Olbermann: White House Blames Former Pres. Bush for 9/11, Throws Him 'Under the Bus of History'

As we noted yesterday, White House spokesman Tony Snow blamed Pres. George H. W. Bush for the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — but hardly anyone in the media noticed — except of course, Keith Olbermann:

TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The real question for the American people to ask themselves is, do you take the war on terror seriously, with all the developments going on around the world? And if so, how do you fight it to win?

There seem to be two approaches. And in the Connecticut race, one of the approaches is, ignore the difficulties and walk away. Now, when the United States walked away, in the opinion of (INAUDIBLE) of Osama bin Laden in 1991, bin Laden drew from that the conclusion that Americans were weak and wouldn‘t stay the course, and that led to September 11.

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OLBERMANN: Nineteen ninety-one? Who was the president in 1991?

And apparently if you buy Mr. Snow‘s argument, more than half the country is encouraging terrorist attacks. A new poll commissioned by Opinion Research for another news organization found that 60 percent of Americans now oppose the war in Iraq, 57 percent wanting a timetable for withdrawal of troops.

Joining me now, the political reporter for WashingtonPost.com, Chris Cillizza.

Thank you for your time tonight, sir.

CHRIS CILLIZZA, POLITICAL COLUMNIST, WASHINGTONPOST.COM: Thanks for having me, Keith.

OLBERMANN: To Lieberman and Lamont in a moment.

But if we don‘t start with Tony Snow there, are we not burying the lead here? Did the White House press secretary not only nakedly say that Democrats can cause 9/11s, while at the same time he threw the current president‘s father under the bus of history?

CILLIZZA: Yes, I mean, geez, Tony, tell us what you really think.

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2 thoughts on “Olbermann: White House Blames Former Pres. Bush for 9/11, Throws Him ‘Under the Bus of History’”

Does the nation really belong in the Oedipal complexes of the Bush family?

No, and neither does the rest of the world.

This gang belongs in an asylum or prison.

At this point it won’t be much longer until Bushco and his Republican Guard will be blaming the Boy Scouts for 9/11.

Bush knew an attack was coming.
He did nothing.
We were attacked and 3-thousand died ON BUSH’S WATCH.
Many, many tens of thousands have
died since from Bush lies.
Republicans, under Bush, ARE solely
responsible for 9/11 and it’s aftermath
and this needs to be said daily.

Olbermann: White House Blames Former Pres. Bush for 9/11, Throws Him ‘Under the Bus of History’

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