Wed Jun 2, 2004 08:10 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush has sought a lawyer to represent him in the criminal probe into who was responsible for a leak that was seen as retaliation against a critic of the Iraq war, the White House said on Wednesday.
"The president has had discussions with an outside attorney, and in the event that he needs advice he would retain him," said White House spokesman Allen Abney, naming the lawyer as Jim Sharp.
OK, kids, it's time for a game called "Then and Now": We give you two different Bush positions, one past and one present, and you have to supply the reason for the difference!
Then: Bush campaigns against "trial lawyers"
Now: Bush hires Trial lawyer.
Reason? Oops! He meant "lawyers who sue people," not "lawyers who defend people." Unless they defend bad people.
Then: Bush as governor of Texas is happy to execute people whose lawyers slept through parts of death-penalty trials, arguing a sleeping lawyer can be "good enough"
Now: Bush demands that lawyer remain awake during entire meeting.
Reason? Bush being convicted would be bad! Executing people is good!
Then: Bush denies Terror suspects lawyers because lawyers might advise clients to invoke right to remain silent, which would hamper investigator's work.
Now: Bush hires lawyer who may well advise him to remain silent, which would hamper investigator's work.
Reason? Leaking names of CIA agents not really a crime worth investigating.
Then: Bush systematically abuses lawyers as undermining real American values with pettifogging insistence on "rights" of malpractice victims, terrorists, and abortion providers.
Now: Rights! Mmm-mmmm! Gotta love those rights! Oh, yeah, baby, bring on the Fifth Amendment! Yeah! Sweet! Hey, Padilla's not using his-I'll have a double dose of the sixth amendment, too!.
Then: Bush wouldn't recognize irony if it bit him on the ass.
Now: Painful bite-like sensation on butt, but cannot identify source.
Reason: Seems to be some kind of linguistic/philosophical concept with large teeth, Sir.
Remember, Kids, the part in bold is actual 100% news-flavored media product.
The rest is the fakey part.
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