Bush to hold 17th news conference (10:30 EST today)

[Minstrel Boy]

Bush to hold 17th news conference

President to review accomplishments, lay out challenges ahead
NBC News
Updated: 9:39 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2004

WASHINGTON - President Bush plans to review his administration’s accomplishments in 2004 and discuss the challenges ahead at a news conference Monday, a senior U.S. official told NBC News.

At the 10:30 a.m. ET news conference, Bush planned to deliver opening remarks focused on Afghan elections, Iraq, and the domestic priorities he wants Congress to focus on when it convenes in January before taking questions from reporters, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Such open-ended sessionss with the press have been relatively rare under Bush.

As of early this month, he had held 16 solo news conferences, compared to 43 for Bill Clinton and 84 for George H.W. Bush and 26 for Ronald Reagan at similar points in their presidencies, the Washington Post reported, citing research by Martha Joynt Kumar of Towson University.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6737149/

[underpants]

1. FOUR whole questions? uh...yeah Jim Angle go ahead.....

The president prefers to answer questions in the format known by White House insiders as the “two plus two” – meetings with foreign leaders and other dignitaries at which the White House press corps is allowed to ask him two questions, with two others reserved for visiting reporters.

This will be the shortest press conference ever. President Bush plans to review his administration’s accomplishments in 2004

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

[WI_DEM]

2. 17th news conference in 4 years

so about one every four months and with the usual soft ball questions.

I can just imagine a few of them today, "Gee Mr. President, when did you find out you were TIME's person of the year?"

or

"Have you finished your Christmas shopping?

[frankly_fedup2]

122. Is everyone it is his 17th? I don't remember (or I have totally . . .

blocked them from my memory) more than 4 or 5.

Now if they are counting his taking questions when foreign dignitaries visit, I suppose it may be that many.

Also, if they are counting while he was campaigning, then it might be that many?

Possibly if they count all of his Q&A during his first campaign then there might be that many?

Ahh, I think they are still fudging on the numbers.

[Supersedeas]

139. Yes, they are counting vetted questions during dignitary visits

[frankly_fedup2]

151. I thought so. Thanks Supersedeas. (nt)

nm

[seemslikeadream]

3. "Man Of The Year"

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
by Thom Hartmann

....
But the warnings of investigators were ignored at the highest levels, in part because the government was distracted; the man who claimed to be the nation's leader had not been elected by a majority vote and the majority of citizens claimed he had no right to the powers he coveted. He was a simpleton, some said, a cartoon character of a man who saw things in black-and-white terms and didn't have the intellect to understand the subtleties of running a nation in a complex and internationalist world. His coarse use of language - reflecting his political roots in a southernmost state - and his simplistic and often-inflammatory nationalistic rhetoric offended the aristocrats, foreign leaders, and the well-educated elite in the government and media. And, as a young man, he'd joined a secret society with an occult-sounding name and bizarre initiation rituals that involved skulls and human bones.

...
A year later, to the week, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia; the nation was now fully at war, and all internal dissent was suppressed in the name of national security. It was the end of Germany's first experiment with democracy.

As we conclude this review of history, there are a few milestones worth remembering.

February 27, 2003, was the 70th anniversary of Dutch terrorist Marinus van der Lubbe's successful firebombing of the German Parliament (Reichstag) building, the terrorist act that catapulted Hitler to legitimacy and reshaped the German constitution. By the time of his successful and brief action to seize Austria, in which almost no German blood was shed, Hitler was the most beloved and popular leader in the history of his nation. Hailed around the world, he was later Time magazine's "Man Of The Year."

Most Americans remember his office for the security of the homeland, known as the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and its SchutzStaffel, simply by its most famous agency's initials: the SS.

We also remember that the Germans developed a new form of highly violent warfare they named "lightning war" or blitzkrieg, which, while generating devastating civilian losses, also produced a highly desirable "shock and awe" among the nation's leadership according to the authors of the 1996 book "Shock And Awe" published by the National Defense University Press.

Reflecting on that time, The American Heritage Dictionary (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983) left us this definition of the form of government the German democracy had become through Hitler's close alliance with the largest German corporations and his policy of using war as a tool to keep power: "fas-cism (fbsh'iz'em) n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."
more
http://www.awitness.org/journal/bush_hitler.html

[leftchick]

45. is that scary or what?!?

It amazes me that people still deny bush* is hitler II !

[0007]

54. Thanks for link. It was great!!

:bounce:

[frankly_fedup2]

154. Thanks so much and how creepy is that. History repeats itself

over and over.

One thing I remember from Randi's show today when she was talking about Hitler.

She stated that once Hitler convinced the people that the church and the state should not be separated, the death squads started to separate the Jews from the Christians.

I always heard Hitler was a devout Catholic. People don't believe these things when you tell them. They do not want to hear the truth. They are blind to pure evil incarnate.

[leftchick]

4. Q. " mr. president*, how will you pay back wally o'dell for delivering

Ohio to you as he promised? A cabinet position, an ambassadorship?"

[seemslikeadream]

22. Maybe he can take over for Farish

I hear he suddenly, quitely resigned a couple months back

UNITED KINGDOM
William S. Farish
$142,875 to the GOP*


There was little, if any, surprise when President Bush chose William S. Farish as ambassador to Great Britain. Farish, a millionaire horse breeder and chairman of Churchill Downs, which hosts the fabled Kentucky Derby each year, is a big Republican donor and a close family friend of the Bushes, whom he has known for more than 50 years.

Farish has a history of close ties with President Bush's father. He owns a trust company in Houston called W.S. Farish & Co., and was tapped in 1980 to manage Vice President Bush's blind trust. He and his wife, Sarah, gave Millie, who became known as the White House dog, to George and Barbara Bush. Farish and the elder Bush are known to be occasional tennis partners.

Farish owns the Lane's End Farm near Lexington, where he and Sarah have played host to Queen Elizabeth, another longtime friend and the royal head of the country in which he will serve, pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Farish contributed $26,875 to Republican candidates and parties in 1999-2000, including the maximum $1,000 to President Bush's campaign. He also contributed $100,000 to the Bush-Cheney inauguration committee and $5,000 to the Bush-Cheney recount committee. His support for Democrats amounted to a single contribution of $1,000 to the unsuccessful campaign of former Rep. Scotty Baesler (D-Ky.).

Sarah Farish made $11,000 in contributions during 1999-2000, all of it to Republicans. Like her husband, she gave $1,000 to President Bush's campaign.
http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/ambassadors/farish.asp

[digno dave]

5. Nooclear!!!

[digno dave]

6. "Secretary of Defense is a complex job"!!!

[Brundle_Fly]

7. & Hard work. n/t

[HeeBGBz]

9. Hard work! eom

[6000eliot]

146. Don't forget Poland!

[berner59]

10. I have never hated anyone more....

than this moron...I think my blood is actually boiling...

Don't you get the feeling that we're the only ones in on this joke of a President and the press just keep asking him stupid questions like he really can answer them???

This is sickening...why can't someone stand up and just yell at him about what a bafoon he is!!

[LibDemAlways]

34. You just know that these "reporters"

value their paycheck and their nice houses and private schools for their kids above all else or they'd be laughing out loud at the moronic responses. I live for the day when some journalist with a shred of integrity asks the chimp a tough question that puts him on the defensive. I'm not holding my breath, though.

[digno dave]

8. "DIssapointed Kerik nomination didn't go forward" HUH???

[Carl Brennan]

44. Then Bush said that their vetting system works well. Everything

is just fine!

[johnfunk]

89. So are we, George! We would've loved to watch the confirmation hearings...

"Mr. Kerik, was Judith Regan any good in the sack? Do you think she might have been cheating on you?"

"Mr. Kerik, in today's real estate market, how much of a kickback should I expect from a contractor for the privilege of constructing my vacation home in Red Bank, New Jersey? And should it be in cash or wired to an account in the Caymans or Belize?"

"Mr. Kerik, where can I get the best price on 'bulk smokes' and what percentage of my budget should be allocated for bribes and 'looking the other way'?"

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[durablend]

29. Changed the channel...

Can't stand to look at the babboon

Can't stand to listen to the babboon

NOT my president...

[digno dave]

12. Just gave lesson on nominating process "they are asked questions and they

anwer them"

[heidiho]

13. ";gonna find somebody who knows about intelligence!"

That's our Man of the Year!

[Brundle_Fly]

18. Thugs, Killers.

everything is rosey.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

125. I laughed...

... so hard when he said that. LOL :smoke:

[giant_robot]

14. Same old crap

Not actually answering any questions. Turning it back to talking points. No follow-up questions. The media has totally failed this country.

[berner59]

23. so right...

The media has rolled over since 9/11 and has lost their passion for the truth...it's disgusting that this President has been given a free pass...

[bobbieinok]

150. media rolled over during Monica debacle

probably earlier

but starting then it was all anti-clinton--->anti-democrats--->republicans are the only 'good and true and real American patriotic christians'

[AngryOldDem]

69. No kidding....

If the media had done its job in 2000, we would not be contending with this asshole today.

[progressoid]

15. "I wanna find somebody that knows something about intelligence"

No Shit? The rest of the world would like you to find somebody that's actually intelligent.

[digno dave]

24. "The bombers are having an effect"

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

126. Bombs for Propaganda...

...did anyone catch it when GW stated that, "bombs are great propaganda tools,"?

[Greylyn58]

16. Does Any One Else See A Pattern Here?

On CNN the heading under live news event says: "Terrorist determined to disrupt elections in Iraq."

Gee, but didn't we already go through this kind of crap during our own elections. Now this jerk-off is spreading his evil propaganda to another countries election process.

Damn I hate this guy!! And I usually don't hate anyone, but he and his crowd are so beyond contemptible it staggers me.

Too bad there's not a can of roach spray big enough to make him go away.

:grr: :mad:

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. Wish someone would ask about the complete absence of....

Terra Lerts now that the pilfering of the election is over.....

[Carl Brennan]

17. Did Bush say aid in the "demise" of Iraq? This was

early in the conference.

[XNASA]

19. "We're doin' the hard work. The work is hard. ........

Presidentin' is work. It's hard work. Oh, and.......I'm gonna try and git Congriss to change the name of the country to.....The United States of Dumbf*ckistan."

[0007]

71. "Dumbfuckingstan" sounds too German!

[Brundle_Fly]

20. Intermidable. ??

[progressoid]

30. That's a strategery word

[digno dave]

21. he's LABORING hard today

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. My God, this is just too painful to watch......an early fave =

"not complicated, but complex" or something like that....

Again, I repeat - this bozo is our president? wake me up.....this is a nightmare...

[Pirate Smile]

33. He said "It's complicated ...., it's complex, not complicated ..."

[Career Prole]

Yup, and then he latched on to "complex" like a magpie on a

shiny bauble. Used it about four times in the next 30 seconds.

[truth2power]

138. There's a reason for that.

The author of "Bush on the Couch" addressed that specific behavior. He said there is raging anxiety in Bush's brain and he perseverates on a particular word in order to keep himself focused, which is very difficult for him, and to keep the anxiety at bay.

[shadowknows69]

148. just one tough question

and he would completely unravel. Why can't any of today's journalists do their job. At the very least there should have been a follow up when he said immigrants are doing the jobs no american would want to. Ask him what jobs. I want a list of jobs me and mine aren't ever supposed to apply for.

[digno dave]

26. I'm so ASHAMED

[AG78]

27. Killing innocent people

if effective propaganda.

Yeah, that it is. Shock and Awe.

[Pirate Smile]

28. "Recruiting is up .... in Iraq"

Sure as hell not here, you dumbass.

[berner59]

40. That Reagan eye squint thing is annoying!!!

How long has he practiced that in the mirror?? Does he think it's charming?? Ok...this goes off - I can't stomach it...

[Carl Brennan]

32. Holy Shit: "We are bombing killing 1000's, uh hundreds, but we are

re-building......

"Mass Medias".

[shayes51]

35. Isn't he pitiful!

[shayes51]

76. Is he having seizures or what?

[digno dave]

36. Again works in NCLBehind Act without prompting

[NRaleighLiberal]

37. "Get me to negotiate with myself in public"....is that legal??!!

[Pirate Smile]

38. It is on ABC, NBC, CBS along with the usual suspects. How proud

those Americans that voted for this moron must be - or else shocked and appalled.

[digno dave]

39. "The other day in the Oval"

[Carl Brennan]

50. Jesus Christ this guy is a walking talking baboon!

[leQ]

41. "we believe in the balance of power"

that just floored me.

you KNOW jon stewart's gonna have a field day with this one.

or is he 'on vacation'?

[tuvor]

114. TDS is gone until the new year. n/t

[progressoid]

42. Gaaaaaaaa!!! I'm going to do something less painful like

sticking hot pokers into my eardrums.

[Pirate Smile]

43. "I'm not doing a very good job in the Oval"

[heidiho]

46. "Don't bother to ask me"

"but I can't tell you what to ask me. That's not the holiday spirit."

Dumb stupid fucking moron.

[leftchick]

53. is that for real?

I can not stomach him to find out. If it is I pity the person cleaning up this transcript!

[alfredo]

143. Nobody laughed.

the silence was deafening.

[HeeBGBz]

47. I'm fixin to have an aneurism

Nearly crushed the remote in my paw. He is such a train wreck. I can't believe this freak.

Yay, in the "holiday spirit" he said we could ask questions. Whoopie for free speech.

[NRaleighLiberal]

48. There is a problem, all right....HE is the problem

[NRaleighLiberal]

49. System goes into thee red.....(this is really hard work.......)...

[digno dave]

51. "The system is going into the red, in other words more $ going out than

coming in". Thanks for clearting that up.

[Newsjock]

52. Now THAT'S a question!

Who was the mystery reporter who asked this one?

"Mr. President, the November election results in Ohio are in court over allegations of improper counting. If the results in Ohio ultimately show without a doubt that Senator Kerry was the winner there, even after your inauguration, will you vacate the office of the presidency?"

Well, sorry, I went off into fantasyland there for a second. Never mind.

[LibDemAlways]

63. No real journalist

with any integrity would ever be allowed to ask a hard-hitting question at a chimp press briefing. More whores in the room than at a Nevada brothel.

[Brundle_Fly]

55. President Bozo.

Get me to negotiate with myself...
Not going to negotiate with myself...

Don't bother to ask me, or ask...that's not the holiday spirit...

[berner59]

59. Speaking of holiday spirit...

How about letting Helen ask a question????

[Pirate Smile]

56. After four years he still manages to shock me about how he actually sounds

like a complete idiot. He really can't speak at a level above grade school kids. That may actually be an insult to grade schoolers.

[digno dave]

57. "can't use the $$(SS trust) to go to the track" HAHAHA

[ornotna]

58. I can't believe this man is our president

What an absolute idiot! :eyes:

[Pirate Smile]

60. He refuses to negotiate with himself - he has said this multiple times.

How brave of him. LOL

[Newsjock]

61. That's because he won't negotiate with terrorists

"But Uncle Karl told me I can't negotiate with terruhists."

[HeeBGBz]

72. I just got that

Geez, I'm thinking slow today. Belated Hahahahaha.

[Career Prole]

134. YES! Ooh, that's a good one!

:thumbsup: :D

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

127. He said...

..."I will not negotiate with myself......negotiate with myself.... get me to negotiate with myself...." so many times, I thought he was having a personality conflict with himself.

[Buns_of_Fire]

128. Trying to negotiate ANYTHING with boosh**

would be form of abuse to the negotiator. So I guess he's saying that he refuses to participate in self-abuse.

Coulda fooled me. :evilgrin:

Wanker.

[NRaleighLiberal]

62. OOOH NOOO.....Haad....Werk.....again!

[Brundle_Fly]

65. I finally understand

that being president might be hard work.

[HeeBGBz]

64. Hard work! Hard work!

I knew that would pop in somewhere.

[Tess49]

66. Despite my better judgment I've been trying to listen.

His incoherent ramblings are something, aren't they? Where's the box under the suit when he needs it? This is painful.

[NRaleighLiberal]

67. The gears are really struggling to turn now....VERY hard work to...

answer these questions.....very hard to do this self negotiation....

PATHETIC

[Carl Brennan]

68. Now he is giving that dumbshit smile/smirk and

telling the Press that he won't be tricked into showing his hand....tricked into "negotiating with himself". Should be: "Look I don't introspect, I don't look at myself, my motives, or admit my mistakes".

[NRaleighLiberal]

70. K-J-I can enrich uranium himself...what a clever dictator!

[digno dave]

73. 'Now, in terms of my vision for the future of the world" - I'm serious

he said that.

[TexasChick]

152. OMG! That's a clue - PNAC!! I would run, but where would I be safe? n/t

[Pirate Smile]

74. Karl must be searching for a hook to yank him off the stage.

He is defending all the spending.

"Senator Hastert"

Did he say "beheading" the budget?

[malaise]

78. On BBC

they cut coverage. The reporter then said he wondered if Bush read the same newspapers as the rest of the world - ROFTL - this dude is craZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[aquart]

129. No. Did he really say "Senator Hastert"????

Oy.

[Pirate Smile]

132. But he caught himself after he said. Good Boy!

[HeeBGBz]

75. He is dissentergrating before our eyes

Surely everyone sees this.

[Ms_Mary]

136. Has he had a stroke or something? nt

[freestyle]

77. Soc. Sec. from defined benefit to defined contribution

This is really bad, and bush slipped it in unchallenged. This change is what allowed pension plans to get totally screwed, and now he wants to bring to social security. Defined contribution a high risk of no reward. Social Security should not be about that.

Damn this guy is a disaster.

[Tess49]

79. "I readily concede I'm out of my lane".

No argument from me.

[Brundle_Fly]

80. BEHOLD pRESIDENT BOZO.

Part of reforming SS, is telling seniors they will get their check.

Lies?

[Pirate Smile]

81. The Daily Show will need at least 3 or 4 hours to deal with the verbal

gaffes, policy screw-ups and simply unbelievable comments.

Why do these asshats laugh at his stupid jokes?

edit to add: Every person that voted for this man should be forced to sit and watch this entire performance.

[malaise]

83. Disaster is a compliment

This is just awful.

[NRaleighLiberal]

82. OH.....MY......GOD....new faces....some prettier than others.....who does

he think he is? WHERE does he think he is? Doing a Mystery Science Theater 3000 play on an old western? He defines the word buffoon

[Career Prole]

84. "I'm pretending to be an actuary"?!

You're pretending to be a president, you embarrassing moron!

"Complex, complex hard work...and it's complex. And hard!"

Friggin' idiot. I watch his press conferences for the same reason many people watch NASCAR...to see the crashes.

[Massachusetts]

120. Excellent take.

Go PATS, squish the fish.

[Career Prole]

124. Remember all those years the late-season game

with Miami was pivotal? This year we have to worry about it being a "let-down" game.
I gotta admit though, since Bill Belichick came along there's not much let-down in the Pats. :D

Squoosh the Boosh!

[mcscajun]

147. You have to wonder...

...do many of his supporters watch his press conferences?

Or are we the only ones watching/reading/listening to these train wrecks?

gahd. Mencken was right.

[Career Prole]

149. The ones with all their teeth, probably not...

The others no doubt sit in goggle-eyed amazement at his "wisdom".
:puke:

[NYC]

155. H.L. Mencken re moronic president:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of
the people. On some great and glorious day the plain
folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at
last and the White House will be adorned by a
downright moron."

-- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

[NRaleighLiberal]

85. "There are some people in America that Americans won't do."...I

suppose he means those new people that don't have pretty faces??

[NRaleighLiberal]

86. "Help those that are needing to enforce our borders" - cut out the Coyotes

[NRaleighLiberal]

87. Compassionate....compassionate.....I am compassionate....compassionate....

[berner59]

94. It takes a foreign reporter to ask about OBL....

Bush is fumbling as usual..."staying on the hunt"... Also asked about torture at GITMO...he is totally ducking that issue saying we are a nation of laws...

STUPID stupid man...

[deadparrot]

88. "The administration's accomplishments"?

It'll be over by 10:30:05.

[Pirate Smile]

90. "Osama" question - Who is that?

[Brundle_Fly]

92. British Press.

[Pirate Smile]

95. Of course.

[Carl Brennan]

91. ...."become a citizen in legal matters"?

[Tess49]

93. Uh oh. The BBC reporter asked a real question

He'll be deported by noon.

[HeeBGBz]

96. Good on him for asking

What a bullshit answer though.

[berner59]

99. Rummy's a "good fella"...

OMG!!! Asked if he finds it offensive that Rummy didn't sign condolence letters and that was his response...!!!!

[aquart]

131. Doesn't "good fella" mean hit man?

In some circles?

[RuleofLaw]

Did he approve torture

He said that the US is a country of laws, BUT we must defend the country. To me that means if torture is necessary to protect the country then its OK.

Based upon his definition of what it means to defend the country. Essentially saying that he has the say over who can be tortured or not.

The convention against torture says, that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE IS TORTURE EVER ACCEPTABLE!

[NRaleighLiberal]

97. "I know secretary Rumsfeld's heart"......seen the anguish in his voice"

[Pirate Smile]

98. "I know Sec't Rumsfeld's heart" - "I've seen his eyes when we talk"

[MaineDem]

100. But he didn't answer the question!!!

Damn him.

Why are you willing to excuse Rummy for not signing the condolence letters? Why didn't he answer???

[giant_robot]

102. Did he truly answer any of the questions? n/t

edit: typo

[NRaleighLiberal]

101. Showing major signs of a HARD WORK breakdown.....struggling mightily

[malaise]

106. Even Condeceiver

is raising her brows at this level of stupidity. Damn the rest of the world should be tramautized.

[Pirate Smile]

113. Did it look like she was trying to shrink down in her seat?

[Supersedeas]

141. Condi had her chance to hide, instead she accepted a promotion...

a camera should be in her face everytime the Frat Boy in Chief has a press conference.

[NRaleighLiberal]

103. Is that a Cingular head????

[Newsjock]

104. He said HAPPY HOLIDAYS, not MERRY CHRISTMAS

Quick, alert the Christian Taliban. They won't be very happy about this AT ALL.

[HeeBGBz]

112. Smack to you fundies!

[Theres-a]

115. wooooooooooooooo!

:mad:

[NRaleighLiberal]

105. Happy Holidays? I thought it was all about CHRISTMAS to this bozo and....

his righties.....oh my, Dobson and Buchanon will be on this

[Theres-a]

116. oh goody!

[NRaleighLiberal]

107. If that was his final exam, what is his grade??? I give an F-

[Carl Brennan]

108. Rummy is "rough and gruff" but has a good heart. Nothing

wrong here, Rummy did nothing wrong. Every fucking thing Rummy has said about Iraq has been wrong, but not a thing is wrong.

[Pirate Smile]

109. OMG - He said Happy Holidays - Why does he hate Christmas? Why

is trying to destroy the moral fabric of this country?

CHRISTMAS UNDER SIEGE CONTINUES!!!

[Rose Siding]

118. Guess it's all up to O'Smelly now. sigh

Bush must be spending too much time in his "stable" to try to save Christmas.

[maxrandb]

133. Not to Worry. Rush and Insanity will come to the rescue

It never fails. Listen this afternoon if you can stand it, and by the time Dope Rush, Insanity, and Faux News are through analyzing this so called press conference, the dildo-heads will be convinced that it was Trumanesque, Reaganesque, Kennedyesque, and FDR all rolled into one.

What a great and strong, intelligent, bold and inspiring leader he will be.

Sorry folks, but I just can't make that shit up.

[0007]

144. ....his doctor gave him a license to shit in the streets.

[NRaleighLiberal]

110. Watching CNN - loads of explosive orgasm speak over his so called

performance - is it drugs, or massive payoffs?

[Supersedeas]

142. CNN is full Man of the Year mode--strong arm of Office of Disinformation

doing some hard werk.

[ornotna]

111. Ha!

"Happy Holidays" The Fundies are crapping their pants now.:evilgrin:

[Theres-a]

117. this should be good

:evilgrin:

[Brundle_Fly]

119. fundies.

I wonder how good they feel shrub hasnt mentioned the gay marriage question since election.

[Spacemom]

121. How Pathetic

It's just more of the same from the first debate with Kerry. I couldn't believe anyone would still vote for him after that debacle.

When are people going to wake up??? :mad: :nuke:

[0007]

123. ....I bet all the proud Yahoos that are watching junior,

are saying that "there will never be a better president"

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

130. I forced myself to

watch the speech and the q&a.
It was pain ful on several levels. We all know what a terrible speaker he is and it was no better today. I don't know how many times I heard the word terror but it was more than once.
Then the lame attempts at humor and lightness. He also appeared defensive and stated that one reporter was "trying to get me to re-negotiate with myself" or trip him up I guess. He voiced a concern that he felt as if some were trying to trap him in his statements.
All in all, a miserable attempt to tell us everyting was going ok and that overall the US, the world and the people in Iraq ware all better off due to the Saddam removal.
:puke:
edited for puking :)

[merh]

135. Video link on line

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6737149/

[Kay Autic]

137. ? of the day on MSNBC

"Do you have confidence in Rummy?"

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/


82% NO (Hey! I'm in the majority finally!!)

[rockedthevoteinMA]

140. they have the full press conference available at CSPAN

http://www.c-span.org/

[merh]

145. Thank you .

The other link is just a partial, doesn't include Q&A's and I hate the commercials.

[ally_sc]

153. Hope he trys to explain away...

How he ordered the abuse Iraq prisoners...