About 50 members of the White House press corps accepted President Bush's invitation last night to come over to his house in Crawford, eat his food, drink his booze, hang around the pool and schmooze with him -- while promising not to tell anyone what he said afterward.
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Nevertheless, I'm told that several reporters expressed squeamishness about last night's event, particularly as the press-pool vans drove by antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan's "Camp Casey" site. And later, a small handful watched askance as the rest fawned over Bush, following him around in packs every time he moved.
So much for the "conscience of the Nation".
Bought and Paid for with a hot dog and a cheap beer. We've long since established what they are, and now we know the price...
posted by Jo Fish on 08.26.05 at 04:34 PM
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We were waist-deep in the big Muddy and Big Fool said to move on.
posted by: Nina on 08.26.05 at 05:01 PM [permalink]
BushCo knows that if you control the information you can control--or fool--the masses. This is another attempt to win over the information producers and keep them mesmerized and stupid while Amerika gets fucked. That's part of the Rove/Cheney game plan folks. Yeah, what liberal media?
posted by: mando on 08.27.05 at 10:56 AM [permalink]
Hey, the press corpse is not so cheap that they would sell out for hot dogs and beer. It was catfish and beer.
"The casual affair of fried catfish, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade cheese and chocolate-chip cookies followed a tradition in which Bush and his wife, Laura, have the press covering his annual August vacation out to the their ranch in central Texas as a sort of thank-you.
Nevertheless, I'm told that several reporters expressed squeamishness about last night's event, particularly as the press-pool vans drove by antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan's "Camp Casey" site. And later, a small handful watched askance as the rest fawned over Bush, following him around in packs every time he moved.
