Why must bush* and Uncle Dick go to the commission together?

[Career Prole]

Hope this isn't a dupe, but seriously...I know the sock puppet routine and all, but he publicly ignored the question twice at his "press conference", and I've never heard the reason given. Did I miss that thread? I'd like to know whose decision it was. Did bush* ask for help, or was he ordered to go with his Uncle Dick? Just the fact that they had to make the decision to not let him interview by himself is damning as far as I'm concerned, but I haven't ever noticed any follow-up by the press outside of "Gee, he didn't really answer that one".
Well, I'd like the damned answer! Anyone heard it yet? :shrug:

[trof]

1. Isn't it obvious?

They ain't about to let him off the reservation on his own.
I also hear they won't be sworn.
Whassup wid dat?

[TruthIsAll]

2. What do you want, a follow-up question? You can't go there.

Those questions are for truthseekers only.

And they believe we don't deserve the truth.

[Vickers]

3. Georgie probably just wants to make sure Dickie doesn't make a mistake

:P

[pfitz59]

4. BS "Press Conference"!

Gee Dubya blathered on for an hour and answered NOTHING! Unka Dickie has to hold poor widdle Georgie's hand to comfort him before those MEAN commissioners! He'll be a surrogate for Babs.

[HawkerHurricane]

5. For the same reason Charlie McCarthy always traveled with Edgar Bergman.

n/t

[trof]

9. Good 'un, Hawker. Spot on! eom

[DemoTex]

19. Choke/Snarf!

Too good! Meanwhile, check-six (my duty to remind you).

[HawkerHurricane]

23. Off topic

The Hawker Hurricane and the Supermarine Spitfire were both equipped with a handy rear view mirror for 'checking your six'. Legend has it that if you actually used it when warned to 'check six', you would get a nice view of the Messerschmidt as it shot you down. The proper way to 'check six' was to perform the sharpest turn you possible could, so you could look over your shoulder at the German plane flying past you...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. Did you by any chance see Junior's recent press conference?...

Case closed.

[Gothic Sponge]

7. When Bush-Cheney testify

[Gothmog]

8. Gillespie dodge the issue on the Today Show on Thursday

Gillespie repeatedly dodged and refused to answer questions about why Bush and Chaney must appear together on Thursday's Today Show. It was really pretty sad.

Even though this is not under oath, Rove is afraid that the testimony will leak and that the best way of dealing with this is have Chaney answer all of the questions.

[Career Prole]

11. Thanks! I just wanted to make sure they still hadn't addressed this.

If they haven't it looks like "Letter to the Editor" time again. I want my neighbors in this red state to keep dwelling on this inability of their ex-governor to think on his own. :kick:

[alarcojon]

22. Well....

Cheney has said some pretty stupid things, so maybe all is not lost.

-Iraq has reconstituted nuclear weapons

-Richard Clarke was out of the loop

-we don't know whether Saddam was involved with 9/11 or not

etc. etc.

[snippy]

10. Maybe it is Take Your Child to Work Day.

[PfcHammer]

13. oh yeah. i'm there

take your shrub to work day
take your chimp to work day
take your smirking twirp to work day
take your incurious warmonger to work day
take your crusading cowboy to work day
take your born again brush collector to work day
take your accidental president to work day
take your arrrogant assh*le to work day
take your drunken bastard to work day
take your lazy ass lush to work day
take your AWOL thug to work day

getting tired now.

[pretzel4gore]

12. the first nations (indians) are embarassed at this latest outrage...!

it's an absolute disgrace what americans have done to 'america' the very rocks cry out 'vote abb!'
lol

[Skittles]

14. one pulls the other one's strings

they have to be together

[phoebe]

15. thought that Bush and Cheney were "absolved" from appearing

as part of the deal for Rice's "testimony".

[kentuck]

16. Will they be asked about the $700 million diverted to Iraq?

Or would that not be relevant information to 9/11 investigation? Off-base? Or will they cancel out?

[Career Prole]

17. Actually, what I'd like to see is for the public pressure

to get cranked up like it did for Condescenda Rice. At first it was just us here at DU and in other liberal internet forums that objected to the stated excuse for her casual, private Q&A with the commission. I don't think the change of venue had as much to do with that old photo they were faxed as it did with the press finally being forced to pick up the chant of "WHY NOT?" with us or be left behind. Once they joined in too Chimpco had no choice but to force Rice under the lights. I think the same strategy would work to split up the "tag-team" appearance of bush* and Unca Dick. It's worth a try. :kick:

[robbedvoter]

18. Cuz "there is a chance they may have to answer questions" silly!

he told you that, didn't he?

[OneBlueSky]

20. not enough time to extract Cheney's arm from Bush's ass . . . n/t

.

[Kool Kitty]

21. Why? Well, did you ever

see Mortimer Snerd without Charlie McCarthy? C'mon, you know better...

[MNBrew]

24. Dick and Mortimer

[Kool Kitty]

26. OMG, that is just perfect!

Exactly what I was imagining. Thanks and welcome. :hi:

[opihimoimoi]

25. Most embarrassing thing to happen. Especially so when the

commission requested they come seperately. But bush insists? Why? Why would they disregard the request and come together?

Something is SUSPICIOUS yes?