Spokesbots and Shoe Flinging

Two great entries from Lady Wonkette today.

Please enjoy her (her stand-in’s?) summary of the Dean-Perle debate in Oregon:

“Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee member and Seymour Hersh target Richard Perle thought, for some reason, that it was a good idea to debate Howard Dean in Portland, Oregon. Why didn't he just meet Dean at the Young Lesbian Communists Summit with a big target painted on his ass?

Perle defended the Iraq war with a tired line about the intelligence being the best available blah blah blah that even he didn't sound like he believed. Of course, it's hard to sound too convincing when you're dodging a shoe thrown at you by an audience member screaming "Motherfucking liar."
—C.S.”

[Someone really did throw a show at him. I wonder if he was wearing “bullet-proof vest” just like Bush II at the pres debate…or maybe it would have helped more if it was a communication device that could shout in his ear to duck. But we all know that Bush’s bulge was a VEST, yes?]

And then Wonkette turns back the clock and reruns this bit from the White House Briefing Room. Most of all, I love that she calls Scott McLellan “spokesbot.” But one such as myself can never get enough joy and irritation out of the age-old battle to get a PR flack to actually answer a question:

“This time last year, we found spokesbot Scotty McClellan defending Bush's annual Economic Report:

Q. Then why predict a number? Why was the number predicted? Why was the number predicted? You can't get away with not -- just answer the question. Why was that number predicted?

MR. McCLELLAN: I've been asked this, and I've asked -- I've been asked, and I've answered.

Q. No, you have not answered. And everybody watching knows you haven't answered.

MR. McCLELLAN: I disagree.

Ah, simpler, more innocent times. I wonder if Jeff Gannon was there, or if he was busy with an outcall. — C.S.”