VIDEO: Bush Caught In Lie About Snow Resignation

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/30/bush-snow-lie/

VIDEO: Bush Caught In Lie About Snow Resignation

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On May 25th, President Bush said that Treasury Secretary John Snow had not given him any indication that he was leaving soon:

PRESIDENT BUSH: Secretary of Treasury Snow?
Q Has he given you any indication he intends to leave his job any time soon?â?¦
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, he has not talked to me about resignation. I think heâ??s doing a fine job.

In fact, not only had Snow indicated he was leaving, President Bush had already settled on his replacement. Today, Tony Snow said that Hank Paulson was offered the job on May 20 and accepted a day later:

QUESTION: Do you have any tick tock on the Paulsonâ?¦
SNOW: Yes. The tick tock is the two of them met on the 20th of May and there was a conversation. And Hank Paulson accepted the job a day later. That was subject to clearance. It does take time, especially for a Senate confirmable position, to complete those. So it did take time to get some of those clearances wrapped up.

Later in the briefing, Tony Snow essentially admitted that Bush misled the public, claiming it was necessary to protect the market:

QUESTION: Can I just ask you one other follow-up on Karl about Secretary Snow? When the president was asked, when he was standing next to Prime Minister Blair and millions of people were watching, heâ??s telling the American people that: I have got no indication the secretaryâ??s going to resignâ?¦
SNOW: No, He has not talked to me about resignation. I mean, it was very carefully worded. But again, what you didnâ??t want to have, I think, is at a period of time when you havenâ??t finished doing your clearances for the person you want to fill that position, you donâ??t want to have chaos in the markets. It wasâ?¦
QUESTION: But heâ??s already offered it to somebody. Heâ??s got it in hand. I mean, he offered these positions all the time and wait for FBI and background searches that sometimes take a long time. I mean, the Supreme Court nominees take six weeks. But you still announced to the public youâ??re pick somebodyâ?¦
SNOW: Well, but you know, again Hank Paulson at that time, you donâ??t announce somebody who hasnâ??t been pre-cleared. You havenâ??t finished the clearance process, you donâ??t announce it. Period. I mean, itâ??s justâ?¦
QUESTION: But itâ??s not even announcing him. You could have been direct and said: Weâ??re expectingâ?¦
SNOW: Well no â?? with all due respect, I think there was some concern again about how something like that affects the markets. If you have uncertainty for an extended period of time, which would have been, at that point, four or five days, I think that is something that youâ??ve got to worry about and youâ??ve got to be responsible in dealing with it.

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i'm glad to see his welcoming has ended and they are starting to get to him... did you watch Snow blow this one?? I was watching it live and they were getting ready to tear him one... I can't wait, it's going to just get better and better...


too bad they have nothing to brag about now either... economy was thier only talking point... funny to see what they go for next...

I love that quote in your sig... it makes me ooze with... something... I don't don't even know what! :D

What a laugh!:D And how many more lies his he going to tell and by me saying that how much longer are you (the American people)going to put up with lying,You wouldn't put up with it if it were your loved one so why put up with it from the president the one that is meant to "show the example" to the children and teenagers.:D :thumbsup:

you know, i watched that Invterview, and i cant remember that question coming up. All i see is quotes on Tin Foil hats with nothing to back them up except a grany image that is probably fake