Take His Advice

This is a wonderful post that appeared on Alternet that reveals Chimpie recently had a Freudian slip, telling America that the mass media is controlled by his administration and that if people want to read the 'truth' then they should get on the Internet and read blogs.

I bet you guys didn't really listen to President Bush this week. Too bad, because for once he told the truth. I listened, heard the truth and checked it out. And, as he promised, it was a real eye-opener.

It happened at one of Bush's fake "town hall meetings" this week. An Army wife asked Bush why the mainstream media only focuses on "the bad news" from Iraq and never reports "the good news." Bush furrowed his brow and nodded in agreement. Earlier in the week the administration launched a Vietnam-era-style "blame the media" campaign to explain plummeting public support for both the war and Bush himself.

The woman's question offered Bush an opportunity for another anti-media riff on that theme. He sympathized with her distress and suggested (pay attention -- here comes the truth part) that she should turn to alternative sources for news, "like the internet."

Now we all know that Georgie doesn't read the news, never bothers with polls, and proudly proclaims that he isn't bothered by what is in the media. Could he be a closet blog junkie? Could he actually be more in tune with the world than America gives him credit for?

Nah, what a silly idea.
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