Yes, Bush just said he lied to a reporter, so as to not effect the election.
I'm not sure that it would have helped republicans at all in the election for Bush to announce this last week, as I think we can see conservatives would have been disallusioned, and I don't think too many people would have voted republicans just because Rumsfeld was going.
I do like that this is being seen as an election on Iraq, whch it was. That should make it hard for the democrats to pass much of their agenda, since they never got votes based on Iraq.
Bush is also right that the other big factor was scandal, and while some was manufactured and democrat scandal was ignored so far, the republicans did have problems with scandal, Abramoff was not a good thing, and that also doesn't help democrats pass their agenda.
If it wasn't for Judges and Immigration, I wouldn't be upset (that and losing my own Senator really sucks, I'd love to be able to say that at least Virginia did it's part, but we didn't, and my OWN COUNTY didn't go for Allen, which sickens me).
Bush will still send good Judges, they just won't get voted on, but he was for immigration reform that will now pass.
OK, so now Bush is saying he did not LIE about Rumsfeld, because he hadn't made the decision before he talked to Gates, and Bush wasn't going to make the final decision until after the election because he didn't want it to be political.
So that's good. At least he didn't lie to the reporters.
Okay Charles, I'll talk to you. Cause I sense sarcasm here.
Remember that I did state that he handled admitting he lied quite awkwardly. It seemed prolonged, almost daring us to fill in the silent space.
Everyone KNOWS they LIE to Reporters. But...
Ah well. I agree on your cautious appraisal of matters right now.
I still feel something mighty wrong with this whole thing but I gotta go find my wits.