Stephen Hadley says nothing

one, two, three strikes you're out at the old ball game...

(thanks to think progress...)

Fox News Sunday Host Chris Wallace gave National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley three opportunities to admit Cheney made a mistake when he said the Iraqi insurgency was in its “last throes” last May.

Opportunity 1:

WALLACE: Last May, Vice President Cheney said the following, and let’s put it up on the screen if we can, I think the level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they’re in their last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

Since then, 462 American troops have died. The insurgency back in May was not in its last throes, was it?

HADLEY: One of the things the president did in his speech on Wednesday was to try and be clear about who is the enemy, who we’re up against, and he categorized it really in three ways…

Opportunity 2:

WALLACE: But, Mr. Hadley, with respect, I don’t think you answered my question. Was the vice president mistaken last May when he talked about an insurgency in its last throes, given the fact that almost 500 American troops have been killed since then?

HADLEY: The violence is continuing, as I said in my answer to the prior question. We have made clear we thought the violence was probably going to go up in this period.

Opportunity 3:

WALLACE: But doesn’t that undercut the credibility of the administration, first of all, when the vice president talks about last throes, last May, and clearly it turns out it was wrong? And, with respect, there’s an unwillingness for you to admit it was a mistake then. A lot of people say that this administration, even when it’s clearly mistaken, is never willing to say it was wrong…Was he wrong when he said that?

the entire purpose of sending out these so-called sao's is to give the appearance of being an open and communicative administration without communicating anything... we're all expected to sit there and say, "oooo, it's stephen HADLEY, the national security advisor to the PRESIDENT...! ooooo..." he's articulate, he uses big words, he's polished, he's perfectly groomed, he's got a power tie on... how can this person possibly be anything other than totally professional and honest... but, if you listen closely (which most people don't) and try to figure out what he's REALLY saying (which most people either won't or can't), you find out that he's saying absolutely, positively NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, ZIPPO... you can fool all of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool ALL of the people ALL of the time... you should have stayed home, hadley, had a late breakfast and read the paper... you might have learned something...

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