Day: May 26, 2006

One of the big headlines today focused on the so-called “Bush Apology” for mistakes he’s made in relationship to the war in Iraq. The media has been wanting him to say he made mistakes about one thing or another for YEARS now, so yesterday, during a press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush admitted that he wished he would have toned down his rhetoric a bit. I listened to the audio of him speaking and he was believable.

The MSM has its doubts.

Newsweek’s Richard Wolffe believes Bush’s tone and mannerisms seemed rehearsed.

“And for me the big giveaway was at the end of that answer,  I don’t know if you can see it on camera, but the President flashed a big grin to those of us sitting in the front rows. It didn’t seem that he was quite as contrite as his performance.”

There’s no pleasin’ the moonbat media.

While I personally can’t stand the leftist agenda propagated throughout the pages of the New York Times, now and then they surprise me by submitting hard hitting relevant news stories that cut to the core.

Today, they satisfy.

The Old Grey Lady gives us the Conservative Top 50 (in song). Those Big Apple liberals can be so clever sometimes.

If you’re wondering, here are my all time faves, not necessarily in order:

1, 2, 4, 9, 22, 25, 33, and 34.

Kimberly Schneider, spokesperson for the Capitol Hill Police said minutes ago that a phone call came into the dispatch center at 10:30 AM EST. The report was that shots had been fired in the Rayburn Garage. Information is still coming in but as of now there is no indication that any member of Congress is involved. The police have several tactical groups inside. Their searches haven’t turned up anything. There are no reports of hostages. Reuters reports that there is a smell of smoke in the lobby.

AP report.

UPDATE: CNN reports that two women who ran out of the Rayburn HOB gym said that a gunman is hiding inside. Some say he may be a legitimate plain clothes officer and not the perpetrator. There are other reports indicating that a woman was taken out of the building on a stretcher.

FINAL: Nevermind. Capitol Police say the apparent gunshots that sparked a Capitol shutdown were likely caused by workers using tools.