Dana Perino Briefly Forgets About 9/11 On Hannity
Nobody envies being the White House Press Secretary. Some days it's like having to defend beating your wife. For the Bush administration, this was practically every day. Dana Perino, the fourth of Bush's press secretaries, had perhaps the "easiest" years, if you will; the war was at its least bloody point, the Democrats controlled Congress, and his term was almost up.
For Perino, it was almost too good to be true, and Obama even appointed her to serve on the Broadcasting Board of Governors. This was, naturally, before Perino appeared on Hannity last night to discuss Fort Hood:
In case you missed that, she said, "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term." Um ... yow. And nobody detected it.
(Aside: I've never seen Hannity's logo before. Is he trying to become an Interstate?)
Obviously (read: hopefully) she was referring to the time after the September 11 attacks, which occurred during Bush's first year. It's still a talking point that never holds much water. While true and commendable, there are many other factors that go into a successful fight against terrorism. Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl and The Who never won a Grammy. They must be terrible participants in their profession!
Nevertheless, the blogs are eating this one up, because it really does turn one's head in confusion.
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