Irony in action

The Washington Post has a sharp-tongued review of what it describes as a very dull movie, Showtime's DC 9/11, a supposed chronicle of the President's actions on the day of the attacks, but really little more than an attempt to make Bush and his cabinet look like saints.

In one paragraph, the reviewer reports on some of the lines attributed to Bush, many of which were likely never actually said.

Bush repeatedly demands he be taken to the White House as Air Force One flies aimlessly about on that horrible September day: "I've got to get back to Washington because I'm not going to let those people keep me from getting home," he barks. And earlier: "Get me home! . . . The American people want to know where their damn president is." And still earlier: "People can't have an AWOL president!"