Yesterday's White House press briefing had Scott McClellan dancing in place, as usual.
He attempted to explain why NatSec Advisor Rice was so out of touch on the very day our nation's security, which she was sworn to defend, was so egregiously violated. The now classified speech she planned but did not give on 9/11 did not emphasize terrorists, or even mention islamic extermists, bin Laden or al Quada, even though it ironically was to address "the threats and problems of today and the day after, not the world of yesterday" -- but the focus was largely on missile defense, not terrorism from Islamic radicals."

To be fair, she was going to speak of terror threats from rogue nations, the meme of the day. But she was to state that the real threat was from balistic missiles.

The Washington Post did get a copy of the speech. But the White House refuses to turn the original text over to the 9/11 commission, as well as over 7,000 Clinton era documents.

ICBM's, scrapping the ABM, . . . even then they were trying to sell snake oil dressed up as champagne. Ratheon, however, and not Haliburton, would have been the prime beneficiary of this useless waste of treasure. This was the way they were dealing with today's threats and rejecting the old outdated way of looking at National Defense. Insert your own Reagan Star Wars joke here==>

Meanwhile, McClellan danced right into this ditch.

MR. McCLELLAN: *** But this administration doesn't measure commitment based on one speech or one conference call or one meeting. We look at the sum total of the strong actions that we take. Press Briefing by Scott McClellan

Scott, how do you measure committment if the meeting never takes place?

VPOTUS Cheney's Counter-Terrorism Task Force NEVER MET ONCE! Was he too busy drawing up plans for Mars missions or managing his stock portfolio?

Vote Kerry or move.