Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds (Blast from the Past Edition: 2002)
by Meteor Blades
Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:52:38 PM PDT
Tonight, a tidbit from the early days of Daily Kos, June 11, 2002, to be precise. More proof that some things never change, even if the press secretary does.
It wasn't "The Little Caterpillar"
Last week, Bush surprised people by rejecting a report issued by the EPA admitting global warming was a scientific certainty. When asked about the report, Bush dismissively said "I read the report put out by the bureaucracy." I was shocked. What, Bush read a 268-page report? That would require some sort of adult attention span!
Well, Ari Fleischer finally admitted that Dubya lied: "Whenever presidents say they read it, you can read that to be he was briefed." That may be the case with Shrub and Reagan, but competent presidents do their own reading.
Of course had President Gore made this lie, it would be all over Fox news for weeks ...
The Overnight News Digest is posted and informs us that Norway legalizes gay marriage.
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