Presidential Chat: Staging Democracy: "
With the inadvertent release of a dress rehearsal for troops before their talk Thursday with President Bush, the White House showed its true self. This is an administration that cares less about the truth than controlling the public's perceptions.
It was bad business as usual when the administration carefully staged, rehearsed and even gave breathing instructions for what was supposedly 'just a conversation' between President Bush and troops in a live video conference. The White House and the Pentagon tried to spin the staging as normal preparation. But, as Fox News reported, even some senior Pentagon officials were privately angry."
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