Preposterous Universe

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

One more thing

Looks like both Kerry and the media are going after Bush for only spending an hour with the Sept. 11 commission. Here's Kerry, from Eschaton:

Kerry, who has accused Bush of impeding a federal commission investigating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, said Monday while campaigning in Florida, ``If the president of the United States can find time to go to a rodeo, he can spend more than one hour before the commission."

And here's an excerpt from the White House press briefing, from Talking Points Memo:

Q: You just said, “all the questions they want to raise.” That means he’s no longer going to limit it to an hour?

McCLELLAN: Well, that’s what it’s scheduled for now. But, look, he’s going to answer all the questions they want to raise. Keep in mind that the commission --

Q: If they’re still asking at one hour, he’ll still answer them?

McCLELLAN: Keep in mind that the commission has already had access to all the information they requested, as I just pointed out, including our most sensitive national security documents. That’s what I’m talking about when I’m talking about unprecedented cooperation. And the commission has also -- yes, let me finish --

Good.

~ posted by Sean Carroll at 1:02 PM ~ link ~ ~ ~