Douchebag McClellan Douchebags It Up

Scott McClellan got hammered again yesterday. You see, that wacky ol' White House press corps wanted to know if the U.S. tortures. What a stupid question! The President himself said we are doing everything in our power (read: torture) to protect the American people! And remember- we do not torture! And just because Vice President Cheney has asked for exemptions from the torture ban doesn't mean he'll use them. I mean, duh! Let's see if Scott can get this airtight logic through to those stubborn, anti-torture (and therefore, anti-American) reporters...

White House Briefing: McClellan Deflects Questions on Torture Exemption A Couple Dozen Times

Q I'd like you to clear up, once and for all, the ambiguity about torture. Can we get a straight answer? The President says we don't do torture, but Cheney --

MR. McCLELLAN: That's about as straight as it can be.

Q Yes, but Cheney has gone to the Senate and asked for an exemption on --

MR. McCLELLAN: No, he has not. Are you claiming he's asked for an exemption on torture? No, that's --

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Q Are you denying everything that came from the Hill, in terms of torture?
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Q I'm asking about exemptions.

MR. McCLELLAN: Let me respond. And he would never authorize the use of torture. We have an obligation to do all that we can to protect the American people. We are engaged --

Q That's not the answer I'm asking for --

MR. McCLELLAN: It is an answer -- because the American people want to know that we are doing all within our power to prevent terrorist attacks from happening. There are people in this world who want to spread a hateful ideology that is based on killing innocent men, women and children. We saw what they can do on September 11th[*] --

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Q You're not answering -- yes or no?

MR. McCLELLAN: No, you don't want the American people to hear what the facts are, Helen, and I'm going to tell them the facts.

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Q Did we ask for an exemption?

MR. McCLELLAN: We are going to do what is necessary to protect the American people.

Q Is that the answer?

You know it's desperate times when you fall back to attacking Helen Thomas.

See video of this beautiful example of grade-A stonewalling:
Another bad day for Scotty


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