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The Bush White House, desperate to upstage the Monica Goodling testimony on Thursday, staged a last-minute press conference in the Rose Garden where the Great Decider decided to rehash two year old intelligence on al-Qaeda.
As WashPost columnist Dan Froomkin pointed out, journalists were sent an email at 9:24 AM giving them 19 minutes to sign up as questioners for the 11 AM press conference. Were they hoping to forestall troublesome questions, or just planning ahead in the usual fashion?
At the press conference, between the 10th and 11th mentions of al-Qaeda, as the WashPost's Dana Milbank notes, a bird let a good one loose on the President (see the video here).
Those familiar with the Bible will recall birds signifying the Divinity's blessing -- as in the end of the Noah story and the empowerment of Jesus' disciples after the Ascension.
Perhaps this bird was a sign of the Divine displeasure?
-- Dan Damon
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