He insists however that, "...we're on it. We'll fix these lies to be stronger than ever."
Speculation abounds as to which lie most concerns Bush. Some beltway insiders assume it is the most bald-faced of all the recent lies in which a "senior White House official" told two news outlets that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco had still not declared a state of emergency. That lie was quickly debunked and many think that is what has the President so miffed.
"Look, this White House and its cabinet are full of masterful liars," said a senior Washington Post official on super double reverse gainer secret background (which we take to mean that we can twist it and print it but not source it). "These men and women will lie to you about what they had for breakfast, just to stay sharp. But they usually lie in a way that is hard to disprove. Mostly, 'he said, she said' kind of stuff. Or subjective stuff, like 'I don't think anyone could have known that they would fly airplanes into buildings,' or 'I don't think anyone anticipated the levees would break,' or 'we will be welcomed as liberators,' or 'those aluminum tubes can only be used for weapons production,' or 'I'll fire anyone involved in the CIA leak', or 'I never said privatize Social Security', or 'we're up-armoring vehicles as fast as we can.' Individually these things don't sound like lies, they sound like incompetence. Collectively they sound like O.J. saying 'I was in the shower.'"
The official went on to speculate that the transparency of the latest lies is what has the President on edge. When Rove lies so poorly one must wonder if he is doing so on purpose.
"So the question becomes, since Rove's lies about the Valerie Plame case are about to get him put in jail is he purposely throwing Bush under the boat on this Katrina thing? Bush has to secretly worry about being drowned in his administration's lies."
