Fox: "Bush did not use the "f" word to describe the fate of the leaker"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

FOX TO THE RESCUE!

Because Bush never used the word "fired," he's not accountable fot keeping a promise he didn't make! SCOTTY may have said that the person would "no longer be in the administration," but HEY...SCOTTY AIN'T BUSH! Mashed potatoes don't mean GRAVY!

Rupert, the check is in the mail, you disgusting motherf**ker.

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Early in the probe, President Bush said those responsible would be held accountable.

"If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is and if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of," Bush said in September 2003.

Bush did not use the word "fired" to describe the fate of the leaker, but some reporters and Democrats seem to expect that response.

"The White House promised if anyone was involved in the Valerie Plame affair, they would no longer be in this administration, his administration. I trust they will follow through on this pledge," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162227,00.html

[Richardo]

1. Hell, when you think about it, Paul Bremer was 'taken care of'

Rove will get the Medal of Freedom!

[ncteechur]

13. I'm sure he will.

[ewagner]

2. "taken care of"

means another Presidential Medal of Freedom...

[LeftNYC]

7. If Clinton were President...

and this was going on...the press would be all over the "parsing" of language.

[LibDemAlways]

22. In a Dem administration the repukes would

have seen to it that there were indictments, an impeachment, trials, and convictions two years ago. This would never have been on the back burner this long to begin with.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. Translation: Lucrative Consulting Contract

nt

[KittyWampus]

3. so 'taken care of' means given a raise in Bush speak

[Donald Ian Rankin]

18. In fairness,

If I promised to take care of someone I'd probably mean I was going to make sure nothing bad happened to them. Possibly that was what Bush meant?

[K8-EEE]

4. But Yet "Everyone Knew" That "Serious Consequences" For Iraq

resolution meant war and occupation.

Serious consequences for KKKarl compromising our national security is what, exactly?? Is Shrub gonna cut his Christmas bonus or something?

[longship]

5. Aha! He'll be "taken care of"

That's the secret. In *'s reality distortion field "taken care of" means that he will be rewarded for his loyalty. Could be he will receive a Medal of Freedom. Or, he will get promotion to some other high up post. That's what * means by "taken care of".

[Guaranteed]

14. Doesn't that mean Rove will be visited while sleeping by

rogue agents, thrown into a filled tub and forcibly have his wrists slit?

[Cassandra]

6. In this misadministration...

being held accountable means being given a medal. The stench of hypocrisy is so bad in this White House that they will have to fumigate after they leave.

[fob]

8. "Taken care of" reminds me of Pulp Fiction scene where Julius

points his fingers at his head like a weapon and asks "Taken care of?" when Travolta meant "watch out for".

[bushisanidiot]

9. He will be promoted, like Condi who turned her back on Bin Laden intel.

In the AWOL Bush administration, if you do damage to the united states of america, you will be rewarded.

[Ganja Ninja]

10. Why doesn't Bush speak for himself?

Either he's going to fire Rove or not. Either he's willing to tolerate having a felon as is top adviser or not. Either he's going to hold his cronies to the same standards as any other government employee or he thinks the members of his administration are above the law.

Speak up Chimp! Quit using FOX news as your mouth piece.

[kevinmc]

12. Transcript says FOX is Lying.....

President Bush on June 10, 2004, at news conference after G-8 Summit in Sea Island, Ga.

Q. Given recent developments in the C.I.A. leak case, particularly Vice President Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, suggestion that it might difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name? And ...
A. That's up …
Q. And do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so? And …
A. Yes.
Q. And finally …
A. And that's up to the U.S. attorney - to find the facts.
Q. My final point would be - or question would be, has Vice President Cheney assured you, subsequent to his conversations with them, that nobody in his office had anything …
A. I haven't talked to the vice president about this matter, and I suggest - recently, and I suggest you - you talk to the U.S. attorney about that.


From the NYT: President Bush and Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, have discussed the disclosure of the identity of a covert C.I.A. operative at a variety of news conferences and briefings for reporters. Following are excerpts of transcripts of those sessions as recorded by the White House and Federal News Service.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/politics/12rove-quotes.html?pagewanted=print

[Ganja Ninja]

15. Here's a link to the White House version.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040610-36.html

Q Given -- given recent developments in the CIA leak case, particularly Vice President Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, a suggestion that it might be difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name?
THE PRESIDENT: That's up to --
Q And, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. And that's up to the U.S. Attorney to find the facts.

[xyboymil]

17. Gee..Fox is lying. Im shocked!

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[elperromagico]

16. Taken care of! Free Jeff Gannon for all!!!

[ComerPerro]

19. Depends on the meaning of the word "is"

Remeber when Conservatives were going apeshit about Clinton and his "technicalities"...

[donkeyotay]

20. I thought he meant "taken care of" in a Tony Soprano kind of way

As in, if you get caught just kill yerself and save us the trouble.

But seriously, aren't we all glad how they've restored dignity and honor to the White House? Aren't we reassured that we've got plain spoken folks in the WH? No more of that elitist grammar parsing, no more triiaall lawyer definition splittin'... just good, decent, moral Christian folks.

[frictionlessO]

21. Cheney takes Ill, Rove for VP? I mean that would be par for the course.

Of course the freeper would just go orgasmic in their diapers if this happened.

They love it when their heors betray soldiers and spies, as long as they are not rw fundie neo-con corporatists shills, that is.