's version of the truth may have forgot that he said he briefed Congress fully on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We know how that turned out."

Straw Man Watch, Part II

Sheehan Watch

Manimal Watch

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

He gives the best summarizes of all the Bush cabal's latest mind boggling actions.

As usual, there are way too many to be able to show them all here - so I just showed some of the headings so you could tell what all he covers.

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1. K&R

Straw men, indeed.

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2. regarding 'breaking the oil habit....'

my partner quipped "...yeah, right - he didn't even make it to the car that would take him the rehab center... the only habit he needs to break is habit of lying..."

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3. kick