WH Press Briefing to scheduled to begin at 12:15 ET, 11:15 CT

[NicoleM]

Pass the popcorn. Should be a good show.

[spotbird]

1. Thanks, it is more fun than the Super Bowl these days.

If things continue this poorly they may stop holding them.

[spinbaby]

2. Who's carrying it?

Hope it's a channel I get.

[NicoleM]

3. CSPAN.

I doubt any of the networks will carry it. CNN might show a minute or two.

[Cat Atomic]

7. You think?

That would be awfully overt censorship of the news, since yesterday's press conference was so good. I'll be amazed if networks don't carry it, myself.

[Cat Atomic]

38. Well, I am blown away.

Stunning. Covered nowhere.

I am truly both shocked and awed.

[Terwilliger]

10. C-SPAN has a hearing...they probably won't cut away nt

[mouse7]

16. CSPAN has same hearing feed on CSPAN and CSPAN3

Same Super Bowl Hearing is being shown on CSPAN and CSPAN3 right now. Looks like they are trying to hide the press briefing.

[Terwilliger]

18. You know a short tit-flash is more important than Bush's history

"Ohhhhh! What about the future?? Why are you so negative??" :eyes:

[Loonman]

4. Watch McClellen get shellacked, again

Sweet!

[calimary]

11. Yesterday, I remember thinking - "I bet Scott needed a drink afterwards."

If I'd just been through that, it's probably what I would have done. And if so, I bet he wasn't the only guy in the building wanting to hide inside some bottle (or maybe actually doing it).

[AZCat]

12. Let's see if today he has one before...

He might need a little "courage" to get through it today!
Maybe they could play a little drinking game-
Scotty has to take a drink every time he refuses to answer a question!
Then we'd get to the bottom of this really quick...
:)

[arcane1]

20. he needed to boot black tar heroin after yesterday

it was beautiful :D

[truthspeaker]

5. Let's see if any reporters from yesterday didn't get invited back.

[CityZen-X]

6. C-Span?

Is it on C-Span?

[AZCat]

8. The WH web page has a link (video)...

www.whitehouse.gov

It's been slow getting started lately. Probably won't be on until 12:30+

[proud patriot]

9. Okay

I'll tune in , right now I'm watching the FCC hearing.

[Terwilliger]

13. Greenspan on C3

media blackout of the WH briefing today???

[nostamj]

14. WH link showing a 'test pattern'

late briefing, or, ???

[AZCat]

15. Yup- late.

It takes a while for them to get started. Yesterday the link was active for ~15 minutes before they went to a live shot of the podium. Even then the "gaggle" didn't start for a bit.

[Emboldened Chimp]

17. Lil' Scottie is still cleaning his shorts from yesterday...

[Tripper11]

19. I turned to CSPAN to see Paul Tagliabue of the NFL

explaining the terrorism of the half time boob show...unfreakingbelievable!!!! :mad::mad::mad:

[ComerPerro]

21. Me too

:puke:

[Tripper11]

22. Looks like it's about to start....

I didn't realize the WH did a webcast...thanks!

[underpants]

23. Whitehouse.gov has streaming video NOW!!! It's about to be ON!!

www.whitehouse.gov

[nostamj]

24. and you haven't missed a question yet!

connect connect!

[SoCalDem]

34. Just watch.. things will get tough and Scotty will....

cut to the guy from India or to Russell :eyes:

ahh.. stream just came on and of course the topic is "gay marriage",,

as important as that is.. we NEED to get back to AWOL.. come on guys..

hit him hard ...

[NicoleM]

25. It's not on any of my TV stations

CSPAN seems to be sticking with the Nipplegate hearing. Nothing on CNN or CNBC yet. I'm listening to whitehouse.gov.

[demnan]

26. Yeah, same here

a news blackout. I am so not surprised.

[Tripper11]

30. Amazing...AWOL questions are boiling, the shit is hitting the fan...

and even CSPAN is more concerned with boob coverage.

[AZCat]

28. CSPAN seems to have given control over to the evilcons

Fox this morning, skipping out on yesterday's press conference, no coverage today...
Thank Al Gore for the internet! :)

[underpants]

Videos of Brit Hume and Jim Angle on their Watch page.

Why?

[Terwilliger]

32. yep...ZERO tv coverage

[underpants]

27. W to speak about the WMD bogeyman today taking ?'s now

Pakistan is continuing to investigate blah blah blah.

[Don Claybrook]

29. Can the White House not afford more bandwidth?

It's started streaming from whitehouse.gov, but the quality is terrible and it keeps dropping out. I assume it's not showing on any of the CSPAN channels?

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[mouse7]

33. FEAR FEAR SHOP and Gay Bashing so far. n/t

[Tripper11]

35. Grovelbot!!!!!

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

39. ImporDant.. Can ANY of these people speak english????

:grr:

[SoCalDem]

46. Why is the press letting McClellan set the tone. It's THEIR job to do that

Rove told ole Scotty... Talk about

gays...
activist judges
gay marriage
civil unions

and if all else fails

tax cuts
family values


do not mention awol..nat'l guard..war record..etc etc etc

[AZCat]

36. Does anyone have a smooth connex from the WH web site?

I can't even get the audio to come in smoothly.
If anyone can, could you keep us updated?

[Tripper11]

37. Nope..it's not bad..I have cable..

but it is choppy and and goes througha reconnect once in a while..I listening because watching stop motion is not my bag.

[Shopaholic]

40. Why no TV coverage??????

Censorship--again--why am I not surprised??????

[NicoleM]

44. They're talking about

gay marriage right now. Nothing new there so far.

[nostamj]

45. on dial-up the image is jerky

but the sounds is pretty good

they're blathering about 'gay marriage' and *'s believes in the SACRED INSTITUTION of marriage.

the gov't needs to stay out of SACRED institutions

[Terwilliger]

41. Powell LIVE on CNN...Greenspan LIVE on CNBC

Simple Scotty ain't LIVE

[Terwilliger]

43. Kennedy on C-SPAN2

[goclark]

58. Kennedy is on my CSPAN

He is blasting away on the economy!
He has charts and everything.
Talking about the average wages and directing his remarks to "Mr. President" he is screaming more than Dean
Go Ted! His voice is cracking he is so mad!

[mouse7]

42. ...and more gay bashing... n/t

[grasswire]

49. I believe...

..the WH is scheduling other briefings to conflict. Yesterday Rummy had a briefing that stole immediate reaction to the WH briefing.

[mouse7]

53. John King asked "Was 'Slick Willie' charge garbage tossing?" n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

47. "sacred institution" "sanctity of marriage"

This may seem a bit hypocritical coming from England, but whatever happened to separation of church and state? Since when was it the job of the Constitution to uphold sacredness?

[NicoleM]

48. Here we go.

"We released the documents."

"We hope that this level of discourse is not what the American people can expect from the Democratic party in this campaign." !!

[Tripper11]

51. Push hard reporters..don't let up!!!!!

Those documents were unintelligible at best!

[truthspeaker]

50. "we released [pause] documents"

Not ALL the documents. I don't think Scottie's cut out for this job. They need a used car salesman or a carnival barker.

[underpants]

52. Asks if Poppa's call on Clinton "Trolling for trash"?

Poppa said then that Bill should release his record.

Now? Scotty says that it is 9 months (math?) from election. This is what to expect from the Dems.

We thought we released all the pertinent information.

[Shopaholic]

54. So what happened in 1996 doesn't count in 2004

if the shoe is on the other foot???????

[Shopaholic]

56. Honest discussion? Oh please.

[underpants]

59. "some people don't want the facts" "Let's talk about the issues"

said "Trolling for trash" twice.

No question that he served.

[nostamj]

55. this is "gutter politics"

"trolling for trash"

"the american people deserve better"

well, one out of three scottie!

[Cat Atomic]

57. Freepers, here is your liberal media.

Bias through omission.

[underpants]

60. Votes for DC? "There is a reason it was set up as a district"

The president has made his position on this very clear (I'm guessing he is against it)

[underpants]

63. "are you going to resolve this (AWOL)? There is plenty of time....

The questioner cited Kerry's statements in '92 about Vietnam being pulled back up....then (same reporter I think) asked if the WH is offended that a party that nominated a candidate who never served?

Who was that?

[Terwilliger]

61. Not ONE "news" network covering this press conf.

edit: spelling

un-FREEPIN'-believable!!!!

[AZCat]

62. They must have all been sent the "memo"

Rove must have been a busy little boy yesterday...

[Q]

73. Scottie is not answering ANY questions regarding Bush's* service...

...record...saying he won't participate in "GUTTER POLITICS" AND THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

- That's it folks. The press is 'moving on' to other issues.

[Jawja]

84. That's okay,

CBS and ABC will cover it tonight without Scottie's spin. The public will miss the gay bashing and the sucking up to the religious freaks.

[Shopaholic]

64. We need to complain to the news networks NOW!

[grasswire]

65. those ringers ...did you hear them?

They were probably asked by the FREEPER who has been given WH press credentials. Check my thread in GD for info on him.

[NicoleM]

66. Damn.

This SUCKS so far.

[grasswire]

71. more on AWOL

McLellan calls it "gutter politics" and then refuses to answer Bumiller's questions about the physical. Why did Bush miss his physical?

McLellan: No gutter politics. Going to focus on ways to make the world safer. I think the American people deserve better. We've been through these issues.

NO GUTTER POLITICS!! Don't ask der fuehrer anything!

[NicoleM]

72. Spoke too soon.

Scott refuses to answer why GW didn't take his physical in '72. Keeps saying "gutter politics, gutter politics." Then he was asked why it's gutter politics to ask the question, and he keeps saying it's been addressed already. But he WON'T answer.

[Jawja]

85. He should ask

Scottie if calling Max Cleland unpatriotic is not "gutter politics"

on edit: This "gutter politics" meme has the capacity to backfire. They have just set the standard for this year's campaign.

[underpants]

67. "imminent threat" from transcript is being taken out of context

Hey guess what the guy from India gets a question now.

Scott and the reporter were really getting into it

"Read the transcript"
"I am it says..."
"No that is not what it says"

[underpants]

69. Just asked about the PHYSICAL

More trolling for trash. I won't engage in gutter politics.

Reporter"What was the answer before...." "What before now?" Mummble mumble.

[qanda]

68. "Why did he miss his physical?"

Scotty: "I'm not going to engage in gutter politics."

[Don Claybrook]

70. Oh boy...sounds like the Freeper is loose in the briefing room again

Some wingnut reporter quoted Kerry from 92 (I think) saying that we shouldn't be holding people's views and service from Vietnam against them. The reporter then asked if Bush intended to put a stop to this line of questioning from Kerry right now, or words to that effect.

I have news for the freep "journalist": Kerry's not the one pushing it. The press (miracle of miracles) is actually pushing the story, as they should.

[mouse7]

74. They're getting feisty about the physical again.

He won't answer a word about the physical. Not a word. Says it's been covered in previous years and it's gutter politics.

[grasswire]

76. it was...

...Elizabeth Bumiller of the NYT who pressed him on the physical. She didn't get far.

[AZCat]

77. That f**ker! Who gave him the right to define what's news?

The right defined Clinton's penis as news, and this certainly isn't as low on the pandering scale as that!

[JohnyCanuck]

78. It's been covered alright. As in covered right up, n/t

n/t

[barbaraann]

83. George Bush had a GUTTER LIFESTYLE.

Also, prying into Bill Clinton's sex life was gutter politics. Did that stop the GOP pantysniffers?

[Terwilliger]

75. Coming up on CNN LIVE....NOTHING about AWOL

I guess somebody told the media that they were acting too much like journalists!!! :nuke: :nuke:

[Shopaholic]

79. Censorship

We want to see this on the air!!!! They're censoring the news!

[Terwilliger]

80. they're not censoring the news

they're just making new news that drowns out AWOL

[DeepModem Mom]

86. Outrageous not live after yesterday; how I wish we had rapid response...

capacity, in great numbers, when these things happen. With news increasingly presented as entertainment, there is no excuse not to have covered today's press briefing, which, without a doubt, would be "good television." Censorship, self- or otherwise, is the only reason I can come up with.

[nostamj]

81. well, another episode of

MY BIG FAT OBNOXIOUS PRESS SECRETARY

mostly OBNOXIOUS of course.

don't have a new lie, don't answer the question.

:grr::nuke::grr:

[Terwilliger]

82. Faux talking about Bush "problems", but NO AWOL