Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Asshole
In case you missed this yesterday, from the Hill:
posted by Blicero : 11/29/2006 12:36:00 PM
At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq, was doing. Webb responded that he really wanted to see his son brought back home, said a person who heard about the exchange from Webb.
“I didn’t ask you that, I asked how he’s doing,” Bush retorted, according to the source. Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief, reported the source, but of course didn’t. It’s safe to say, however, that Bush and Webb won’t be taking any overseas trips together anytime soon.
“Jim did have a conversation with Bush at that dinner,” said Webb’s spokeswoman Kristian Denny Todd. “Basically, he asked about Jim’s son, Jim expressed the fact that he wanted to have him home.” Todd did not want to escalate matters by commenting on Bush’s response, saying, “It was a private conversation.”
According to Sam Seder this morning, Bush's retort was "I didn't ask you that, I asked you how your boy was doing"; and Webb retorted, "That's between me and my boy."
God, what an asshole. I'm SO glad Webb is in the Senate. And Tester. And McCaskill. And Casey.
posted by Blicero : 11/29/2006 12:36:00 PM
