Via King Froom:

Here’s another telling tale [in Suskind’s new book]: “The book’s opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush’s Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president’s attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled ‘Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.’ Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: ‘All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.’ ”

Because what I want to know, is how that statement squares with having a Godly man in the White House.

Because the Bible says that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on his ass (John 12:12). So, if anybody’s going to doing any ass-covering, you’d think it would be Bush, not this CIA guy.

Maybe it’s a translation difficulty. Since riding an ass isn’t the same as covering an ass. In any way shape or form.

UPDATE And speaking of asses:

[T]he White House was determined to go to war from early 2002, [according to Hubris, by investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn]. … Talking to his spokesman, Ari Fleischer, in May 2002, President Bush made clear his intentions towards Saddam when he said: “I’m going to kick his sorry motherfucking ass all over the Mid East,” according to another press aide, Adam Levine, who witnessed the conversation.

So, how’s that working out for ya, George?