December 17, 2003
Is Dean This Crafty?
I'm starting to think that Dean must be some sort of political genius.First, while on Fox News (of all places), he talks about Bush not being forthcoming about 9/11. He mentions that the wildest theory that he heard was that Bush was forewarned of 9/11 by the Saudis. Then he proceeded to make the point that he of course didn't believe that theory, but Bush's lack of openness was leaving space for those sorts of theories.
Okay, so a guy that has been running president for over a year muses aloud about a conspiracy theory. On Fox News. You'd think he would know better, right? Right? I mean, you'd think he'd KNOW that they'd take that ball and run with it. Right?
All right. So Bush has a press conference. And he's asked a leading question about it. And not about the Saudis, but simply if Bush had advance knowledge. "Howard Dean mused aloud that... " and something about the RNC calling it political hate speech.
Now, to my eyes, Bush's reaction was very, very interesting. In the papers he's quoted as saying "That's an absurd insinuation." But his behavior... I don't know, he looks a little bit freaked out to me.
Then, just a couple days later, we get this news that the head of the 9/11 commission is for the first time saying publicly that the attacks were preventable, should have been prevented, and that the blame falls on members of the current administration.
I know, I might be connecting dots that shouldn't be connected, but it sure is interesting.