*** MCLELLAN BBQ LIVE THREAD ****

[Goldmund]

www.whitehouse.gov



:popcorn:

[Ian David]

1. Do you think The Whore House has noticed an increase in traffic? n/t

[Lars39]

2. lol Love the title! eom

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Good one..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I'm ready..

[seshers]

4. Who will feed the cube rats?

How about a play by play?

[underpants]

5. Live action shot of Scottie

[Ian David]

10. How many minutes into it until Les throws Scotty a lifeline? n/t

I say five minutes into Q&A

[realFedUp]

6. apple in his mouth?

pass the poi please

[Cocoa]

11. can't forget the apple

[realFedUp]

17. I'm feeling sorry for the apple

:-) thanks for that graphic!

[seshers]

7. Any questions yet?

[Goldmund]

8. Not yet, will keep everyone posted

[seshers]

13. Thank you

And my cube thanks you, too

[LifeDuringWartime]

14. so far

just opening statements about bombings in london, hightened alert on US mass transit

[The Witch]

9. Where are my PICKLES?!

damn it!

(Oh, wait, is she still in Africa or something?)

[Ian David]

That was what, 3 questions into it that they started with Karl? n/t

[Goldmund]

12. Scotty begins with London

"...something I know you all are interested in..."

[seshers]

16. Not unless he's confessing to the bombings himself

[underpants]

Just told his first lie

~"We take all threats seriously"

[Goldmund]

15. 1st question about London

[The Witch]

18. Dear Scottie, is there any reason we should even

be here today? Is there any chance you're going to say anything?

[LifeDuringWartime]

19. 2nd Q: why does karl rove still have security clearance

hehehe...helen thomas?

[seshers]

24. Whoo hoo

[senseandsensibility]

25. Go Helen,Go Helen

Back her up, lapdogs.

[The Witch]

20. HELENNNNNNNNNNNNNN

i love you

[LifeDuringWartime]

26. somebody else jumping in now

nT

[leveymg]

21. "abundance of caution" Why not during summer '01?

[Goldmund]

22. HELEN ASKING ABOUT PLAME

Scotty: "not gonna prejudge..." "media reports..." "questions have been answered"

[Mandate My Ass]

23. Hlen grillinghim about rove

still having a security clearance

[underpants]

28. Gregory asking about WaPo story on the State Dept. memo

Scottie just gave a SMART ASSED answer

"Thank you for wanting to continue this investigation from this room"

[Mandate My Ass]

34. He's cracking

or he just got tired of repeating "ongoing investigation."

[GreenPartyVoter]

I heard that. What a putz

[Mandate My Ass]

27. blanket statement of absolution which turned out not true

also not true that journalists allegedly educated rove.

Now we're aware that SoS had memo which indicated who she was and what she did.

[underpants]

35. "Thank you for wanting to continue this investigation from this room"

what a smart ass

[gkhouston]

107. oh, that was a mistake

they'll come back at him even harder, and on other issues. Forget getting an easy ride for your SCOTUS nominee now, Scotty.

[Goldmund]

29. Gregory

"Did the WH know about the memo from today's WaPo"

"Rove's attorneys are raising a lot of these questions"

Scotty not commenting

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. The Whitehouse gov link is crappy. Why isn't C-Span covering this?

[LifeDuringWartime]

36. its working fine for me

C-Span has to cover the house and/or senate if they are in session

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. No pictures.. and the audio is crunchy and garbled

[Kolesar]

44. All I get is the "red x" meaning image will not download...wah

[Ioo]

31. LOL,

He is getting grilled

[soothsayer]

32. Oooh, this is good! Keeping up the heat on Rove!

[ozymandius]

33. Thing is: I love elephants.

And it just galls me to see what Republicans are doing to their image as a mascot.

[Ian David]

38. Good. They're grilling him on the transport security budget now

poor scotty

[Mandate My Ass]

39. nukular free peninshula

what a perfect spokesperson for Chimpy.

Equally poor grasp of the language.

[Goldmund]

40. LOL I know

:rofl:

[Mandate My Ass]

45. He said it three times. It must be impordund.

:rofl:

[globalvillage]

41. Damn, he did it again!

[soothsayer]

42. lol! I caught that too

[underpants]

43. Just said "peninshula" again

Well, I guess it IS after noon :beer:

[Ioo]

48. He is a broken record

[Innoma]

47. "Like I said, We've already covered that, no comment, move forward"

That pretty much covers Scott'e entire repetoire, doesn't it?

[globalvillage]

56. Is that where this guy lives?

[shadowknows69]

46. what diplomatic front

oh the coalition is 90 countries now ok

[Mandate My Ass]

49. terrists want to shake our world

OMG. Comedy Central has nothing on this guy.

[Skidmore]

58. Isn't that the truth? Don't you get the impression that this whole

crew see themselves as the stars of some spectacular blockbuster movie hit?

[The Witch]

50. K, bored now.

c'mon. my scottieburger's never gonna be well done at this rate.

[seshers]

53. Well done, if you please

Burn Baby Burn

[Ioo]

51. Democracy or die!

what a joke

[shadowknows69]

52. Why can't someone ask

why the war on terror isn't keeping the UK safe.

[shadowknows69]

54. there were other attacks other than 9/11?

Bush has no regard for human life.

[helderheid]

59. yes

That would be nice

And what the hell is this spreading of freedom and democracy? SINCE THE FUCK WHEN?

[underpants]

55. Reviewing the terrorists history

Beirut
WTC'93
9/11

[The Witch]

57. terrists have been at work for 2 decades

Then whatTF was different about 9-11? Oh yeah, that it happened HERE.

[shadowknows69]

64. foreign reporter after a Rove ?

just like clockwork

[I_Make_Mistakes]

65. Is it still an ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTAGATION or

did they change to ongoing investigation. They play with words and we must not let them get away with it.

[Goldmund]

60. Terrais seek to spread ideology of hatred

fightum there so we don't have to fightum here

9/11

look the other way

spread freedum and democracy

hateful ideology

spread fear and chaos

shake the will

we are united in our resolve

[Goldmund]

63. "Did any WH official on AF1 see the memo?"

"My answer hasn't changed"

[Ioo]

61. We are back

[Mandate My Ass]

62. shake the world of the civilized world

they can't shake our world.

I'm just glad I don't live there. What a putz.

[Ioo]

66. Iraq was not central, until you made it one, you ass

[Goldmund]

67. "FIGHT THEM THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT THEM HERE"

Straight fucking face.

[soothsayer]

75. Too bad the Brits didn't think to do that. Only the US is safe now.

[Bumblebee]

He did sort of stumbled/paused a bit

between "fighting them there" and... "not fighting them here." As if even he had some second thoughts as to whether he can quite do it with a straight face given that it was London that the question was about...

[seshers]

68. C'mon guys

Keep the heat on

[leveymg]

69. Fight Terra ideology - fight them abroad so we don;t fight them here.

Totally missed point of question about how the London bombings disprove the flypaper theory. Another Q; 2/3 Britains make the connection - again no response.

[underpants]

70. TERRORISTS made Iraq the central front in the war on terrorism

I thought W did.

Fight them there not here.........

[leveymg]

78. PATRIOT Act renewal - repeats wall myth theory about 9/11

Lots of safeguards to protect our liberties. :eyes:

[Mandate My Ass]

71. "we're fighting them there."...you can fill in the rest

Just once I wish the prss would shout out the catchphrases as he's repeating them over and over again.

[shadowknows69]

80. We're attacking innocent civilians in Falljah

again right now you murderous fuks

[Clark2008]

102. LOL!

That would be hilarious!

They could finish the sentences for him, then point out that a press secretary should provide answers - that's his whole fucking job!

[Mandate My Ass]

134. I know

I can't believe they listen to this shit every day over and over again. If just once they chimed in when he started going on about spreading freedom an democracy, or fighting them there, or ongoing investigation, he might actually have to answer a $^&*# question. Or at least stand there all flummoxed looking like the fool he is.

[merh]

140. Like the Rocky Horror Picture Show audience.

Gawd, wouldn't that be a great comedy bit! Even better, wouldn't it be great if the press actually did that.

:rofl:

[irancontra]

THE PATRIARCH ACT.

[globalvillage]

81. I thought he said the pastry act

Can't have a bbq without some pastry.

[LifeDuringWartime]

72. anybody else's connection going funny?

i missed the last question about the state department memo

[Ioo]

73. Here is a Question I want to hear...

When you say fight them abroad, do you mean London?

[LifeDuringWartime]

77. that would be a hoot

does helen thomas have access to email in there?

[Mandate My Ass]

74. Patriot act is impordund

We have an impordund. I sense there will be more.

[Cocoa]

76. has anyone asked about Bush fucking up the UK investigation?

the investigation about the very people that pulled off the London attack?

[LifeDuringWartime]

not that i've seen

unfortunately

[leveymg]

82. No - but that's an "ongoing investigation"

[Ioo]

79. Pakastan as Terrorist Training Camps...

How long does he think the American people are going to hear the same thing before they scream...

[underpants]

LESTER!!!!!!!!!

[underpants]

89. Question about Md. Erlich

Bush loves him.

[underpants]

93. Has the Prez ever asked anyone to boycott talk radio

Never been done.

No idea why that is relevant to anything

[Cocoa]

99. what relevance lies in the heart of any Les question

only Les knows.

[underpants]

111. LOL

He did gobble up a lot of time with two useless questions

[shadowknows69]

90. WTF

sombody has to call this asshole out again. HELEN!!!

[Ioo]

91. Of cource Bush loves MD Gov...

He is just as much as doof as Bush is...

[Ioo]

83. LES time!

[Goldmund]

84. Les Kingannon up now

[Ian David]

85. It's LES!!! n/t

[merh]

142. Don't you think Les is perfect for this WH

Instead of frozen turkeys, they use plastic turkeys, but all in all brilliant and reliable. :sarcasm:

[The Witch]

86. Les is More, talking about Erl-ICK

what EVER

[Mandate My Ass]

87. pres congratulated Ehrlich for surplus

Has pres had comment on Ehrlich being sued by the Sun?

[Cocoa]

88. wtf is Les asking about?

[The Witch]

92. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE!

something about talk radio...

[Mandate My Ass]

97. something about a soft boycott

I got check out the Balt Sun and see who's suing Ehrlich for what.

He was asking if the pres was aware of that when he was congratulating him about the surplus.

[shadowknows69]

96. AARRRGGGHHHH

and to overturn Roe V Wade

[proud patriot]

94. Thanks for the play by play

I'm babysitting and the kids have the T.V.

[seshers]

101. I agree. Thank you people.

[Goldmund]

106. That's what friends are for, and much much more

:)

[Goldmund]

95. "Are you surprised that Democrats have been so reticent about Roberts"?

He's not surprised that Democrats recognize that Roberts is exceptional, as the Pretzelduntz does.

[crispini]

98. Ha! Great starting graphic!

Thanks, all, for feeding the cube rats...

[irancontra]

100. Anyone else think this is a depressing charade by Scotty & Press?

THis country is fucked. It looks bleak.

[Goldmund]

104. Grab a beer

[irancontra]

114. lol. already smokin my leaves.

[seshers]

119. WHAT!

You had better pass it around

[irancontra]

129. pass..pass..

[soothsayer]

124. Watching congressional 'hearings' is more depressing. That

whole thing is so make believe. People pretending to be mad but then clapping each other on the back 5 minutes later. It's all a show.

[Ioo]

103. What a spin... On hearing on Karl

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

105. the w house sign...

their subliminal efforts are backfiring now that scotty is being asked hard questions about treason.

[seshers]

112. Can you please explain that

in greater depth?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

136. sure

the sign is positioned so its height and scotty's head blocks out the

"hite" of white, so it looks like the sign reads " the w house ". so

now the bad news is connected to w.

[annabanana]

108. Is Karen Hughes getting a new job?

aQuestion about her "confirmation" (State Dept?)

[Cocoa]

116. international communications outreach

softening the U.S. image in the Middle East.

[leveymg]

120. Beating up on Syria now. Terraists.

[annabanana]

131. "soft" ........Karen Hughes?

(not my first, second or third impression)

[deminks]

125. Yes, she's supposed to start this fall if confirmed in the State Departmen

catapulting the propaganda. She won't be in the WH as long as KKKarl is there.

Right, hurry up and bring Karen on board since Kkkarl may wind up in jail!

[leveymg]

109. Scottie: WH has been "facilitating" Fitz's investigation

We should all do the same. Don't you mean "obstructing", Scottie?

[gkhouston]

133. no, no, they are facilitating

they're providing all the targets, doncha know?

[leveymg]

137. LOL - That's a metaphysical interpretation. I meant legal.

[gkhouston]

138. so did I

you think they aren't gonna end up on Fitz's platter? I do.

[leveymg]

141. I love the diversion and chatter about the Intel Identities Protect Act

There are literally a half-dozen other major felony statutes they're going to be hit with. It matters not a whif whether they revealed her name or knew she was undercover.

If they avoid a rap under the IIPA because they structured the crime, they'll just get hit with conspiracy. The structuring established the bad intent part of a conspiracy charge. All this after-the-fact damage control stuff is just making it worse. They should just shut up and tell the RNC to do the same.

They're cooked for conversion (10 years), disclosure of defense information (10 years), perjury (5 or 10 years), and conspiracy (5 or 10 years).

[Mandate My Ass]

110. Public diplomacy on WOT is impordund

Rice has spoken at length. Dept of State focusing on these issues.

Senate should confirm Karen so she can go about work at state

Impordund to communicate the values we stand for in America.

Pres talked about impordunce of freedom.

[underpants]

123. Scottie is on his freedom, liberty, historic, freedom.... speech

he has been talking for about 5 minutes straight on the same thing over and over and over no idea what the original question was.

[underpants]

128. __________________OVER ________________

[cascadiance]

Where's Gannon when he needs 'im!

What Scotty says he needs for this BBQ!

[Bumblebee]

113. Cameron (Fox) just asked

whether Scottie thinks that the Dem hearing tomorrow about the leak is "helpful." I am sure he was expecting Scottie to say -- yes, very! :)

[annabanana]

115. I wish that when the subject is China

the reporters would say "Communist China"

[annabanana]

117. "the region where the 9/11 killers came from"

the "middle east" in general
(except Saudi Arabia, apparently)

[underpants]

132. "that's the region they came from"

That was the END of the part your post was the start.

Too funny-he sounded like an 8th grader giving a presentation in class and forgetting where he was so he just starts repeating stuff.

[Ioo]

118. The 911 Card again, I tire of using 911 to prop up failed administration

SCREW YOU BUSH!

[Mandate My Ass]

121. Syria needs to get in step with the rest of the area

Must root out terra. Historic opporunity.

Syria needs to take steps to go after regime elements operating on their territory.

Look out syria. Here iT comes.

[annabanana]

122. Now telling Syria what's what

and what they have to do..

[Ioo]

done

[Goldmund]

126. Done

[annabanana]

127. done.. finished

a little "rare" for my taste

[Cocoa]

130. thank you

b'bye now.

[leveymg]

135. Both fighters seemed a bit punch-drunk. Slowed down a bit.

[Ian David]

139. This is part of an ongoing investigation

I wouldn't read anything into it other than what the president actually said.




Oops, sorry.

Wrong picture.

My bad.

"The expected trial needs evidence to be submitted. Everybody talks about war crimes and the like. But the court considers facts and evidence only."
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

[leveymg]

143. Whatever happened to that guy? Does he need a job?

He's shown that he has the necessary high ethical qualities to be a Presidential spokesman.

Maybe he can pinch-hit for poor, worn-out Scottie.