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At this point, I’m pretty realistic about the strategy of the Sternly Worded Letter. But Joe Biden gets off a good one here, writing to Fred Fielding:

On December 10, 2007, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino stated that you issued a written directive to White House employees to preserve documents related to the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes. Ms. Perino did not provide a copy of the directive, however, and she was unable to answer questions as to its breadth and scope.

Please confirm that the directive to preserve documents applied to the Executive Office of the President, including the National Security Council, in addition to immediate White House staff. In light of the Office of the Vice President’s record of fatuous arguments that it is not subject to the authority of the President, please also confirm that the directive included the Office of the Vice President and that the Office of the Vice President intends to comply.

Indeed.  Read more 

Via TPM

She also says that “increasingly it seems that Congress is being run by Code Pink…”

Please, sir, may I have some more death and suffering?

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While discussing the No Child Left Behind program in New York on September 26, 2007, President Bush uttered yet another statement that defied proper grammar:

As yesterday’s positive Report Card shows, childrens [sic] do learn when standards are high and results are measured.

The transcript of his remarks as of September 26 at 1 p.m. said:

As yesterday’s positive Report Card shows, children do learn when standards are high and results are measured.

It has since been corrected. Why? From Hottie McHalf-truth’s press briefing on September 27:

MS. PERINO: The integrity of the transcripts are very important to me and I’ve made that clear.

If “integrity” is the standard, what other of the President’s mutterings should the [sic] be placed after?

Also, maybe we should add a “[sic]” after “are” in Ms. Perino’s statement…  Read more