WH PRESS BRIEFING UP -- SCOTTY COMES BACK FOR MORE

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:popcorn:

[cyberpj]

1. I'm there. nt.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. It's still not on ???? Cspan - no, cnn - no.

[acmejack]

6. whitehouse.gov

[mzteris]

104. waaa - i can't get on

says I don't have enough network bandwith? I have DSL and everything else closed. What's up with that?

[karlrschneider]

11. Just found it on c-span 1

...

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. WooHoo! This should be fun!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Darwins Finch]

4. Please feed the cubies!

:7

[wtmusic]

5. Leading with the Supreme Court nominee

of course...moderate...consulting with everyone on the planet...mm-hmm

[bettyellen]

7. scotus blah blah blah

[bettyellen]

8. leak gate

wooo hooo

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9. Rove on the table... and CHUM IN THE WATER!!@!

[bettyellen]

14. shark week on the discovery channel

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17. Calling him on the contradiction between firing anyone who was

"involved" vs anyone who "committed a crime"

Scotty stonewalling

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18. Helen WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON!!!

Love it!!!

[Mad_Dem_X]

33. Did she say that? Brava, Helen!

She's awesome. :applause:

[wtmusic]

42. I couldn't believe it

Totally apropos, totally Helen. :thumbsup:

[LizW]

10. 1st Q: Terry Moran - President "raised the bar"

Scottie denies that it was changed!

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Terence Hunt sticking with the involved/crime issue. Scotty accuses him

of trying to read more into it!

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Helen Thomas!! Woot! "2 years and you can't find out

what the hell is going on?"

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Bob Franken asking what constitutes a crime.

[GreenPartyVoter]

34. April Ryan asking if the WH has regret over what was done to the Wilson

Family.

Scotty says this is getting into the investigation area...

[Bumblebee]

106. It wasn't Moran

watching it on C-Span it was obvious to me that neither Moran, nor Gregory or Roberts were there

[Jane Austin]

123. I didn't see Terry Moran there today.

Nor David Gregory or John Roberts.

Did the big three networks boycott Scotty's ever-more useless press briefings?

[Theres-a]

12. Impordant

x(

[senseandsensibility]

28. and dinut for ddn't and shunut for shouldn't

he sounds like a lispy teenage girl.

[cyberpj]

13. let's consolidate watchers - here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4128944

[emulatorloo]

15. He seems sedated -- an Xtra Xanax, maybe. . .

[Theres-a]

19. I love,love,love,LOVE Helen!

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Helen!

HELEN!!! can't he just call in KKKRove and ask him what the HELL is going on??" Hahahahaha! WTG, Helen!

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. April Ryan...what has this done to the Wilson family?

and Wilson said the American people deserve an apology and his family was collateral damage. Scotty refuses to answer.

[LizW]

21. Helen!!

Why the hell can't Bush call Rove in and get the answers?

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23. Scotty getting pissed..;

[emulatorloo]

24. Xanax not strong enough. . . .

[emulatorloo]

32. CNN:"committed a crime" phrase - President trying to run out the clock???

[shadowknows69]

25. this is nearly orgasmic

n/t

[shadowknows69]

31. just keep kicking

fuk you scott you fuking lying adminstration whore. I'm ashamed I share a name with you.

[uppityperson]

26. Is this Helen? Go woman go.

not to prejudge the outcome blah blah blah

[wtmusic]

27. Not letting up

Stay on this lying MF...

[dogday]

30. I am so glad, they have done Helen wrong nt

[dogday]

35. Is there any regret from the WH for

what they did to the Wilson Family? Scotty, uh uh uh uh....

[bettyellen]

36. is there regret what you did to the wilson family?

president knowledgged before leak was a serious problem

[shadowknows69]

49. this guys a plant!!!

WTF

[WLKjr]

38. Did someone say that Helen Thomas just said

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?



(sorry, even with a T1 line at school it's still shitty slow and cuts out on Realplayer)

[LizW]

39. Yes.

Maybe not exactly that, but the word HELL was in there.

[bettyellen]

she said bush should ash rove that

beautiful

[maddezmom]

41. yup...she kicked Scotty's butt

[in_cog_ni_to]

43. She said,

"Why doesn't Bush just call Rove into his office and ask him what the hell is going on?" :) I love that woman. :loveya:

[WLKjr]

76. brief and to the point,

you have to love that about her questions.

[dogday]

40. What did the guy from India say?

[LizW]

44. I'm having a hard time hearing the questions.

[Lex]

45. It was an insult that Bush only allowed 2 questions for each

is what I think he said.

[bettyellen]

46. something about protocall they found insulting?

from india's leader visit today.

[Lex]

56. Bush only allowed 2 questions for him and 2 for the Indian leader.

The reporter said that was insulting.

[Bumblebee]

97. No he meant that it was insulting because

all questions were about Rove and the Indian leader was there (the reporter is also Indian) -- so it was insulting to the foreign leader. That was criticism of the WH correpondents

[LSK]

47. NOTHING NEW HERE, CANNOT COMMENT WHIILE BLAH BLAH BLAH

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48. Les Kinsolving spinning his ass off again blah blah blah

[tridim]

51. ..and lying about what Wilson said on CNN

What a fuckhead.

[Catholic Sensation]

52. this guy is quoting noted lies

how do they get away with this shit?

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. But Scotty still gave him the stock "investigation" answer

[LizW]

53. What kind of drugs is Les on? n/t

[BrainRants]

61. He does sound wacky.

Wasn't he a goof on Franken last week too?

[emulatorloo]

63. KMTP

Ken Mehlman Talking Points -- very toxic and addictive apparently

[bettyellen]

58. yes, they will not stop. bush changed his wording....

and scotty wants them to drop it.

[Lex]

62. Les is repeating debunked 'facts.' He's nuts.

[Lecky]

110. Les' role is comic relief

He's crazy as hell.

[Goldmund]

50. Is that Gannon???

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57. Gannon's illegitimate bastard father nt

[wtmusic]

68. Ooh Scotties buttons being pushed...keep at it press corps....

:evilgrin:

[shadowknows69]

60. don't anyone bring up the DSM or anything

Congress is still waiting for a response from that letter too.

[bettyellen]

115. nope, they blew it again

shit.

[wtmusic]

54. Does Junior believe in using rubbers?

[dogday]

59. Calling Scotty on his statements

as compared to Bush's statements. Scottie not talking about that either....

[bettyellen]

66. why is mehlman adressing it if you won't?

[in_cog_ni_to]

64. EVERY QUESTION IS ABOUT PLAME!!!!!

This is too SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET for words! :woohoo:

[LizW]

70. And he has not answered one!

Every single answer is a dodge.

[aquart]

90. Wow. Think this story has legs?

<giggle>

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. Won't answer about Libby or Abrams either.

[LSK]

67. asked about Scooter

You said 2 years ago Libby had nothing to do with it.

I will not comment on an ongoing investigation.

[Innoma]

69. Man, Its All Rove, All The Time...

Aside from a few odd questions and statements by reporters, its been scathing again. I love it!

[tridim]

75. Scotty only answers questions from the foreign press

Amazing.

[Catholic Sensation]

71. Scott, is it true that your penis is only two inches long erect?

We all want to know what the facts are, and I'll be answering more clearly when the investigation complete.

[dogday]

72. Scottie thinking - Thank God for foreign reporters nt

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78. LOL no kidding

who speak...very...slowly :D

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73. "Is their any coordinating answers with GOP?"

Of course not! They wouldn't be doing anything like that!!!

[emulatorloo]

80. If somebody could definatively tie Rove to these talking points it would

be very cool. . .and you know that he is coordinating it.

[flvegan]

74. There's certainly blood in the water, and the sharks seem hungry.

[bettyellen]

79. it's shark week on the discovery channel

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

120. Sharks haven't had a good feed since 2000...

It's their own damned fault, of course, but with a lame duck President in office, maybe they've decided that they don't give a rat's ass about "access" any more.

Hey, Press Corps! They don't give out Pulitzers for stenography!

[bettyellen]

77. i think i've adressed this issue.

i think i've adressed this issue. i think i've adressed this issue. i think i've adressed this issue. i think i've adressed this issue. i think i've adressed this issue. i think i've adressed this issue.
without answers.

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81. The best we can hope for

is to get him pissed off enough to say something damaging.

[annabanana]

82. he "addresses" them ALL.... then forgets the stamp..

addresses everyting
answers nothing

[GreenPartyVoter]

hehe. priceless!

[shadowknows69]

84. yeah cafta is going to help our job market

n/t

[spindoctor]

85. But are you SURE you addressed this issue?

Or did you address the issue by saying you addressed it after you said you weren't going to comment on it?

[bettyellen]

91. your the docotor, fix this man's spin.....

he's lost it.

[spindoctor]

98. Some things are beyond repair

Recycling might be an option but Ari quit for a reason. ;)

[bettyellen]

112. they're falling and can't get up

[wtmusic]

117. you are too funny b.e.

:D

[bettyellen]

122. :D thanks

i love helen fucking thomas
:bounce:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

86. We are waiting for the investigation...

waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation
waiting for the investigation

[bettyellen]

101. it 's got a nice beat

but i can't dance to it.
:hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

105. They sure can!

:hug:

[bettyellen]

111. they got no soul

and if they got down, i'd never let em get up again.
i just sent you a love note.
:loveya:

[LSK]

83. will the PResident talk to the Indian PM about outsourcing jobs

Economy is strong, pass CAFTA, blah blah blah

could have just said NO.

[dogday]

87. The American People want the crooks out of the WH! nt

[Lex]

92. If they've seen the latest polls, they'd know the American people

think Bush sucks.

[dogday]

93. MSNBC had a poll on whether Karl Rove deserves apology

95% said NO

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88. Scotty patting the reporters who ask the "right" questions on the head

:puke:

[in_cog_ni_to]

89. OH PLEASE! They're going to focus on getting things done.

That's what the people want. :eyes:

[shadowknows69]

102. someone should ask

what happens if Saddam is aquitted and reinstated as President

[wtmusic]

94. Connie: "How are you holding out?"

hahaha. "You're all just doing your job...". Yeah, and you're not.

[gardenista]

113. Notice she didn't say "holding up" Could be interpreted in a few ways...

Holding out is exactly what Scotty is doing.

[wtmusic]

114. good catch

:thumbsup:

[Innoma]

95. So, who IS this Kinsolving character?

During every press conference he sounds like such a, well ... nutcase! I admit to not being all too familiar with those in the press corp.

[wtmusic]

107. admin shill

filling in for Guckert while GG deals with his personal issues

http://www.leskinsolving.com/

[LizW]

96. Aw, man! They're letting him off the hook! n/t

[BrainRants]

99. From Americablog for the cubies

Scottie is saying the president hasn't changed his standard. We want to know what the facts are.

Q. But you had said that anyone involved with this would no longer be in this administration, you didn't say anyone who committed a crime.

A. Yeah, we've been through these issues over the past week, I know what was said previously.

Q. Did the president equate the word leaking to a crime? Is the only threshold for firing someone involved being charged with a crime?

Q. Two years and he can't call Rove in and find out what the hell is going on? (Helen Thomas, love her) All he has to do is call him in?

A. Because there's an investigation continuing at this point, the appropriate people handling these issues are the people investigating this investigation.

Q. We don't know all the facts, but we know some of the facts. Given the facts you said these men didn't discuss a CIA agent's identitity, does the white house have a credibility problem?

A. No.

Q. You made statements that have proven to be untrue.

Q. Given the new formulation of somebody committing a crime....

A. I'm not going to add to what the president said...

Q. What about president's previous statements. Do they remain operative? (funny, the media is using Watergate language here, statements remaining "operative")

Q. Dancing around definitional issue. You're telling us there's nothing new in what the president said today, yet you said before that someone would be fired if they were even involved in the leak. The president appears to have set up a higher bar. They are not the same thing on their face.

A. I would not read anything into it more than what the president said.

Q. You said you talked to Scooter and Rove and Abrams, you said they weren't involved. Do you stand by that?

A. blah blah blah

Q. Has the president asked Karl Rove to detail any involvement he's had.

A. The president directed the White House to cooperate fully.

Q. Has the prosecutor asked the White House not to speak to his top aides about this topic?

A. You can ask the prosecutor.

Q. Has the White House coordinated with the RNC and GOP members of congress on this issue?

A. I answered that last week.

[LSK]

100. Saddam will face Iraqi justice

Off with their heads!

[Catholic Sensation]

121. I think he means they'll throw him into a lion's den

as they did with the prophet Daniel, unless Saddam can tell former Coalition President Paul Bremer what the meaning of his dream is!

[in_cog_ni_to]

103. Well, that was short.

:(

[Catholic Sensation]

108. yeah, hell some republicans are able to have sex longer than this

press conference was.

[spindoctor]

109. And thus NOBODY connected the case for war.....again.

Every time the corps seems to wake up, the WH throws some extra hypnose artists at them and they go right back to ...ZZZ...zzzzzz....zzzzzz...

[Catholic Sensation]

116. didn't you hear, the economy is at the top of the agenda

not the war in Iraq.

[spindoctor]

118. LOL...who's agenda should our noble press corps follow?

Here's a thought. We should outsource our reporters. Unlike customer services, in this particular setting the guy from Bangkok made more sense than the guy from Chicago....

...and for less than half the salary.

[Catholic Sensation]

119. should we have PAFTA instead of CAFTA?

PAnjabi Free Trade Agreement, where we trade shitty American journalists for aspiring journalists from Pakistan, India, Bangkok, and Nepal. Fox News sure would be more interesting, I'll tell you that.