Posted on 12/05/2003 5:11:36 PM PST by PJ-Comix
(Transcript of White House press conference questioning White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.)
Nora O’Donnell (NBC News): What is your reaction to the latest breaking White House scandal?
McClellan: What scandal?
O’Donnell: Don’t act so innocent. The scandal over an anecdote by a White House aide who said he spotted a pimple on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s left butt cheek when he stepped out of the shower while staying overnight as a guest of President Bush.
McClellan: So what’s the scandal there?
O’Donnell: Still trying to cover up? We checked with the Russian embassy and they told us that Putin’s pimple is actually on his right butt cheek.
McClellan: Okay, maybe it is but I still don’t see how this is a scandal.
John Roberts (CBS News): The scandal is over the credibility of the White House. If you are willing to mislead us over the placement of Putin’s pimple, what else are you lying about?
McClellan: Yawn! Okay so maybe Putin’s pimple was on his right butt cheek. (Sarcastically) Should we appoint an Independent Counsel to investigate this?
O’Donnell: In light of the fact that you just made a major revision in the Putin pimple story, some might think that to be a good idea.
McClellan: Or maybe the pimple on Putin’s right butt cheek was actually to the left from the observer’s point of view and this could explain the discrepancy.
Roberts: It is a well known fact that pimples on butt cheeks are always reported from the point of view of the subject, not the observer. So how do you explain playing so irresponsibly loose with the facts?
O’Donnell: As well as engaging in your second major revision of the Putin pimple story.
McClellan: Sigh! Did you ever consider the fact that maybe the pimple on Putin’s left butt cheek disappeared and another pimple later appeared on the right butt cheek by the time the Russian embassy checked it?
O’Donnell: Aha! A third major revision of the Putin pimple story. How will the White House explain to the American people this flagrant attempt to mislead them?
McClellan (sarcastically): Gee, I don’t know. Maybe we’ll just tell them that Putin’s pimples reappeared on the tops of your heads.
O’Donnell: AHA! A fourth major revision in your cover up of the Putin pimple story.
Heck, I'm beginning to think the press corp just might believe this over the truth.....
"Pummeled by harsh criticism, the Bush administration is scrambling to control the fallout from the growing Pimplegate scandal."
"Even longtime Republican < insert name here > says Pimplegate could cost Bush the 2004 presidential election."
"A high-ranking state department official says Pimplegate is only the first of many skin-related controversies that threaten to tear apart the Bush administration."
O’Donnell seriously asked: “And just finally, do you think, though, that this third revision of this story now, takes some of the shine off the President's surprise visit to the troops?”Geez, Louise, Norah. Try rubbing your hands together. Maybe that will fire some long-atrophied neurons.
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