7/11 White House Press Briefing
Oh, this is a thing of beauty. :-)
MCCLELLAN: And so that’s why we are not going to get into commenting on it while it is an ongoing investigation — or questions related to it.QUESTION: Scott, if I could point out: Contradictory to that statement, on September 29th of 2003, while the investigation was ongoing, you clearly commented on it. You were the first one to have said that if anybody from the White House was involved, they would be fired.
And then, on June 10th of 2004, at Sea Island Plantation, in the midst of this investigation, when the president made his comments that, yes, he would fire anybody from the White House who was involved, so why have you commented on this during the process of the investigation in the past, but now you’ve suddenly drawn a curtain around it under the statement of, We’re not going to comment on an ongoing investigation?MCCLELLAN: Again, John, I appreciate the question. I know you want to get to the bottom of this. No one wants to get to the bottom of it more than the president of the United States.
And I think the way to be most helpful is to not get into commenting on it while it is an ongoing investigation. And that’s something that the people overseeing the investigation have expressed a preference that we follow.
And that’s why we’re continuing to follow that approach and that policy.
Now, I remember very well what was previously said. And, at some point, I will be glad to talk about it, but not until after the investigation is complete.QUESTION: So could I just ask: When did you change your mind to say that it was OK to comment during the course of an investigation before, but now it’s not?
3 comments:
The left is making a montain out of a mollhill and even that is an exageration. Let's look at the facts:
1. Rove never named her explicitly.
2. No laws were broken.
3. Wilson and his wife were social butterflies and frequently on society pages - so much for hiding your wife.
4. Plame was a desk analyst for 7 years prior to the 2003 kerfuffle. She wasn't an agent!
The moonbats are getting moonier...
FACTS? WHAT PLANET ARE YOU LIVING ON?????
1) "Wilson's wife" -- gee, that doesn't give nearly enough info to figure out who KR was talking about. Silly us.
2) Bullshit.
3) Why should she hide?
4) Umm, does the phrase "cover identity" ring a bell?
You have to stop swallowing down the Administration's lies wholesale, unless you like being living proof of the Big Lie theory.
Now, I'm entirely willing to concede that Rove hasn't been firmly established to have done anything. Yet. We'll see what Fitzgerald comes up with.
Whine, cry, justify....do all you want. The fact is that Rove broke no law and I defy you to quote a law to the contrary.
This is the latest attempt by the left to inflate a non-issue to the point of absurdity.
It's really pathetic that you all are reduced to an off-hand remark that's been taken to the extreme.
Rove will not be indicted. Since he didn't name Plame explicitly, since there was no attempt to harm, etc etc, there was no law broken!
Get that through your thick skulls. Oh, wait, y'alls party is dying....hey, fuck that, keep up the stupidity!
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