The Friday Night Presidency

It is an old political tradition to dump unpopular news on Friday, because fewer people are reading newspapers or watching television news over the weekend. But the Bush administration has been using the trick so routinely that it is losing effectiveness.

Friday has become a Bush favorite both for dropping bad news and for making announcements that appeal to the president's conservative base, not necessarily the general public. -- Dana Milbank

Further down is a list of Bush or aides statements on what Bush is not and contradictions about Vietnam.