Bush’s Plame “Qualifier”
Jeffrey King takes various news outlets to task for regurgitating the “Bush added a qualifier” line to their coverage of Bush’s comments regarding firing a leaker.
Today Bush said regarding the Plame controversy:
“if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration.”
And this is somehow different than what he said on Sept. 30, 2003:
“And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.”
So the MSM asserts he has “added the qualifier“, “shifted from a broad pledge“, “changed his stance“, “shift[ed] his standard“, and “rais[ed] the bar”.
Excellent points, Mr. King.
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