Top Ten Cloves: Other Surprising Things White House Press Secretary Dana Perino Doesn't Know

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10. Saddam Hussein had absolutely nothing to do with, no involvement in, the Vietnam War

9. Watergate was a hotel, burglarized by Republican operatives, and the beginning of Richard Nixon's downfall, not a Beltway water-theme park

8. Life Magazine wasn't a pro-life publication, but a national news magazine

7. The 1965 Civil Rights Act wasn't the 60's equivalent of this decades Patriot Act

6. The Golden Jet was Bobby Hull's nickname, not Gary Powers' plane in the U-2 Incident (and no, not the band U2)

5. Nikita Khrushchev wasn't a Russian shoe salesman, but the Soviet Union leader, who banged his shoe on a desk at the U.N.

4. Charles Whitman didn't build the Texas Tower, on the campus of the Universtity of Texas, he was the Texas Tower Sniper, killing 14 people

3. The Huntley-Brinkley Report wasn't a big Senate investigation, but a NBC nightly news program

2. Captain Kangaroo was not a military officer, but host of an immensely popular morning children's television program

1. The Washington Monument is named after first President, not the city


It's A Perinopalooza!

In Dana Perino's World, The Glass Is Always, and Perpetually, Half-Full

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DailyKos: Dana Perino - Too ignorant to be Press Secretary?

Mike Nizza/NYT: Nobody’s Perfect: Press Secretary Edition

Edward Copeland: How about No Press Secretary Left Behind?


"Wait ... Wait ... I think I know that one ..."

In The Glass-Half-Full Thing, Good News, Foreign Diplomats, You Now Have Choices ... The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll

Oh, it would have been so rich to watch ...

Mr. Viceroy ... The Ambassador Extraordinaire, L. Paul Bremer, taking the controls, yet again ... Would he have followed the same script, same plans, and thoroughly tear apart Pakistan, as he did in Iraq? ...

We'll never know (well, we shouldn't say that just yet), because the Bush Grindhouse hasn't done very much as it's template for democracy - Pakistan - is currently in meltdown.

Some very light lip service about "get your shit together" and no slowdown, apparently, on stuffing Musharraf's pockets with money.

But, we digress,

The voters of The Garlic's Weekly Poll showed some darn, heart-tugging patriotism this past week, showing they want to pitch in and contribute.

They voted for giving the Foreign Diplomats of our State Department a glass-half-full, optimistic choice for their service.

Pretty darn nice of them, don't you think?

The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll November 3 - November 11, 2007

Bush and Cheney's first instincts after hearing the news in Pakistan were ...

1. Solve State Dept. problem - Diplomats now have a choice - Iraq or Pakistan Tally 34%

2. Check with L. Paul Bremer to see if he was up for ruining another country Tally 30%

3. Quickly get Cheney booked on MTP, to immediately start blaming Iran Tally 23%

4. Start packaging a supply of waterboards to send to Musharraf Tally 13%

This week’s Poll - If Condi Rice is having trouble managing the Department of State, she should ...

Scroll up to the top right corner to place your vote


Bonus Glass Half Full Links

Pete Moore/Salon: The secret Iraq documents my 8-year-old found

Juan Cole: Time to Close the US Embassy

All You New Iraq Diplomats, Don't Forget To Pack Your Brooms

Mr. Viceroy ... The Ambassador Extraordinaire

In Dana Perino's World, The Glass Is Always, and Perpetually, Half-Full

Couldn't leave this one sitting in the files.

I don't know if the American political landscape has ever seen a bigger optimist since, oh, I don't know, probably Harold Stassen.

Let it be known, on this day, in all the lands afar, that White House Press Secretary Dana Perino is an optimist. In Dana Perino's world, the glass is always, and perpetually, half-full.

If life gives her lemons, she makes Lemon Meringue Pie.

Dana Perino doesn't just tow the party line, she goes out, rents the biggest, strongest, most powerful 18-wheeler, and transports it, unabashed and brimming with confidence.

The Little-Press-Secretary-Who-Could came up with a doozy this past Wednesday.

Stunning ... Breathtaking ... Absolutely incredulous!

Perino barreled down the party-line highway, pedal-to-the-metal, declaring there are - REPEAT - there are health benefits associated with Global Warming;

Perino: ‘There Are Public Health Benefits To Climate Change’ For People Who Die From ‘Cold’

WOW!

What's next - Operating heavy machinery after taking drugs - "Yes, there are risks, but you have to factor in the increased productivity"

I wonder if Al Gore will cut her into the profits of the sequel - The Inconvenient Health Benefits of Global Warming

She can always claim - again - that "I Didn’t Lie, I Just Had No Idea What I Was Talking About ..."

Dana Perino, Optimist, and The Little Press Secretary Who Could.

Bonus Dana

Joan Walsh: Perino watch, again

The Carpetbagger Report: White House talks up ‘public health benefits’ of global warming

Jason Linkins - The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Dana Perino Reveals The Awesome Benefits Of Global Warming

Dana Perino's words contradict Bush's fiscal policies

Where did Bush find her? On The Google?