Here's what he's telling Diane Sawyer on TV tonight:
Amid a presidency marked by dramatic moments, including the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Bush's first instinct was that something bad had happened when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called him at Camp David on a secure line. Instead, Rumsfeld told him they thought they had caught Saddam Hussein. But Bush was cautious, having been disappointed before.
Here's what the reports were saying on Sunday:
The call came to US President George Bush about 3.15pm on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Camp David in Maryland.
On the line was US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who began the conversation with a word of caution that first reports do not always turn out to be accurate.
Mr Bush cut him off. "This sounds like it is going to be good news," the President said.
It was. Mr Rumsfeld told him that US military officials in Iraq were confident, if not yet certain, that they had finally nabbed Saddam Hussein.
"Well," the President replied, "that is good news."
Whatever story works best for the moment. That's the way this outfit has operated on any number of occasions from the Lynch crap to the Turkey caper.
Anybody notice? Anybody care?
Guess not.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
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