White House Press Secretary Dana Perino mounts a remarkably incoherent defense of Vice President Dick Cheney's dismissal of public opinion polls that consistently show high opposition to the war in Iraq. Perino argues that President Bush and Cheney will not "chase popularity polls but . . . hold themselves to a stand that requires people not to like them." She acknowledges that the Administration is "not able to change public opinion, we also have to follow a principle and stand on principle." And when asked about input from the American people, she says, "The American people have input every four years, and that's the way our system is set up."
But this is hardly surprising. Perino is the same individual who a couple of months ago confessed to ignorance about the Cuban Missile Crisis when fielding a question from a reporter during a briefing. She said, "Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?" Perino explained, "I was panicked a bit because I really didn't know about . . . The Cuban Missile Crisis. It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."
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