I'm not the only one who imagines press conferences where public officials verbally bitchslap the press.

Press: “Mr. Ridge, how do you respond to charges that
this security alert is really a scare tactic being used for political
purposes by the Bush administration?”
Ridge: “Christ almighty, what is it with you people? You’ve spent a
couple of years asking why we didn̢۪t prevent 9/11, calling for an
investigation, asking ‘how much did Bush know and when did he know
it?̢۪ You blamed us for something we failed to prevent after eight
months in office, and yet to this day you give the Clinton admin a free
pass, even though he had eight years—eight fucking years, people—to
do something about al Qaeda and didn̢۪t do one goddamned thing.
“You finally get your investigation, the results of which confirm
most of what we̢۪d been saying all along, but you don̢۪t want to hear
that any more than you wanted to hear about the fact that one of the
Democrat commissioners, Jamie Gorelick, was responsible for the
so-called “wall of separation” prohibiting information-sharing
between the FBI and CIA, which nearly everyone now acknowledges was one
of the biggest problems preventing any effective defense against
terrorist networks. You do deign to acknowledge that problem, but the
part you originally claimed to be most interested in—who was
responsible—is suddenly not so interesting anymore the moment you
realized you couldn̢۪t reasonably blame us for it.
“You insist that Condi and Bush must testify publicly to the
commission (even though Condi had already testified once), but it
doesn̢۪t seem to bother you when Clinton gets to testify behind closed
doors. You laud Richard Clarke̢۪s and Joe Wilson̢۪s credibility, but
when it̢۪s clearly shown that they̢۪re liars you don̢۪t seem to want
to bring it up anymore. You hint at all sorts of sinister skullduggery
on our part, but when Sandy Berger openly admits to stealing classified
documents for God only knows what reason, you couldn̢۪t care less.

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