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May 8, 2006
Fabulous Fumble of the Week - 3/6 - OIL
Our Illustrious Leader (OIL), G. W. Bush, wins this week's Fabulous Fumble Award. I was going to give it to Paula Zahn for her interview with former CIA agent Ray McGovern. (CNN)
Zahn: Did you go to this speech today with the intent of challenging Secretary Rumsfeld?
MCGOVERN: I had no predetermined objectives. I just wanted to see what he had to say. But I did get very motivated when the first lady was ejected from -- from the -- from the crowd.
Zahn: How much of an ax do you have to grind with Secretary Rumsfeld?
MCGOVERN: It's not a matter of axes to grind. It's a matter of telling the truth. And we pledged, in my day at the CIA, to tell it without fear or favor, to tell it like it is. And, when I see that corrupted, that is the real tragedy of this whole business.
Zahn: There was a point where it appeared as though you were going to get kicked out ... Donald Rumsfeld encouraged whoever I think had their hands on you at the time to let you stay there. Does he get any credit for that today?
MCGOVERN: At first, I thought, well, that was rather gracious. But, then I got to thinking, I was not abusing the privilege. I was simply asking pointed questions. And for the national TV audience to see me carted away for asking Rumsfeld to explain what any objective observer would call a lie, that wouldn't have been good P.R. So, yes, I'm glad he let me stay. But I think it was for self- interested reasons.
Paula should have read Rumsfeld's original statement, which was very specific about WMD, but she didn't, she basically attacked McGovern for raising the question and confronting the Secretary of Defense. Bad job Paula.
Despite that wonderful fumble, President Bush wins hands down for his statement to a German newspaper. (Reuters)
U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.
"You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard to name the best," Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound (3.402 kilos) perch in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
The most powerful man on the planet, every day has the ability to do so much good and he thinks that his best moment is catching a fish. Okay.
Posted by Chip Spear at May 8, 2006 8:58 AM