Bush’s ‘Amnesty’ Gaffe

[Joanne98]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/bushs-amnesty-gaffe/
This morning President Bush tried to take on critics of his stance on immigration while casually dropping by (along with a big press contingent that set up long before he arrived) a meeting among his key officials dealing with the issue.
And, in defending the bill pending in the Senate, he said:
“I’ve heard all the rhetoric — you’ve heard it, too — about how this is amnesty. Amnesty means that you’ve got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that.”
At first blush, it looked like some clever political trickery: redefine your opponents’ argument on your own terms, then get behind it. So, by this definition, when all of the talk show hosts slam your plan as “amnesty,’’ you can say “yup, you got me, this is amnesty, meaning you’ve got to pay a price for having been here illegally.” Who cares what the word really means?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/bushs-amnesty-gaffe/

[Olney Blue]

1. Shoveling the propaganda is hard work.

[frogcycle]

2. ac tually, what he said was

amnes - uh - well - uh, nasty...
you can't fool me again!
Let's watch The Price is Right!


the press cleaned it up for him, but overlooked the part about the definition being 180 degrees wrong

[crud76]

3. Anderson Cooper

covered this last night. They showed the video of * screwing up, and after the clip, Cooper said, "Yeah" really sarcastically, like "Yeah, right buddy." I wonder if CNN will let him stay?!?