WH to Improve Clearance Process for Bush Speeches (Lie Detector)

[Nambe]

U.S. Department of State

Washington -- Improvements will be made in the process that is used to clear presidential speeches, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters July 14, when he was asked again about a statement in President Bush's January 2003 State of the Union Address to Congress.

Bush administration officials have recently acknowledged that a sentence in the speech referring to a British intelligence report that Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa should not have been included in that address.

"I think it's safe to say that everybody involved in the vetting process already knows that this process has to be improved," Fleischer said. "I think what's going to happen in every future speech is people are going to make certain that they do their due diligence with each and every sentence of every presidential address so that everything is made sure it is as accurate as is possible." ---

[realFedUp]

1. There's a joke in here somewhere.....

or a few.

[aquart]

15. Has to be a joke. I laugh everytime I think about it.

They didn't do anything wrong and they'll never do it again.

Giggle.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Yeah...

They are gonna make sure that they lie better. "More Efficient Lies!" will be the new motto in the maladministration! Huzzah!

[salin]

7. They figure it is easier than training W to ask earnestly

"Is all this stuff in the speech really true?"

[David Zephyr]

3. Lie Detector!

You made my day! :hi:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Knowing these Klowns...

They will bypass the convenience of a modern lie detector for the ancient efficiencies of molten lead poured into an ear.

[Rose Siding]

4. They need a new system...or a new dept

Smaller govt, repub style. Dept of Don't Let Bush Say Anything Stupid.

Clearly there aren't enough people involved yet. And NO UNIONS.

[tomp]

16. a new dept?

how about the dept of truth to go with kucinich's dept of peace?

or how about just the dept of closing-the-barn-door-after-the-horse-is-gone?

[LibDemAlways]

6. Text of 2004 SOTU with all lies removed:

Good evening.

Good night.

[TankLV]

13. ROFLMAO!

That's just PERFECT!

Don't see how it can be any other way.

[kskiska]

8. Tweety Matthews just asked

"Does * just read this stuff like Ted Baxter?" when it's put in front of him?

[realFedUp]

10. now that made me laugh

and he rarely does....Ted did have a deeper voice though...

[LibDemAlways]

14. Tweety knows damn well

that Ted Baxter was a genius compared to the chimp. But he's been so fixated on *'s crotch that he's lost all perspective.

[corarose]

17. Tweety is taking the blame off of Jr.

I think that Tweety is trying to take the blame off of Jr by asking if he reads everything placed in front of him meaning that JR didn't write his own speech.

[Demobrat]

9. Too little. Too late.

At least if you're one of the thousands who have already given your life for a lie.

[Maeve]

11. I think my favorite was when he opened a news "event"

"I'm happy to be here tonight and answer your questions."

There are at least two lies right there!

[TankLV]

12. Great! That means that THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSES FOR LYING FROM NOW ON.

Should be fun to watch them find wiggle room from now on.

[fshrink]

18. Another first in American history!

Obviously the first president who knows so little what he's talking about that even his speeches have to be verified. I can't believe we're even talking about that!

[Nottingham]

19. That is a Helluva Idea!! You guys just made Americans look lile fools

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