Comments on: Maybe Helen Meant “Oui”? http://www.extrememortman.com/white-house/maybe-helen-meant-oui/ Just When You Thought it was Safe to Take Politics Seriously Again Mon, 6 Oct 2008 23:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Kelly Logan http://www.extrememortman.com/white-house/maybe-helen-meant-oui/#comment-14658 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:39:58 +0000 http://www.extrememortman.com/white-house/maybe-helen-meant-oui/#comment-14658 An excellent point - Her use of the word "we" has some implications, the two most likely being: 1.) She attended the rally as a supporter instead of as a reporter, in which case that fact probably shouldn't be referenced in that way as a part of a White House press conference. 2.) She considers the rally a reflection of the American people and asked "Don't you think we had a good turnout?" in the same way she would ask "Do you feel that our economy is recovering?" In either case really, this gaffe is pretty overshadowed by the rest of the quote presented, that shows pretty clearly that when another half a million people stood up and spoke clearly and decisively on the Iraq war outside his door (and tens of thousands more joined them across the country), that President Bush doesn't appear to have "really thought a lot about it." Another point of Snow's worth noting is his confirmation of the consistent under-reporting of the number of activists in attendance by the mainstream media. Despite the obvious size of the gathering you could see filling the mall on CSPAN (something I can tell you from experience takes hundred*s* of thousands of people), news reports have continued to divide the numbers of activists by a factor of ten or even a hundred. Hee hee - I just noticed the "Oui" title in this bit! :^) And people say conservatives have no sense of irony! If you missed it, Mortman must be making a sly reference to how the media got us into the Iraq war by passing on convenient lies, in the same way that the French got us into Vietnam: Brilliant! An excellent point - Her use of the word “we” has some implications, the two most likely being:
1.) She attended the rally as a supporter instead of as a reporter, in which case that fact probably shouldn’t be referenced in that way as a part of a White House press conference.
2.) She considers the rally a reflection of the American people and asked “Don’t you think we had a good turnout?” in the same way she would ask “Do you feel that our economy is recovering?”

In either case really, this gaffe is pretty overshadowed by the rest of the quote presented, that shows pretty clearly that when another half a million people stood up and spoke clearly and decisively on the Iraq war outside his door (and tens of thousands more joined them across the country), that President Bush doesn’t appear to have “really thought a lot about it.”

Another point of Snow’s worth noting is his confirmation of the consistent under-reporting of the number of activists in attendance by the mainstream media. Despite the obvious size of the gathering you could see filling the mall on CSPAN (something I can tell you from experience takes hundred*s* of thousands of people), news reports have continued to divide the numbers of activists by a factor of ten or even a hundred.

Hee hee - I just noticed the “Oui” title in this bit! :^)
And people say conservatives have no sense of irony! If you missed it, Mortman must be making a sly reference to how the media got us into the Iraq war by passing on convenient lies, in the same way that the French got us into Vietnam: Brilliant!

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