Wait a sec... What is that? It looks like a door. Shit. I'm going in.

MrScorpio

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Sat Jul-16-05 06:56 AM
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Wait a sec... What is that? It looks like a door. Shit. I'm going in.

Damn, it's dark in here. Where am I? What's that up ahead? It looks like a light.

I'm going in.

Shit! I'm at the White House. It's the press room! How the hell did I get here?

Look there's Karl Rove talking to Scott McClellan. They're coming this way. I wonder what they're talking about.

What's this around my neck? My God! It's a press pass. Damn, I must be a reporter

Everybody is sitting down. I guess it's time to start.

Here comes Scooter... I mean Scotty.

He's making his opening remarks.

Good afternoon, everybody. The President had a good meeting with his Cabinet earlier this morning. This was the 30th Cabinet meeting of his administration.

As you heard, one of the key focus areas of the Cabinet meeting today was on the budget update that our Office of Management and Budget Director Josh Bolten provided you all a short time ago. We are well on our way to cut the deficit in half by 2009. The deficit is now $94 billion less than what the February forecast was. The President's tax cuts and pro-growth economic policies are fueling growth and job creation. We've seen 3.7 -- more than 3.7 million jobs created over the past 25 months. The unemployment rate is down to 5 percent. The economic growth that is fueled by the President's tax cuts are leading to significant increases in revenues, as Josh pointed out...

What a snooze fest. How can anyone stay awake with that monotonous drone?

Blah, Blah, Fucking Blah.

Ooo, looks like he's finishing up. Maybe we can get to the questions.

... That effort is underway. We are having good discussions throughout the country. And he provided a good update to members of the Cabinet on that.

And then as you heard, Josh provided the update that he gave you all a short time ago.

And with that, I'm glad to go to your questions.

He didn't point at me. Looks like I'll have to wait.

Scott, some White House advisors expressed surprise that the President didn't -- did not give a warm endorsement to Karl Rove when he was asked about him at the Cabinet meeting. They had expected that he would speak up. Can you explain why the President didn't give a -- express confidence?

Sure. He wasn't asked about his support or confidence for Karl. As I indicated yesterday, every person who works here at the White House, including Karl Rove, has the confidence of the President. This was not a question that came up in the Cabinet Room.

Oh, I guess that means that Karl has Bush by the balls.

Well, the President has never been restrained at staying right in the lines of a question, as you know. (Laughter.) He kind of -- he says whatever he wants. And if he had wanted to express confidence in Karl Rove, he could have. Why didn't he?

He expressed it yesterday through me, and I just expressed it again.

Rinse, repeat

Well, why doesn't he?

What is that? A pin dropping?

He was not asked that specific question, Terry. You know that very well. The questions he were asked -- he was asked about were relating to an ongoing investigation.

Day two of this shit Ooo, more questions.

Scott, you know what, to make a general observation here, in a previous administration, if a press secretary had given the sort of answers you've just given in referring to the fact that everybody who works here enjoys the confidence of the President, Republicans would have hammered them as having a kind of legalistic and sleazy defense. I mean, the reality is that you're parsing words, and you've been doing it for a few days now. So does the President think Karl Rove did something wrong, or doesn't he?

No, David, I'm not at all. I told you and the President told you earlier today that we don't want to prejudge the outcome of an ongoing investigation. And I think we've been round and round on this for two days now.

What is that I smell? Blood?

Even if it wasn't a crime? You know, there are those who believe that even if Karl Rove was trying to debunk bogus information, as Ken Mehlman suggested yesterday -- perhaps speaking on behalf of the White House -- that when you're dealing with a covert operative, that a senior official of the government should be darn well sure that that person is not undercover, is not covert, before speaking about them in any way, shape, or form. Does the President agree with that or not?

Crickets Chirping

Again, we've been round and round on this for a couple of days now. I don't have anything to add to what I've said the previous two days.

I guess that little talking to he had with Karl earlier has him set like concrete.

That's a different question, and it's not round and round --

You heard from the President earlier.

Oh yeah, he was told to do a clam impression

You heard from the President earlier.

Is he getting red, or what? This is going back and forth, pretty heavy.

That's a dodge to my question. It has nothing to do with the investigation. Is it appropriate for a senior official to speak about a covert agent in any way, shape, or form without first finding out whether that person is working as a covert officer.

Scott... Scott!

Shit, He fried a circuit

Uhhh... I look forward to talking about it once the investigation is complete, as the President does, as well. And you heard from the President earlier today.

It may not look like it, but there's a little flesh that's been taken out of me the past few days. (Laughter.)

Damn, He's finishing up. And we didn't even get started

Thank you.

I guess it's time to leave. It feels like I'm on a roller coaster ride.

PLOP!

Wow. that was weird.

I'm by the freeway, near my house. Looks like the Feeway Blogger struck again.

Ain't it the truth