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Oh, look - we put on our big boy pants!

By The Armorer on May 20, 2009 | | Comments (2)
'Bout time, too.  From today's White House Press Briefing:


Q This is a President who has not been afraid to admit that he made a mistake in the past when he made one. If you say Congress deserves a plan before we ask them for resources, was it a mistake to ask for the resources before you give them a plan?

MR. GIBBS: It was a mistake to set up something that became a rallying cry for enemies around the world and to hope for so long that we could simply continue to perpetuate the theory of keeping detainees there while the courts ruled otherwise.

I don't doubt that the President -- and I think he'll say this tomorrow -- that we've made some hasty decisions that are now going to take some time to unwind. And closing Guantanamo Bay obviously is one of those decisions.
Tune in tomorrow, folks, for the President's speech on National Security.  Hopefully, it will be of a nature to cause heads to explode at any number of Kossack Diaries.

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By Rivrdog on May 20, 2009 4:14 PM
I watched Gibbs on FoxNews this morning, trying to 'splain the flip-flop of the Left on Gitmo. It was a pathetic performance; his usually clear voice was mostly mumbles, and his usual look-'em-in-the-eye stance behind the lectern was reduced to a "I'm-a-bad-boy" hangdog look. He obfuscated every answer to every question on the subject, but obviously had instructions from his boss to hang in there and NOT change the subject.

In all fairness, Obama should have made those explanations.
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 20, 2009 4:19 PM
Well, Gibbs clearly set the expectation that the President will do exactly that tomorrow.

We'll see!