Mother of All Investigations - Another Bush Quip

The Associated Press has updated its story on President Bush's impromptu press conference:

Bush Calls Domestic Spy Program 'Limited'

The president denied misleading the public during a 2004 appearance in support of the Patriot Act when he said, "Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, a wiretap requires a court order."

Mr. President, if you didn't lie to us then, are you lying to us now?

Asked about that Sunday, Bush said: "I was talking about roving wire taps, I believe, involved in the Patriot Act. This is different from the NSA program. The NSA program is a necessary program."

Huh? Does that mean the Patriot Act provisions for violating the Constitution are unnecessary? Or does it mean that you don't need a warrant when you decided it is a 'necessary program?'

Bush didn't answer a reporter's question about whether he was aware of any resistance to the program at high levels of his administration and how that might have influenced his decision to approve it.

Hmmmmm. Sounds like we are goin' to get every one of those sonofabitches and run every last one of them off the hill. (editors note: my apologies to Lord Buckley)

The Times reported Sunday that a top Justice Department official objected in 2004 to aspects of the NSA program, and would not sign off on its continued use as required by the administration's guidelines.

That's the first sonofabitch we gonna run off the hill.