And they're off....McClellan spinning now. Let the blame game begin!

the torture???


hmmm....


WHEN?


failure.

over and over "When did the Red Cross's information that there were abuses get to the White House?" "When did that information reach this building?"

McClellan twisted himself into a ridiculous pretzel in order not to answer that question. Tried to refer the reporter to the Pentagon to get that information! Never gave a clear answer. Went off on a tangent about how the U.S. stands for justice and fairness, blah, blah, blah, then went on to Dana Bash. It was ludicrous.

To the ABC guy's credit, he asked the question about four times and never got an answer.

Although he's taking full advantage of the time by dropping in talking points instead:

"Only a few individuals", etc...

It is only a few individuals but it might be systemic?

I like how privacy issues may prevent these photos from being made public.

Privacy=Hide the Truth/Cover Your Ass.

pianist that I could type fast...but,...noooooooooooooooooooo


failure.

McClellan says, ask the Pentagon......ABC guy did a good job of trying to get a staight answer instead of the platitudes McClellan has been preoviding.

thanks

Please feed the cube rats.

thanks

EOM

He's saying that they don't want to release pics/videos because they will interfere with bringing the guilty to justice...blah blah blah..

the most intresting thing so far:

When did the pres. know that the red cross was warning about the torture...they were voicing concerns for a year!


failure.

but how many gung-ho torturers can you fit in a digital pic?


failure.

Please see the following thread for a discussion...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1570711

What did the President know, when did he know it and what did he do about it?

Scotty is doing his blah, close contact with the Pentagon, blah blah, ask the Pentagon, blah, blah

same spew, different day

1000s of pics and how many videos???

lying bag of chimpshit!

how will he remember all of it?

of who knew what. They are repeatedly asking when the WH knew that there were investigations, etc. McClellan simply will not answer. He refuses to let them put together a timeline.

You know what that means? Bush knew. He knew earlier than they're saying.

all he heard was that Prisoners were being tortured and he thought: "GOOD!"

Seemingly they are in charge. And Bush is apparently out of the loop.

They are waiting until all the shit hits the fan- Then and only then will Rumsfeld take the fall (Like the Puke hero he dreams of being)

as a reason they may not release photos? A reporter questioned him on privacy issues for who?, but he dodged, saying they would have to consult lawyers.

what a circle jerk!

why aren't the torturers faces blocked out?

What if they held a White House Briefing and the press refused to show up. They are not getting anything at all of substance.

I think that would be wonderful if they just boycotted this junk.

They would prefer making no excuses to having to keep creating excuses.

1. those cameras....we will take away the cameras...

2. allowing the photos to get out....we'll implement orders immediately to stop those photo leaks....the photos are presently all locked up...

3. Congress...congress should have taken action as soon as they saw our 'little' 5 line press released, that we sent out in January on a Friday afternoon at 5PM....

4. those very few 'bad apples'

5. that liberal media, who is mis-interpreting those photos...the photos are GOOD, laura bush* just said so....

6. the high-level Generals who wrote reports about POW sex-torture snuff operations...had we know they were writing such reports, we would have destroyed their careers immediately, per White House Standard Operating Procedures...

7. CBS News...many HIGH LEVEL Military Generals threatened CBS and demanded that they HIDE THE PHOTOS...our coverup operations were unsuccessful, but we continue to limit the damage by covering up more....the 1000 photos and videos and especially the AUDIO torture will not be seen by anyone...AND we are currently working on reasons for this coverup...with special thanks to Virginia Senator john warner, who stamped all the photos/videos/audios "TOP SECRET" and has them locking in a special room in the Senate...

the photographers...


failure.

scottie always turns to Les when he tries to get his ass out of answering the hard questions?

politically... YEAH RIGHT...

And as the grilling gets tougher CNN breaks away from it...

they cut it off!

on edit: still on C-Span1

says they will keep monitoring the briefing for "potential news"! I thinks it's pretty damn newsworthy that McClellan either can't or won't answer one single question about this scandal.

"terrorists and thugs" he says...who?


failure..

stop spouting the pap about Free and happy Iraq, Free, happy, loving Iraq, Free, Happy, flower throwing Iraqis. He uses all the time repeating the same crap and then there is no time for questions.

what about medium sized majority...

Thanks Scott, we know the spew

Have I noticed a change in the press corp? When did the President know it, when did he know it?

Ah now the Damage congrol plan being exposed

Our actions, yes right Scottie

Is he breaking a sweat?

showed up on a porno site on the internet.

Scottie sez that "the president is aware that THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM will try anyhting to discredit bush...blah...blah...blah."

I turned it off at that point and went to AAR.

the "Worldnet Daily" report about the fake rape pics from porno sites? Was that guy FROM Worldnet Daily? I had the impression that those photos, and guys asking questions like this, were invented on purpose to create doubt about the veracity of the NONFAKED photos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/08/national/08PRIS.html?pagewanted=2&hp

Ashcroft was the one (since when was he supposed to be involved with foreign affairs anyway?) who chose the private contractor to go and set up the prison even though that contractor was under investigation for abuses!!

a scene of a crime...

loyalty to staff... BS... where is the line drawn between loyalty and effectiveness? Is this about loyalty or his judge

Ah scotty spins....

Would bush accept his resignation?

Scotty has never been contemplated... heads need to roll...

on edit: He asked when the american people will see photographic evidence of Saddam's Rape rooms and torture chambers...(instead of the one's we're running)

He has the talking points down perfectly.

evidence of Saddam's rape-rooms and torture chambers?


he did right?


failure.

it is surreal that the line is going to be: We might be bad but so was Saddam, geez, unbelievable!

damn them!

Oh and that pesky ICRC resport and standard procedure by MI...

Goes up the command chain... WHOOHOO

Go to the Pentagon Scott's body language is telling he is stiff and hilding the lectern, he looks angry

Which, despite purporting to provide news to web sites, as far as I can tell serves only one purpose--to be an escape hatch for Scott to use when the other hoes are piling on.

When things get hot, Scotty'll also go to Baltimore wing nut radio host Les Kinsolving who will ask a question about whether the president agrees with a liberal-sounding statement made by some undersecretary at the forest service, or to some guy named Goyle who invariably asks an almost unintelligible question about some arcane India-related foreign policy matter.

coming to light is because of sly hersh, you guys are pissed that the photos even made it to the web... ah, now the connection with Hussein, we are not that bad folks....

Pass the puke bucket

McClellen spins it away, calling Rumsfeld 'most effective', yada, yada.

It seemed like the reporter had caught on to the 'loyalty' factor in the Bush administration (ie., you don't get fired for incompetence -- only for disloyalty to the Bushes -- just like on the Sopranos).

Is that why he sat on this for a year while the red cross complained?

The people he killed are more dead than the prisoners we killed?

Man alive, we "liberated" the Iraqis so we could torture with attack dogs who have had their rabies vaccinations rather than those dirty old dogs of Saddam's who hadn't even had their shots. We really are morally superior.

Is this a new tactic? Hypnotizing the press corps with psychedlic ties?

Headline: "McClellan Refuses to Answer Questions About ANYTHING"

Should the headline be:'BUSH KNEW AND DID NOTHING"?

Why don't the reporters walk out when McClellan refuses to answer any question?