August 3, 2000

5:03 PM

Why is George W. Bush the best candidate? Because he can deliver speeches from three hours into the future! When the Associated Press Goes Bad.
posted by aaron (2 comments total)

Bonus: The article refers to Dubya as "the son of a president who often visited the White House during his father's term..." D'oh!
posted by aaron at 5:07 PM on August 3, 2000

Well, the Dubya team just wants to ensure that those papers with early deadlines aren't forced to do their own hasty reporting when he actually makes the speech. That the AP presents a collection of undelivered soundbites as news, though, is a pretty sad example of how syndication works...
posted by holgate at 6:26 PM on August 3, 2000