Tony Snow, Liar

From today's WH press briefing:


Q ... What would your guidance be to a public that has seen the President stand under a "Mission Accomplished" banner, proclaim an end to major combat operations, the Vice President talking about the "last throes" -- how should the public go into viewing this speech tomorrow?


MR. SNOW: I think the public ought to just listen to what the President has to say. You know that the "Mission Accomplished" banner was put up by members of the USS Abraham Lincoln. ...


Horseshit! The White House spokesbot at the time, Scott McClellan said, "We took care of the production of it ... We have people to do those things. But the Navy actually put it up."


That was -- surprise, surprise -- a lie.


Reported Time: "The soldiers hadn't put up the sign; the White House had done the hoisting. It had also produced the banner — contrary to what senior White House officials had said for months."