Pretzledental "press conference" going to be on NPR this hour-11am est

[Algorem]

spose it'll be on tv too

[terrya]

1. That would be the White House Press Corps sitting there meekly, right?

And completely accepting what George tells them, correct?

[theivoryqueen]

2. predictions

Will he tell us all that in actuality the attacks in Iraq are motivated by liberal malcontents and fed by media criticisms of his administration??

[bif]

3. Why do they call it a conference?

It's a fuckin' speech!

[Sagan]

4. will someone spring the Baghdad Deputy Mayor thing on him?

There's my litmus test. If not ONE of the White House Press Whores mentions this, then this is nothing but a joke.

[Mz Pip]

5. Spin spin spin

Bush's spinmeisters must have been working overtime to come up with the "We're doing such a good job that the attacks are increasing" mantra.

The better we do the more they kill us.
They hate us for our freedoms.

Repeat ad nauseum.

I suspect he will just reinforce that BS.

MzPip
:dem:

[karlschneider]

6. M$NBC too, starting right now 10:15 cst

[NicoleM]

7. The big news so far

out of the press conference is that George got a haircut.

[MuseRider]

8. He sounds like

he missed his nap or took too much medication. What's up? He is seriously out of it.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

18. He sounds depressed to me

I recognize the tone of voice having heard myself sound like that during bouts of deep depression in the past.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

35. And now he is moving into a tone of whiny imperiousness and

agitation. And this is with him knowing the questions. Imagine if he didn't.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

9. Sounds like he's reading a book report someone else wrote. No conviction.

He obviously didn't read the book and isn't behind the words he's saying. He dreads the teacher's questions when he stops and folds his hands on his desk because he doesn't know the material and he knows it.
Perhaps the low-key blase tone is a tactic to mean 'bombs? whatever-no biggy-all's well...'
Gods help us....

[The_Gopher]

10. does he sound like he just woke up and isn't quite sure where he is?

i know that's the norm, but he sounds especially out of it.

[LEW]

11. Oh here we go again,

everything is the fault of the senate, he wants to sign into law all these measures and appoint judges but the senate won't let him. HAHAAAAAAAAAAAA

Not my fault for anything see everyone else is against me. Hmmmmm, bet a psychologists would have fun with this.

[NicoleM]

14. Yes.

He seems a little medicated.

[karlschneider]

12. Just took first question, from the first guy on his list. Scripted.

:grr:

[Brotherjohn]

13. The NPR broadcast is a full 10-15 sec ahead of the White House one!

I logged onto the NPR live broadcast, then a few seconds later logged onto the White House site to get the video, and the WH "live" version was just getting to the part I had heard on NPR 10-15 seconds earlier.

I think the WH is delaying the "official" broadcast so that they can edit if necessary. I wouldn't be surprised if most national news outlets just take their feed. Sure, reporters who are present there can point out if there are inconsistencies later, but the initial impression comes from the conference as it happens. Everything else will be 'analysis".

[Brotherjohn]

15. Is he now referring to ANY action against us over there as terrorism?!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but an attack against our troops, or even the Iraqi police stations, is properly defined as resistance. For good or bad, this is simply defense of their country. Admittedly, attacks against unarmed, unaggressive targets (such as the Red Cross) may be defined as terrorism, but to define legitimate resistance as terrorism is simply ridiculous.

[The Night Owl]

16. Chimpy just revealed something very telling!

When asked about why the 9-11 documents are not being released, he said something to the effect that he fears the documents would be used for politcal ends. Now that really makes me wonder what Bushco is hiding.

[eleny]

19. Rove must be popping little purple pills by the fistful

[eleny]

17. Whoa Nora!!!

You go girl! No matter what he says - she's put it out there!!!

[NicoleM]

20. So

he just said he won't hand over the 8/6 PDB to the 9/11 commission because it might prevent future presidents from getting "real good intelligence" in their PDBs, if there is a chance that they might be released to the public.

The thing is, he DID have "real good intelligence" in that PDB. He just didn't do anything about it.

[The_Gopher]

21. blaming "mission accomplished" on the USS Abraham....what a piece of shit

[JohnOneillsMemory]

22. DENYING THE 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' BANNER was his message!

"That was put up by the people on the USS Lincoln, not the White House."

AAAAAARGGGGHHHH!

[The_Gopher]

24. didn't know aircraft carriers had a banner-making printshop...amazing!

[LEW]

23. this guy is pathetic

can barely put a sentance together. Um da Um da Um da its important that we blah blah blah.......

[NicoleM]

25. Now

he's pretty much blaming the Iraqis for not giving us good enough intelligence to protect them.

[proud patriot]

26. Q: positive spin on Iraq but some people don't believe it

A: schools oil being produced for the Iraqi people (ROFLMAO)

[Brotherjohn]

27. There he goes again... 9-11, 9-11, 9-11!!!

Also, he used the non-word "suiciders" again, repeatedly.

And the condescending little twerp told Nora to "read my speech" and denied any responsibility for the "Mission Accomplished" banner! Come on, you guys stage manage EVERYTHING. You wouldn't have left that banner up there if you weren't okay with the message it sent.

"Iraq's a dangerous place". Yes, and it's probably become much moreso now than before the war... even with Saddam gone.

EDIT:
"It's dangerous because terrorists don't want us to be there." Yes... oh, and the Iraqi's, too.

[Nashyra]

30. They are being a bit more forceful

but not enough, they need to level him. Everything is terrorism, he is sounding like a dunce as usual. The guys in the background are probably just pooping their pants wondering what the dip will say next.

[The_Gopher]

28. "suiciders"....that's just how lazy he is

[NicoleM]

29. OH. MY. GOD.

Terry Moran just said that his ME policy has produced "meager" results. To his face. When is the last time you heard somebody say something like that to him?

Either this one is unscripted or Terry just went off-script.

[The_Gopher]

31. terry has never been a bush lapdog, he's always good with scottyboy

.

[eleny]

33. And Bush* then said...

that terrorists don't want a Palestinian state? What the..? And before that question he was rambling on and on. He's lost.

[msanger]

32. he can't make full sentences.

what an amazing idiot.

[The Night Owl]

34. Why do they even give The Chimp press conferences?

All Bush does when he pretends to answer questions is rearrange and reiterate the talking points he has been given by his handlers. The guy is like a tape recorder. Why does the inane press accept the same lousy nonanswer from him over and over and over?

Someone should make a Bush-speak applet in which a user enters question and the applet spits out a typical Bush response about terrorists hating freedom.

[NicoleM]

36. No kidding.

Somebody asked about troop strength and he just mentioned the 1500 schools. AGAIN.

[eleny]

37. And when he gets lost in a sentence, he seems to ...

start it over and complete it as memorized.

Mike Malloy is going to go into meltdown tonight with these sound bites.

[Nashyra]

39. He just had the balls to say that

"military response is the "last" resort" to a question of howcome we don't go after Arafat. This is not going well for him, I wonder when the puppetmaster will yank his chain?

[The_Gopher]

38. Q: will you guarantee less troops in a year? A: That's a trick question

what a dopey moron.

[jokerman93]

40. Stunned, depressed, cornered, medicated, on his own

My take on this is:

He's found out (gasp!) the neocon Iraq oil-rape has backfired monstrously. Of course he blames Rummy who told him once to leave the details to him and the other strategic PNAC geniuses.

Baby Bush is now trying to assert any of his own authority he can muster as president -- for the first time.

Georgie is trying to run the show now!

He's dumb, confused, and disoriented.

He's hosed.

[sistersofmercy]

62. Must have been one throbbing hangover he had there!

[phillybri]

41. Just insulted Mark Smith about his looks....nice guy....

Dick...

[NicoleM]

42. WHAT AN ASS.

He just told a radio reporter that he has a "face for radio." The guy said he wished he could say that was the first time he'd heard that from George.

[eleny]

43. What a piece of shit he is...

making fun of the radio guy's face. I hate this president. There's a little piece of my heart that been rotted away. What a total creep he is.

[The_Gopher]

44. question on plamegate

Q: why not have everyone sign an affidavit saying they didn't do it?

A: we want the answers to be trusted, that's why the professionals at the justice department blah blah blah.


so i take it that his people aren't trustworthy? and he knows this? that he can't trust them to tell the truth???

INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tridim]

45. Did he just say the radio reporter

had a face for radio? He just said in so many words, you're ugly. WTF??????

[phillybri]

47. Bush said it's the first time he's said that to a national audience....

Asshole...

[phillybri]

Again with 9-11

The trusty old crutch gets pulled out yet again....

[proud patriot]

46. Liar Liar Pants on fire

"Referbished 1500 schools"
87 billion "one time only payment"

:eyes:

[Nashyra]

51. The terrorist use fear

and then he pounds the podium and says you can never forget 9-11 and uses the same fear tactics, what a F*&^%$# * This guy is down right scary and if people don't see this we are all in deep doodoo, he just said that womens businesses in Iraq are flourishing. What a jerk. Here comes the answer about Boykin? OMG he saus he didn't sense any hostilities on his mideast trip.

[eleny]

48. This is the best worst news conference he's ever had

Are these usually repeated on C-Span?

9/11 again! AAARGHHHH....

[The_Gopher]

49. is he drunk??!? for real.

[eleny]

57. More like incompetent - and getting worse

[The_Gopher]

50. "women-owned small businesses are flourishing"......argh

[The_Gopher]

52. called on someone, said, "Got a question? If not, come up with one"

so so scripted

[NicoleM]

53. I don't know who "Bill" is

but from the way he asked that question, it's pretty obvious what side he's on.

[The_Gopher]

54. "the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership"

[The_Gopher]

55. says his fundraisers are "open forums".....bullshit.

[NicoleM]

56. talking about WMDs now

"The American people know that Saddam was a gathering danger." He won't address the issue of why there are no WMDs and whether that's a credibility problem.

"Intelligence clearly said Saddam was a threat." Hey dumbass, the only reason he could have been a threat was all the WMDs YOU SAID HE HAD.

Edit--now he's saying that the UN wouldn't have been a "credible" institution had we not invaded Iraq because credibility comes when what you say is going to happen, happens!

[tridim]

61. Well then

"credibility comes when what you say is going to happen, happens"

So that means our "focus group" is credible and his administration is not. We said this clusterphuck was going to happen, and it happened.

Letterman will have material for the next three weeks after this.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

58. "Credibility comes when you something's gonna happen and it does."

On the UN's credibility.
Everything this guy says digs a deeper hole.
He's a walking reason for the 5th amendment protection from self-incrimination.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

59. "Credibility comes when you say something's gonna happen and it does."

On the UN's credibility.
Everything this guy says digs a deeper hole.
He's a walking reason for the 5th amendment protection from self-incrimination.

[qanda]

60. Painful! Absolutely painful to watch.

I'm so glad that's over. I see why he's only had 10 Press Conferences so far. There's no way he'll be re-selected if people get to see him in that light very often.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

63. The BBC 'accidental' feed of pumping his fratboy fist saying "Feels good"

-that's what needs to be shown on amurican TV along with the footage of our troops and Iraqi civilians dying and sobbing.

I think TV Nation will get the message and get out their pitchforks and torches in '04.

C'mon Dems! Deliver the images!!