Ridge backpedals on “pressure” claims

Hot Air ^ | 08/31/2009 | Ed Morrissey

[fiscon1]

Less than two weeks ago, Tom Ridge launched his memoirs with the explosive allegation that Bush administration officials had pressured him to change terror-threat levels in order to boost George Bush’s re-election chances in the final days of the 2004 election. A day later, the New York Times pointed out that the book not only didn’t have any supporting evidence for that claim, it also had Ridge insisting that he hadn’t seen any political pressure on threat levels. Now Ridge himself has begun to backpedal from his publicity-seeking allegations:

[SoConPubbie]

And this was the dufus that many in the GOP were touting as a good VP choice and a possible POTUS....

[justkate]

But the lie made it into the headlines. Bush Derangement Syndrome lives on. Mission accomplished.

[CatQuilt]

What an a**hat...

[o_zarkman44]

So WHO actually wrote the book Tom???

A lack of editorial control or just a lapse of memory?

What’s the excuse THIS TIME??

[staytrue]

Tom Ridge launched his memoirs with the explosive allegation that Bush administration officials had pressured him to change terror-threat levels in order to boost George Bush’s re-election chances in the final days of the 2004 election

RIDGE NEVER SAID THAT. THE MEDIA SAID HE SAID THAT.

Ridge said Bush administration officials had pressured him to change terror-threat levels in response to a recent Osama video, in the final days of the 2004 election AND that he wondered if the reason was political.

[staytrue]

Please read Ridge’s exact statement, not the media’s interpretation of it and read post 6.

[o_zarkman44]

Aren’t we supposed to know that when the MSM speaks, it MUST be true?

To 95% of people interested in the propaganda that is.
We are the other 5 percent who seek out the truth behind the puppet stage..