From the White House: MORE Fake News

Apparently the White House still hasn't learned it's lesson.

When you have an administration this corrupt, this prone to failure, this increasing unappealing in polls of the American public, you've got to spin the living SHIT out of everything.

Fake journalists. Fake news. Fake members of the White House press corps. Fake town hall meetings. Don't forget fake turkeys. And now - more fake, rehearsed, bullshit media opportunities using the troops as your props.

On Friday, the Bushies put together a little satellite interview with some troops over in Iraq.

White House aid Allison Barber as well as Scott Mclellan insisted that the conference wasn’t rehearsed. It turns out they lied their asses off.

Here’s Barber’s stance on whether or not the public teleconference was rehearsed:

Pentagon communications aide Allison Barber “insisted the questions were not rehearsed. The military had been told ahead of time only about topics the president might want to talk about, not specific questions. ‘We just knew broad themes,’ Barber said.”

In addition, when Scott McClellan was asked later that day, “How were [the troops] selected, and are their comments to the president pre-screened, any questions or anything…” McClellan responds, “No.”

Here’s what actually happened during the teleconference:

Allison Barber, deputy assistant to the Secretary of Defense for internal communication, could be heard asking one soldier before the start of the event, “Who are we going to give that [question] to?”

WH aide: “Capt. Kennedy are you ready?”

Kennedy: “I am ready, ma’am.”

WH aide: “Okay this is for the money. We are going to time this and remember that if the president cuts it short, if he asks more questions, if you have the microphone and he follows up with a question to you, no matter who has it, Captain Pratt if you have the microphone and the president hears something and he wants more information, you just keep that microphone and talk to the president.”

Kennedy: “Okay.”

WH aide: “But if he gives us a question that is not something that we have scripted Captain Kennedy you are going to have the mic and that’s your chance to impress us all.”

Kennedy: “Okay.”

Don’t just take my word for it. Watch the video yourself.