Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Powell remark admits more than it denies
Colin Powell is a liability to the Bush administration in that his personal decency prevents him from being as good a liar as his colleagues. He lets things slip. For example, consider the italicised part of this transcript of what he said on June 13th to ABC News' This Week, concerning the State Department report that incorrectly showed a decline in terrorism last year:
"It's a numbers error. It's not a political judgment that said, `Let's see if we can cook the books.' We can't get away with that now. Nobody was out to cook the books. Errors crept in."
Oops. Oh well, at least he said "now", instead of "anymore".
(Oddly, the ABC News link above does not include this crucial passage, which formed the basis of lead stories by other news organisations! See, e.g., CNN.)
From Chichester Terrace, Brighton
Colin Powell is a liability to the Bush administration in that his personal decency prevents him from being as good a liar as his colleagues. He lets things slip. For example, consider the italicised part of this transcript of what he said on June 13th to ABC News' This Week, concerning the State Department report that incorrectly showed a decline in terrorism last year:
"It's a numbers error. It's not a political judgment that said, `Let's see if we can cook the books.' We can't get away with that now. Nobody was out to cook the books. Errors crept in."
Oops. Oh well, at least he said "now", instead of "anymore".
(Oddly, the ABC News link above does not include this crucial passage, which formed the basis of lead stories by other news organisations! See, e.g., CNN.)
From Chichester Terrace, Brighton
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