Virgin Tony Speak

by sarabeth at 6:42 am on March 22nd, 2007 in Bush Man Date, Corruption, Tony Snow

Some things just deserve to be presented unedited and without comment:

Q Okay. You keep saying the Justice Department, the response — that these emails, the 3,000 pages is unprecedented, is very responsive. Why, then, is there this gap from mid-November to about December 4th, right before the actual firings? Why is there a gap in the emails?

MR. SNOW: I don’t know. Why don’t you ask them?

Q Well, you’re the White House, the Justice Department serves under –

MR. SNOW: I know, but I’m not going to be the fact witness on Justice.

Q But you’re the one representing that this has been very responsive. Now when there’s a gap you say go to them.

MR. SNOW: Yes, and I’ve been led to believe that there’s a good response for it, but I’m going to let you ask them because they’re going to have the answer.

Q There is one email from November 15th from Mr. Sampson to Harriet Miers, I believe, “Who will determine whether this requires the President’s attention?”

MR. SNOW: Right.

Q And then there’s a gap in emails. Was there any — perhaps any emails about the President in there? And did the President have to sign off on this? Because the question was raised –

MR. SNOW: The President has no recollection of this ever being raised with him.

*** Update, 10:10 am ***

We now proudly present the good response whose alleged existence Tony Snow was led to believe in:

Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the Justice Department, said, “The department has provided or made available to Congress all the documents responsive to Congress’s requests over the time period in question.” He added, “To the extent there was a lull in communications concerning the U.S. attorney issues, it reflects the fact that we have found no responsive documents from that time period, which included the Thanksgiving holiday.”

Comments

  1. sac wrote:

    Yes yes, I agree with all that. Now this:

    III. How College Kids Imagine the United States Government

    THE PRESENT DAY

    —Did you hear the news, Mr. President? The students at the University of Pittsfield are walking out of their classes, in protest over the war.

    —(spits out coffee) Wha— What did you say?

    —Apparently, students are standing up in the middle of lectures and walking right out of the building.

    —But students love lectures. If they’re willing to give those up, they must really be serious about this peace thing! How did you hear about this protest?

    —The White House hears about every protest, no matter how small.

    —Oh, right, I remember.

    —You haven’t heard the half of it, Mr. President. The leader of the group says that if you don’t stop the war today they’re going to . . . to . . . I’m sorry, I can’t say it out loud. It’s just too terrifying.

    —Say it, damn it! I’m the President!

    —All right! If you don’t stop the war . . . they’re going to stop going to school for the remainder of the week.

    —Send the troops home.

    —But, Mr. President! Shouldn’t we talk about this?

    —Send the troops home.

    THE NINETEEN-SIXTIES

    —Mr. President! Did you hear about Woodstock?

    —Woo— Woodstock? What in God’s name is that?

    —Apparently, young people hate the war so much they’re willing to participate in a musical sex festival as a protest against it.

    —Oh, my God. They must really be serious about this whole thing.

    —That’s not all. Some of them are threatening to join communes: places where they make their own clothing . . . and beat on drums.

    —Stop the war.

    —But, Mr. President!

    —Stop all American wars!

    —(sighs) Very well, sir. I’ll go tell the generals.

    —Wow. It’s a good thing those kids decided to go hear music.

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 7:46 am

  2. matt t wrote:

    What the fuck, Sac? Seriously, what the fuck? Maybe you didn’t hear me, what the fuck? What the fuck do you want? What the fuck does your perfect Sacian Utopia look the fuck like?

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 8:30 am

  3. sarabeth wrote:

    Thank you, matt t. my sentiments exactly. I knew someone would come along and say it more eloquently than me.

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 8:59 am

  4. frankypelvis wrote:

    Sac, what point are you trying to make? That no kid should ever think he or she can make a difference in the world? That no protest ever had any effect on anything? Everyone should just give up and stop trying to get their voices heard. All students are stupid so we can safely ignore anything they have to say because they aren’t “serious” people like Mr. Sac.

    Are you even making a point or just some posting copypasta you found somewhere to piss people off? If so, you are a fucking troll.

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 9:01 am

  5. sac wrote:

    I just thought it was funny, and considering it was from the New Yorker, which is never funny, I was a bit surprised. I would have put it in the protest post, but since the recent comment feature isn’t working right now, I stuck up here. Probably a bad move, sorry.

    As for my sactopia, I know it would have a height requirement. That’s as far as I’ve gotten.

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 9:06 am

  6. matt t wrote:

    Not as funny as prison-rape by a longshot.

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 9:44 am

  7. sarabeth wrote:

    links and ascriptions are usually a big help too

    Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 9:51 am

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