Donald Rumsfeld operates with the hope that Americans -- or maybe just American journalists on Sunday talk shows -- have short memories and lack the powers of Google and LexisNexis.
from this Salon entry
I wish I had seen this. It just shows how out of touch the Bush administration is with how little the public trusts it now. Their campaign seems to be slowly wising up, but it has them scrambling right now and Kerry's on the offensive.
UPDATE: MoveOn has adapted the clip into a commercial.
Why, that's an affront to the decency of . . .
Aww, hell, I can't stay mad at you, Rummy! That's some brilliant comedy work.
A new Move-On ad is using the video
http://www.moveon.org/censure/caughtonvideo/
Heh. That's pretty good. I think I'd cut it a little more, but it's still effective.