The "Not me, him!" Presidency

Josh Marshall:

Look at the latest from Scott McClellan on Air Force One. This from CNN ...



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White House spokesman Scott McClellan said President Bush wants to determine what went wrong.



McClellan, on Air Force One, stressed that the missing explosives were not nuclear materials, and said the storage site was the responsibility of the interim Iraqi government, not the United States, as of June 28, when the United States turned over the nation's administration to the Iraqis.

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The president wants to determine what went wrong.



This reminds me of when I wanted to know why my Palm Pilot stopped working after I dropped it in the bath tub.



Doesn't this capture Bush's entire presidency?



The thing happened more than a year ago, his administration has taken active steps to cover it up and now that the truth finally comes out, he 'wants to determine what went wrong.'



The idea of accepting responsibility for anything is simply alien to the man. He doesn't even have the good grace to scam us by finding a scapegoat to pin the blame on.



And what about Scott McClellan trying to pin it on the Iraqis?



Does he not read the newspapers or does he think everyone else to too stupid to remember what they just read in them this morning. The stuff was taken more than a year before the Iraqis took over the US occupation authority. And even the highly-cautious Times piece makes clear that Jerry Bremer was told about it no later than May of this year.

So tell me again why this guy should be re-elected? Cheney says it has something to do with "keeping us safe." This Administration let 380 TONS of explosives fall into the hands of terrorists while they were guarding the Oil Ministry. And this is who we should rely on?