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And his tendancy to not get the point/joke.
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Gee. Interesting turn of events ... turns out the stories of vandalism in the White House were ... lies.
Imagine that.
The GSA (General Services Admin) reported that the only damage to the White House was the normal type you would expect after a "long term occupancy."
The White House backed off the story pretty quickly, too, if you'll notice. And while they're not saying it didn't happen, they're not talking about it at all -- even when presented with the GSA report.
Where is the proof of the vandalism? There is none. Looks like some Republican pranksters pulled a fast one on the press.
Despite the "extent" of the alleged vandalism ... no one took photos.
No one has been willing to speak on the record about the vandalism. Why? Maybe, because liers prefer to remain unknown.
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You know, of course, that the WH finally DID release a report of the vandalism. It wasn't as extensive as previously reported, but damage estimates DO tend to fluctuate when the press gets ahold of them.
6 answering machines with obscene messages, several phone lines cut several lines redirected to useless numbers 100 inoperable keyboards some minor grafitti.
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And what kind of obscene messages WERE these? I mean, if we're going by John Ashcroft's definition, it could be some dude saying, "wow, I'm proud of...[insert word]"
quote:several lines redirected to useless numbers
Yes, because it is absolutely 100% impossible that the numbers the lines were orginally directed to were changed or deleted after the change of administration? Right?
quote:100 inoperable keyboards
Yes, because we all know that nothing breaks after extended, long term use. Face it: they wore out.
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Well, I've been moderately keeping up with the news, and it appears that there are three different stories concerning the alleged vandalism to the White House and associated property.
First, the GAO has released a report that the evidence does not match with the information provided. As a sidenote, Senator Barr is considering a hearing into what is going on since there are allegations that Bush staff members may not have handed over pertinent paperwork, etc., to the GAO for it to conduct a proper investigation.
Second, there a report from another agency that was released about the same time. I cannot for certain remember the name of the agenct, but it was an internal White House office that supervises maintenance and facilities for that building. There report said they found nothing aside from normal wear and tear. As a side note here, this agency/office/whatever does not normally look into stuff as in-depth as phone lines and electronics as those problems are normally outsourced for repair and maintenance.
Third, the White House is saying that there was vandalism done. I believe First of Two has a list earlier of what the Bush administration found. As a sidenote to this one, Ari Fleischer, spokesman for the White House, said that this information was gathered from the recollections of some Bush staff members and not from original paperwork or incident reports filed during move-in.
As for me, the jury is still out on this verdict.
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