Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard In Bush Grindhouse, Over Scott McClellan's New Book

News Item: Former White House spokesman: Bush used 'propaganda' to sell war

10. Mr. President? ... It's the rocking-chair company... They want to know the new name you want on the other chair

9. Was Scott the one that gave Jeff Gannon the White House Press Passes?

8. Anyone check it see if he's an illegal immigrant?

7. No Dana, of course it's different... We've always kept you in the loop ...

6. No, Mr. President ... Yes, it is a book, but we wouldn't call it Ek-A-Lec-Tic

5. Mr. McClellan, this is the Vice President's office calling ... The Vice President would like to know if you are free this coming weekend, to join the Vice President on a hunting trip

4. We don't want this one coming back on us ... Check all the records for the President saying "Heck of a job, Scottie"

3. Any word back from the Minneapolis Airport? ... Did you tell them to look at all the security camera footage, for McClellan going into the Mens Room?

2. Anyone call Fox yet?... Tell them we want, two, maybe three-weeks of hit jobs

1. Worry about the media? ... They'll eat up our Iran bullshit like happy soup - Just like they swallowed the Iraq stuff


Bonus Beam Me Up Scottie Links

Trex: When Good Droids Get Mad, Go Bad, and Get Even

Scarecrow: McClellan Throws Bush, Cheney, Condi, Rove, Libby, . . . Under Bus

Barry Crimmins: A Dim, Shiny Liar

emptywheel: George Bush Authorized the Leak of Valerie Wilson’s Identity

Phoenix Woman: Complicit Enablers

Will Bunch's Attytood: UPDATED: We need an investigative reporter to investigate the reporters

Snow Job

Is this a sign, that the cronies of the Bush Grindhouse, after their lying, ineptness, criminal behavior and stomping of the Constitution, are going to find a comfy home to land in?

Anne Schroder, of the Politico's Shenanigans Column, has this interesting tidbit;

Tony Snow to CNN?

And she notes, "Snow’s ties to Fox News Channel – he hosted "Fox News Sunday" from 1996-2003 when Chris Wallace took over and he still co-hosts a radio show on Fox News with Bill O’Reilly, "The Radio Factor."

Is "The Best Political Team on Television" going low-down?

In her post, Schroder carries a news release from CNN;

For Release: April 21, 2008 - Tony Snow Joins CNN as Political Contributor

Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning today, it was announced by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. A well-known and respected observer of politics with a longstanding news background, Snow will contribute to CNN as the network continues to broadcast winning political coverage.

“In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television,” Klein said.

Hmmm ... Mr. Klein, was it this piece of insight that drew you to Snow;

Snow Shrugs Off Post-War Failures: ‘Everybody Gets It Wrong At The Beginning Of A War’

Or, maybe this one;

Victory in Iraq is vital; President has weakened al-Qaeda, made USA safer from attack

(You should know, Mr. Klein, that this is in dispute ... One of Snow's' best buddies disagrees with him)

Is it his rock-solid vision;

Snow: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Iraq War Has Helped Stabilize Middle East, It’s ‘Hard To Say’

Or;

Tony Snow: 'I'm Not Sure Anything Went Wrong' In Iraq

And, Mr. Klein, we assume you already know about this?

This oughta be good to watch ... It could get violent, between Snow, Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper, trying to muscle each other out of the camera shots ...

But, CNN and Klein have a sure-fire ratings-catcher.

Instead of one of those standard sign-offs, at the end of the show, they can fade out, Snow banging his head on a podium ...

Give it time, Mr. Klein, it will end up standing next to Walter Cronkite's nightly exit line...

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

News Item: WH Press Sec'y: 'I feel like I'm in school every day'

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

Think Progress - Perino: ‘Once a Bushie, always a Bushie.’

Think Progress - Perino ‘Defends’ Email Statements: I Didn’t Lie, I Just Had No Idea What I Was Talking About

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 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?