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Sep 28, 2006

Last Line Of Defense

Snow-Reads

Under aggressive questioning, Snow appeared to struggle at times, parsing the [National Intelligence Estimate's] language and - grasping for a proper interpretation - frequently simply reading it to reporters. --IHT (Link). 9/28/06

So, the fish stinks from the head. Update: 5:26 EST. Looking back at this, I realize my comment was completely obscure. I just found the photo -- and the press conference -- particularly telling. Having no comeback for the document, it sounded like the White House parsing what "is" means. Beyond that, it seemed somehow fitting that a President who reads most of what he says has now reduced his once-glib press secretary to the same constraint.

(image: Ron Edmonds/AP. September 27, 2006. Washington. Via YahooNews)

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