"I never said that"...about Osama

[friesianrider]

Consider it a friendly attempt at an education, Chimp:

"I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him... I truly am not that concerned about him."

[friesianrider]

1. Cite: Press Conference, March 13, 2002 nm

nm

[petrock2004]

2. yup

http://www.cursor.org/stories/binladenforgotten.htm

[Katarina]

3. Direct Link

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

Q Mr. President, in your speeches now you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden. Why is that? Also, can you tell the American people if you have any more information, if you know if he is dead or alive? Final part -- deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really eliminate the threat of --

THE PRESIDENT: Deep in my heart I know the man is on the run, if he's alive at all. Who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not; we haven't heard from him in a long time. And the idea of focusing on one person is -- really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission.

Terror is bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person who's now been marginalized. His network, his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match. He is -- as I mentioned in my speech, I do mention the fact that this is a fellow who is willing to commit youngsters to their death and he, himself, tries to hide -- if, in fact, he's hiding at all.

So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. I'm more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well-supplied; that the strategy is clear; that the coalition is strong; that when we find enemy bunched up like we did in Shahikot Mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.

[ParanoidPat]

4. Hey! That comes off a gubmint site!

Don't you know that you cain't trust nuttin' the gubmint tells ya'! :)

[Miss Authoritiva]

8. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean, know what I mean.

"If, in fact, he's hiding at all."

[allalone]

5. he said something similar

in a tv interview with a woman reporter. Anyone remember or detail?

[Oilwellian]

6. Apparently...

Bush hasn't seen F911 yet....Moore included the video clip of him saying it. :D

On Edit: Atrios provides us with a clip

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atrios/notconcerned.wmv

[Katherine2]

7. They'll probably try to spin it

because John Kerry didn't use the actual verbatim quote. They're pretty good at that.