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The always invaluable Henry Seltzer brings us yet another example of Scott McClellan’s heroic inability to provide explanations for things he claims are easy to explain: MORE »
In this White House pool report, the President does the time warp again:
Not noted in your transcript: He almost said “On Sept. 11th . . . ” before catching himself and saying, “On December the 7th 1941 . . . ”
You know how it is: You get a jingoism stuck in your head…
Full report after the jump.
In this White House pool report: too much information.
[Scott McClellan] denied he had ever worn a kilt. Stressed he had no intention of doing so.
We suspect that this kilt question may be the subject of an ongoing investigation.
Full report after the jump, including surreal scene of Korean firefighters in spacesuits:
With their visors down, and yellow bands on their arms, some looked as if they were dressed for an outbreak of avian flu. About half a dozen, on bended knee, holding on their fire hoses, gamely provided the human foreground for several White House staff photos.
In this White House pool report, the President conquers his demons, and gets another scooter out of the White House:
The Leader of the Free World did, indeed, hop onto a Segway scooter and cruised for an undetermined distance at the Guest House under the no-doubt admiring gaze of his Japanese host. Duffy, through Carroll, said the new Segway was a gift from the president to the prime minister. One has to use one’s imagination as to how fast the President-guided the Segway or whether he managed a more graceful dismount than the last time he was seen on one of these scooters.
We like to think he rode it one handed, whooping, yelling, “Suck on it, Fitzy!!! SUCK IT!”
Full report after the jump.
In this White House pool report, we are all disappointed.
From: White House Press Releases
Date: Nov 7, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: POOL REPORT 3A, 11/7/05 MORE »
In this White House pool report, we discover the sacrifices that the Bush family is willing to make in order to strengthen alliances in the War on Terror:
The prince joked that much the was was afoot with respect to his son and one of the Bush girls - he didn’t say which. “It seems to be an entirely hereditary feature.”
And we thought this talk of “the Bush dynasty” was just a metaphor.
Full report after the jump.
Does DC have its own Kanye West, Jr.? According to a FLOTUS (cute) pool report this afternoon, a visit to a Southeast Washington public charter school by Prince Charles, the FLOTUS, and Camilla prompted this observation from Denzell Grimes, 14: “It’’s awfully rare for white people to come to our school–like, from other countries.””
Speak truth to power, Denzell! Or just make an observation:
Upon further review of an audiotape, the quote from Denzell Grimes appears to be incorrect. According to the tape, Grimes stated: “It’s awfully rare for ROYAL people to come to our school–like from other countries.”
Both things technically true. You’ve got a future in politics, kid.
Full reports after the jump.
Let’s use these last few minutes of tea-leaf reading carefully. First, McClellan has told the press corps in the most recent WH pool report that there will “not be an announcement today regarding judicial nominees.” Also, the WH will NOT have anything to say about the Fitzgerald investigation until after the announcement of the findings. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
We think it means that the White House has realized even Americans are too smart to think a SCOTUS announcement today would be just a coincidence. It also means that they’re more time to campaign for Butterstick. As for Rove: Gonna be more stressful winter than you thought. Maybe you can borrow some of Cheney’s heart medicine.
Report after the jump
In this White House pool report, we discover what the Republican National Committee has sacrificed in these times of national crisis: Good wine. They served Clos du Bois, which rings in safely under $10 most of the time. Gotta pay for gassing up those SUVs somehow. In other news, pooler Mark Silva notes that the President spoke at the group’s “million-dollar fundraiser on the eve of… oh, eve of Wednesday,” and that he told the audience “I didn’t come here not to deal with major problems.”
And, it’s true, he did mention the Miers nomination.
Pay no attention to the indictments behind the curtain, folks…
Full report after the jump.
“He wears this outfit…. It wasn’t all that long ago… He would have been killed for wearing it.” … Bush called Barzani “a man of courage.”
So that’s what we’re fighting for.
Speaking of courage: Bill Plante pulled a classic Donaldson at the end of the availability, yelling, “What did the vice president know, and when did he know it?” There was no response.
Full report after the jump.
