Henny Snowman
We always knew Bushco thought freedom of the press was a joke, but this clinches it.
A Growing Separation of Press and State
The White House press corps spent its first day in exile yesterday, banished from the White House compound for the first time since the John Adams presidency while the West Wing briefing room undergoes a renovation."Yesterday I shot an insurgent in my pajamas. What he was doing in my pajamas I'll never know!"
As if to deepen the isolation, press secretary Tony Snow, stepping over some plywood and into the new digs on Jackson Place NW for his daily briefing, adopted the Borscht Belt comics' practice of answering questions with questions.
Does President Bush think the cease-fire in Israel and Lebanon will undermine support for Hezbollah?
"Well, we're going to find out, aren't we?" Snow replied.
"Did the president call for the respect of sovereignty by both sides?"
"Respect of sovereignty?" Snow parried.
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