From my
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I like the sound of that. I really hope it sticks. Why, you ask, do we need another derogatory nickname for the Prez?
Because it gives you a glimpse of the guy's (lack of) character. These guys won't do anything without a means of covering their ass after the fact (on WMD, wire tapping, the list goes on and on), but this - this is being underhanded in a way even a red stater can understand.
He's a snitch. He's telling tales out of school. Why, he's…he's a gol-darn LIAR! In short, it might just remind them of Clinton.
From
Slate:
Can the president even be a leaker? For a leak to be real, it has to be unsanctioned. Once a piece of secret information gets unwrapped (by the president no less), it's not a leak, it's part of a communications strategy. It's national policy. So, maybe he's not a leaker.
But he is certainly a hypocrite. It's one thing to declassify information; it's another thing to present information to a reporter as though it were classified to preserve the shadow authenticity that comes with a leak. Bush wanted to have the information out there but not have to account for it or explain it.
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