Born Yesterday

by digby

White House aides had arranged for only the first few minutes of the session to be open to reporters. But an apparent mistake left a microphone on for longer than anticipated.

In the interim, he said, “I support the free press, let’s just get them out of the room. …”

“I want to share some thoughts with you before I answer your questions,” he went on to the Republican House members. “First of all, I expect this conversation we’re about to have to stay in the room. I know that’s impossible in Washington.”

He then moved to a defense of the NSA program that allows wiretaps without court warrants as part of certain terrorist investigations.

“I wake up every morning thinking about a future attack, and therefore, a lot of my thinking, and a lot of the decisions I make are based upon the attack that hurt us,” Bush said.

Referring to the controversy surrounding whether the program is legal, he said, “We put constant checks on the program.”

“I take my oath of office seriously. I swear to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States,” Bush said.

Isn’t he terrific? Even in private he is exactly the same as he is in public. Boy oh boy, it sure is a good thing he didn’t say anything controversial, though. That “technician” (who is coincidentally named Karl Rove — go figure) would have been given a first class ticket to the woodshed. But our preznit is the same stalwart patriot no matter who he is speaking to so that technician knew he had nothing to worry about.

Update: Wolfie fell for it.

hat tip to FauxReal

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