Shed a tear W! The other crocs will like it.
Here is a nice summary of Tony Snow’s latest incomparable bouncing around White House incompetence and deceit– from our pals at Think Progress.
‘In today’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about the Washington Post’s two-part series over the weekend, highlighting the Walter Reed hospital’s dilapidated conditions. Snow stated that “the president certainly has been aware of the conditions in the wards where he has visited, and visited regularly.” Snow also affirmed that the administration was aware of Walter Reed’s conditions “before the articles appeared in the paper.”
***Snow Backtracks, Now Claims Bush Didn’t Know Of Walter Reed Neglect
The White House has since backtracked from Snow’s comments. In a small addendum added to the bottom of yesterday’s briefing transcript on the White House website, a note now reads that Bush “first learned of the troubling allegations regarding Walter Reed from the stories this weekend in the Washington Post,” and that he is “deeply concerned” by the conditions:
Following the reversal, Snow told the Washington Post that “he did not know why the president, who has visited the facility many times in the past five years, had not heard about these problems before.”
Asked yesterday if Bush may talk about this scandal at some point in the future, Snow answered, “No.“’
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Please find story, transcript and video at Think Progress.
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