Presstitutes Meet With Bush, Pledge Not to Report What He Said

[Rose Siding]

As is the custom prior to a major speech (normally the State of the Union and select others), the White House today invited a small group of broadcast journalists to the Roosevelt Room for a briefing, which was mostly with national security types... until the President walked in, unescorted. Tim Russert and I calculated that he was with us for just over an hour. He was forceful, animated and at times aggravated by the current state of the debate over Iraq. While the conditions of the conversation do not allow for direct quotation, we can certainly reflect the President's thinking when we come on the air tonight.

http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2007/01/white_house_dia.html#below-fold

Well that ought to get them invited back but I have to ask myself, what's more important? - What these cocktail weenie eaters think about what Bush was thinking when he said whatever he said, or what he actually said?

Show time, boys!
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Lights!
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Camera!
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Keep
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The Myth
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Alive!
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[Rex]

1. They circle-jerked for an hour, wow, how is that any different

then everyday circle-jerking? Oh, I see. It was personal to the news whores. They wet themselves. Became quivering masses of chumminess. And the non-rehearsed, rehearsed entrance. And the king entered the room! Ooooh!

It should be a crime to pay people money for, oh wait. Nevermind.

[Kurovski]

2. The myth is dead and it's begining to stink.

the "press" can do nothing to stop the natural progression of decay.

But yes, they will try. So sad, and so brave are they.

[snacker]

3. On PBS' NewsHour tonight, Shields said

that the "briefers" insisted that this was all Maliki's plan and idea. The funny thing was that just before that segment, Burns (I think that's his name) from the NYTimes reported that Maliki was opposed to Bush's surge. Shields stated that he'd believe Burns before he's believe the "briefers."