Comments on: Shenanigans!

By: Randall Parker

Randall Parker — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:02:20 +0000

What would be interesting to see from something like a Nexis search is whether the frequency of the use of the term “senior administration official” or similar terms has been trending upward over the course of the Bush Admninistration and whether it is any higher or lower now than in previous administrations.

By: Gary Farber

Gary Farber — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:00:33 +0000

Linked to this, with some comments.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:34:23 +0000

UPDATE: This is not a joke, either. Ha ha ha…still it’s pretty funny.

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:56:47 +0000

But isn’t this the sort of statement that the administration would want to be made public?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:57:25 +0000

Well, hey, seems Irony is de- gets busted by cliche police

By: Patterico

Patterico — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:16:35 +0000

If Bush doesn’t read newspapers anyway, how is he going to see such stories?

By: Sven

Sven — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:56:58 +0000

It’s most likely a pre-emptive strike against parody.

By: Jeremy Osner`

Jeremy Osner` — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:49:34 +0000

Sure, and it has been the Bush administration’s stated policy to date, regardless of the reported restatement. What is funny (if you find such things humorous) is Bush’s complete lack of control over his staff, as evidenced by the immediacy of the leak.—If that needs spelling out…

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:01:50 +0000

Sounds like a reasonable policy to me?