Why was so much misdirection needed for your trip to Baghdad? And don't give me the security bullshit. The problem is not the secrecy. It should have been secret. My problem is that for days prior the news media was writing about this significant strategy session -- all a smokescreen. All they had to do was not lie. Why is that so hard? Is the Bush team so incompetent that they couldn't keep this secret without resorting to fiction?
When will the White House press corps wake up? I've been watching the continuing PR stunt as Bush holds a press conference in the Rose Garden. I am waiting for one reporter to ask the only question that should be asked: why did you go to such elaborate lengths concerning your trip to Iraq? You are the president of the United States - and you're asking us to believe you couldn't get to Baghdad secretly? Pulleeze. (Okay, I added that - I don't expect a reporter to say that - except NBC's Gregory came close after the Cheney shooting with "Oh come on." Same thing really.)
Too bad no one has the balls to organize a boycott - no one in the WH press corps should show up until there's some assurance that red herrings won't be allowed. We all know that the Bush team doesn't reveal all - nor should they. But such blatant falsehoods should not be allowed to stand. And my real outrage is so few actually think it matters.
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