Iraq, 9/11... Iraq, 9/11... Iraq, 9/11...

by Plutonium Page

Sat Aug 27th, 2005 at 12:50:03 PDT

What do you do if you can't answer a question? Fall back to the same old talking points and slip the "Saddam-was-linked-to-the-9/11-attacks" conspiracy theory into press briefings.

Here's Trent Duffy taking during the August 25, 2005 White House press gaggle.

First, we have the update on Bush's busy schedule:

MR. DUFFY: Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. Just a quick update on the President's daily schedule. He had his normal intelligence briefings, and he has been for a bike ride this morning. Past that, I don't have anything to update you on his schedule.

Intelligence briefings? Like the August 2001 briefings about bin Laden, that Bush ignored?

Well, speaking of 9/11, here comes the propaganda. Ask about Cindy Sheehan and the war, and you'll learn all about 9/11 and why we're fighting this war:

Q Does the President feel that over the last couple of days he's made an effective and convincing case that Cindy Sheehan is misguided in her feelings about the war and what should happen to the troops?

MR. DUFFY: Well, first of all, the President has spoken continuously about the way he approaches this war, following September 11th, 2001. On September 14th, 2001, he stood at the National Cathedral and told all of America that this was going to be a very long and difficult war, and that there were going to be some very trying moments; but that because of what happened on 9/11, that we had to view the world in a different way.

Um, what? That's not even remotely close to an answer. It is, however, a great example of the ongoing effort to shore up support for the war by linking it to the War on Terror™ (or whatever the hell they're calling it these days).

Same bullshit, different day.