Predictably, the Obama administration denied everything, claiming Bolden "misspoke." Here is Obama spokesperson - and Pee Wee Herman's nemesis - Robert "Buckston" Gibbs:
Turns out - and I do hope you are sitting down - Robert Gibbs was lying. You see, Charles Bolden didn't misspeak. Charles Bolden was telling the truth. And the truth is, President Obama wants to use NASA as a tool to help Islamic countries feel good.
The White House is disavowing a plan to have NASA conduct outreach to Muslim countries, but a congressman who talked to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about that plan last month said the initiative was very real until somebody slammed the brakes on it.Ed Morrissey at HotAir sums this up nicely:
Rep. Pete Olson, ranking Republican on the Space and Aeronautics House Subcommittee, told FoxNews.com that Bolden described the outreach program as part of the administration’s space plan during a conversation they had in June.
“He confirmed it to me,” Olson said. The Texas Republican said he thinks the program existed until the “uproar” compelled the administration to rethink it.
Source: FoxNews via HotAir
We’re back to where we were before yesterday. This administration doesn’t want to spend money in space, but they do want to spend it on efforts best left to the State Department. Except now, of course, we can also factor into the equation a healthy dose of dishonesty. Instead of admitting that Obama had made a mistake, they dumped the entire blame on Bolden, who wouldn’t be appearing on Al-Jazeera in the first place without getting approval up the chain of command first.This is JUST LIKE when Janet "Big Sis" Napolitano tried to ban "controversial" websites from TSA computers and then reversed course the very next day. The common link between Charles Bolden and Janet Napolitano? President Bow n' Tax!
Source: HotAir
In other news, Robert Gibbs may have stolen Pee Wee Herman's bicycle:
