The Buck Stops Overseas

Yesterday, Josh posted an excerpt from the White House press gaggle about Saudi-Oil-Production-Helping-Overtly-Manipulate-Our-Re-Election-Gate (err.. SOPHOMORE-Gate?). Excerpt from excerpt:

QUESTION: There were no conversations specifically about the President’s reelection?

MR. McCLELLAN: You can ask Prince Bandar to --

QUESTION: But from the point -- I mean, conversations are obviously two ways.
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QUESTION: So you have no knowledge of such a commitment?

MR. McCLELLAN: -- and expressed their view. I'm not going to try to speak for Prince Bandar. You can direct those questions to him.

The concept that the White House did not seem to grasp, even after a reporter was kind enough to spell it out, is that "conversations are obviously two ways." Why does our own government direct us to foreign leaders to learn about their conversations with President Bush?

Well... turns out this kind of thing business as usual for the Administration.