Don't mention the "T" word

Funny how suddenly Condi Rice is "anticipating" things like questions from 4th graders.

During a Q & A session with students, a 4th grader named Misha Lerner asked Rice about “the things President Obama’s administration was saying about the methods the Bush administration had used to get information from detainees”

Rice then assumed her banal "Mary Tyler Moore Show" impression ("Mister GRAAAANT") and said:

“I hope you understand that it was a very difficult time. We were all so terrified of another attack on the country. September 11 was the worst day of my life in government, watching 3,000 Americans die. . . . Even under those most difficult circumstances, the president was not prepared to do something illegal, and I hope people understand that we were trying to protect the country.”

Ah, whiny bullshit, it fails to get old.

But wait, there's more:

According to Misha’s mother, he originally planned to ask a tougher question — “If you would work for Obama’s administration, would you push for torture?” — but he was asked to change it. “They wanted him to soften it and take out the word ‘torture.’

She couldn't anticipate "Planes flying into buildings" but she can anticipate a 10-year old saying "torture".

That's the Bush Administration abridged.