Non-word of the day
"Misunderestimated". Used in a sentence, by our own (thankfully outgoing) President in his last (hallelujah) press conference this morning, directed at the White House Press Corps: "Sometimes you misunderestimated me." No, Mr. President. We underestimated you just right. Tool.
Note also that he refused to answer the one question asked today that is truly relevant in terms of a lame duck president:
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, in recent days, there's been a fair amount of discussion in legal circles about whether or not you might give preemptive pardons, pardons in advance, to officials of your administration who engaged in anything from harsh interrogation tactics to perhaps dismissing U.S. attorneys. I'd like to know, have you given any consideration to this? And are you planning on it?
THE PRESIDENT: I won't be discussing pardons here at this press conference.
My other favorite quote from this morning's press conference was this, in response to a question about whether he'd made any mistakes in his presidency:
There have been disappointments. Abu Ghraib obviously was a huge disappointment during the presidency. Not having weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment. I don't know if you want to call those mistakes or not, but they were -- things didn't go according to plan, let's put it that way.
Stunning, truly. Goodbye, G-Dub. Please do let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, because you sure do deserve a hell of a spanking for what you've done to this country.
Note also that he refused to answer the one question asked today that is truly relevant in terms of a lame duck president:
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, in recent days, there's been a fair amount of discussion in legal circles about whether or not you might give preemptive pardons, pardons in advance, to officials of your administration who engaged in anything from harsh interrogation tactics to perhaps dismissing U.S. attorneys. I'd like to know, have you given any consideration to this? And are you planning on it?
THE PRESIDENT: I won't be discussing pardons here at this press conference.
My other favorite quote from this morning's press conference was this, in response to a question about whether he'd made any mistakes in his presidency:
There have been disappointments. Abu Ghraib obviously was a huge disappointment during the presidency. Not having weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment. I don't know if you want to call those mistakes or not, but they were -- things didn't go according to plan, let's put it that way.
Stunning, truly. Goodbye, G-Dub. Please do let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, because you sure do deserve a hell of a spanking for what you've done to this country.