This correction was aired at the beginning of the May12 edition of the (excellent!) public radio program, "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me":
Listen. We've got to start today's show with a correction. Last week we had some fun with President Bush saying of himself quote, "I'm the Commander Guy." Alright, let's be honest. We kind of went berserk about it. Turned out, he didn't really say it. I know, its disappointing. The White House -- which had reported it, they said that's what he said -- they rechecked the transcript and what he said was, "I'm a commander guy," meaning he was somebody who took the side of the commanders, versus the politicians. Wait, Wait regrets the error and we wait patiently until President Bush says something else we can legitimately make fun of. Oh wait a minute ...something just came in, let's get started...
You can listen to the on air correction here by clicking on the "Who's Carl This Time?" link here. Thanks for the tip, Andrew!
