As chronicled on The Al Franken Show, Americablog, and many other sources, the Bush administration apparently huddled up and put together a game plan to shift blame away from the Federal Government. This would be accomplished by peddling the lie that newspapers on Tuesday proclaimed that New Orleans had "dodged a bullet".
George Bush: And I myself thought we had dodged a bullet. You know why? Because I was listening to people probably over the airwaves say, The bullet has been dodged.
Michael Chertoff (Head of Homeland Security): "I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged The Bullet.'"
Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers: The headline, of course, in most of the papers on Tuesday - "New Orleans Dodged a Bullet," or words to that effect.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: It's interesting, however; I was told this morning that on Tuesday, August 30th, some of the headlines in the press of the United States said "New Orleans Spared From Storm's Fury;" "New Orleans Spared Straight Shot;" "New Orleans Escaping Feared Knockout Punch."
California Representative David Dreier: "And I remember a week ago today reading the newspaper, which said that New Orleans had successfully dodged the bullet of Hurricane Katrina, and then we saw the levee break."
Well luckily for those interested in the truth, John Avarosis of Americablog compiled a snapshot which shows the headlines of the major newspapers on the Tuesday morning after Katrina hit.
Do you care that they lie to your face? It keeps happening and happening, and there are no consequences. No one gets fired. No one admits mistakes. And apparently, you're okay with that.
Too bad none of these guys gets a hummer in their office, then heads would roll.
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