{"id":2726,"date":"2004-03-16T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-16T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2004-03-16T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-16T22:07:00","slug":"pants-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2004\/03\/16\/18\/07\/pants-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Pants On Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s sadly infrequent that one of the Bush Gang (Rumsfeld) is called during such a flagrant attempted deception<\/a>. Here’s the text<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sec. RUMSFELD: Well, you’re the–you and a few other critics are the only people I’ve heard use the phrase “immediate threat<\/b>.” I didn’t.
\nSCHIEFFER: You’re saying that nobody in the administration said that.
\n…
\nSec. RUMSFELD: Not–if–if you have any citations, I’d like to see ’em.
\n…
\nMr. FRIEDMAN: We have one here. It says “some have argued that the nu”–this is you speaking–“that the nuclear threat from Iraq is not imminent<\/b>, that Saddam is at least five to seven years away from having nuclear weapons. I would not be so certain.”
\nSec. RUMSFELD: And–and…
\n…
\nMr. FRIEDMAN: “No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat<\/b> to the security of our people and the stability of the world and the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s sadly infrequent that one of the Bush Gang (Rumsfeld) is called during such a flagrant attempted deception. Here’s the text: Sec. RUMSFELD: Well, you’re the–you and a few other critics are the only...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t