Memory Loss

It was a good day to clearly see Bush inconsistencies in action: react to the crisis of the moment even if it contradicts what you have argued previously; criticize your opponents but disregard the same actions committed by your staff; mislead whenever you think it will be to your benefit to avoid criticism or to hide incompetence.

After AG Gonzales repeatedly refused to divulge to the Senate details of the NSA spying program, in many cases when the questions appeared to have no relevance to revealing operational secrets, the President yesterday disclosed in a speech details of how we thwarted a supposed planned Al Qaeda attack on Los Angeles.

The administration response to the NSA story has been to concentrate on what they see as the dastardly act of leaking the story to the New York Times. Federal prosecutor’s reveled yesterday that Lewis Libby was told by “superiors” to disclose classified information about Iraq. Last I heard Libby worked for Cheney. How long before the Administration supporters call for an investigation into that leak?

Congressional investigators have reported that the White House knew of the severity of the New Orleans levee break the night of the storm. The next morning the President was quoted as saying that New Orleans "dodged the bullet".