BUSH WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE!!!!

[La_Serpiente]

Bush is on right now...check CNN, Faux News.

[LittleApple81]

1. It probably is scripted... He will know the questions beforehand. n/t

[Richardo]

2. Please feed the cube-o-crats...

Thanx!

[soothsayer]

5. he's yapping about how good the economy is doing

but congress needs to sign some stuff of his, he sez

stock market, housing market, manufacturing, all good

[CO Liberal]

3. He Said "The World Is Safer Because Saddam & the Taliban Are Gone"

0 for 2......

:-)

[MUAD_DIB]

6. Chimpy's Dance Obscura

Linking two unrelateds together.

[ixion]

8. Taliban gone? Someone forgot to let the Taliban know that...

given that they've already re-taken parts of Afghanistan. :eyes:

[bif]

11. The Taliban control as much of Afghanistan as before

So why do they continue this lie? And where did Saddam go? Anyone?

[_NorCal_D_]

16. Oh boy!

More lies!
:eyes:

[RedSox02]

4. Why do they even pretend????

Every time he has done this, it has been scripted and the questions are pre-determined. It is insulting that they even do this. It is propoganda disguised as being a stand-up guy. Bush gets questions he has already seen before hand and wants to answer, and we will be lead to beleive he was a man and stood up to the hard questions. Rove must really think everyone is stupid.

[xultar]

7. They wouldn't dare risk Shrub

talking off the cuff. There is too much danger he'd F something up.
Remember the time he sent the Japanese economy in a tailspin because he said that we'd devalue the yen instead of evaluate the yen.

[PunkinPi]

9. He's also on the networks too!

ABC, CBS

[Bluzmann57]

18. He just mentioned the judges

that he wants nominated. He said that the Senate and House should give all of them a fair hearing. It works both chimpy. Give our side a fighting chance and maybe we'll reciprocate.

[soothsayer]

10. he looks like he just got a spanking from babs

really subdued, almost depressed

[soothsayer]

14. so much botox, he can't even move his top lip

mebbe that's why he looks so weird

botox, the anti-smirk medicine

[_NorCal_D_]

12. LMAO!

REAL questions!? I'll believe it when I see it!
:bounce:

[NJCher]

13. hey cube rats!

It is a farce. He is reading and his voice is very dull and the style in which he is reading is pure rote.

He is extolling his "administration's" accomplishments--telling us all how great things are. Better prescription care for seniors, the standard line of propaganda crap.

Now complaining about a small group of senators who are blocking his judicial nominees.

Reading...stumbling, reading.


Cher

[Wickerman]

15. He's reading - need to get voting his judges

total flat affect.

[Wickerman]

21. This is a trainwreck

he can't think on his feet and I am pretty certaint he first question asking him to explain why terrorist insist on attacking the US in Iraq was set.

Next question, why aren't Syria and Iran being held accoutnable due to foriegn terr a ists in Iraq.

all staged

[Loonman]

17. He seems drugged

Monotone. Distracted.

[soothsayer]

22. he looks defeated

whistleass loser

[dweller]

19. blather

he reads a prepared text. and sounds bored with it...

maybe the questioning will make this palatable, otherwise it's more *moronababble.

dp

on edit: no it just gets worse, disowning 'mission accomplished'...was some 'ingenious staff members work' ..tying together iraq and sept.11 with suicide bombers...

yep, more 'positive spin'

[LittleApple81]

23. Scripted blather... He already knew the questions.

But even knowing the questions he sounds like he is drunk.

[NJCher]

20. OMG, they're letting the idiot speak extemporaneously

And he is using the same stupid line he did yesterday, the one about terrists hating freedom.

Then he says we are not going to be intimidated and gives that wimpy nod of the head of his.



Cher

[LittleApple81]

24. We need to PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DAILY BRIEF PROCESS!

Talking about leakgate. Working out the procedures. I want to be fair to the committee.
They will be mindful of the need for privacy to get good unfetered intelligence. Hah!!!!

[bif]

25. Is he doing the bobblehead thing?

Like he did yesterday. His head was bobbing up and down the whole friggin time!

[FauxNewsBlues]

26. Blaming his staff!!!

Mission accomplished was thought up by his idiot staffers. Ooopsie. Iraq is still dangerous, he always knew.

[LittleApple81]

27. The "mission accomplished" sign was put up by the SS Enterprise

not by Bush's team. Hah!

[LittleApple81]

30. HE DOES SOUND DRUNK. What is his problem? Terrorists, Terrorists... n/t

[LittleApple81]

32. Rumsfeld's memo: people don't believe that you are being straight with

information about Iraq.
Answer: We have to focus on the whole picture. Many good things being done there. Iraq is a dangerous place, I cannot put it any more bluntly than that.

[LittleApple81]

Mideast roadmap: meager results?

Settlements, building the wall.
Concrete actions on your part about this?
Answer: two-state solution. Focused efforts to combat TERROR. .
Abu Massan came here and pledged a focus and concerted effort to fight terror so that we could have a Palestinian state. No longer in power. Not the commitment there by the old guard.
Effort by all parties to fulfill their responsibilities.
The fence: difference between security and land acquisition and we have made our views clear on that issue .
We want the conditions for a Palestinian state to be positive. When they fight-off terror then the state can emerge.
We are prepared to help the Palestenian economy. But they have to do what is necessary to make a Palestinian state to come forth.

[RobertSeattle]

42. That must be a lie

An Aircraft carrier does not have a commercial quality banner making shop.

[Stevendsmith]

57. HAH!

Good Point!

[Wickerman]

28. Were you premature in declaring end of combat?

Nice question about Mission Accomplished. My statement was a clear statement - this portion of the Iraq mission is done, still dangerous, then blather on to "suiciders." Oh, and now back to 9-11 mentallity. Iraq is war on terror.

[La_Serpiente]

29. Suiciders????

Is there such a word?

Bushism!!!!

[NJCher]

31. Is he deliberately trying to look stupid?

Notice how, at the end of his statement, he pushes his upper lip over the lower, making him look even more chimp-like than usual? It's that look that was captured on camera the other day when he was in the Phillippines, standing between two other men.

Just got a good question from Nora, asking him if he was premature in announcing the end of the conflict. She asked him to admit he was wrong. Nora. Get a grip. Now he's rambling on with his answer but saying nothing.


Cher

[soothsayer]

35. i swear it's the anti-smirk botox they gave him

he can't control his upper lip

[MUAD_DIB]

66. I wonder what the lippy thing is and

if there is are any body language experts that can decipher what that means?

[La_Serpiente]

33. OH GAWWDDD

I WANT TO SHOVE HIM THROUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER'S SPEECH CLASS...She would whip him into shape in NO TIME!!!

He uses the same word perhaps two or three times in the same sentence.

And he just said "Suiciders"

[PunkinPi]

34. So we are all "terrorists" because we are taking an honest look at the

danger in Iraq.

* said that "only the terrorists want to look at the 'negative' stuff". :eyes:

[Noordam]

36. The Reporters are asking hard questions

One on Mission Acc. (Bush said that banner was from the ship not him)

And one brought up Rummy's memo.

IMHO he does not look good today.

[La_Serpiente]

37. BLAME THE PALESTINIANS

HE IS DUCKING THE QUESTION TOTALLY!!!!

What a lameass. He is just Perle's puppet.

[La_Serpiente]

38. I want to hear Helen Grahm speak

she would rip him up like a blender.

[NJCher]

39. next question

Reporter asks:

Intelligence on the ground says we have six months to restore order and dispel violence or we lose the support (?) of the Iraqi people. Do you share that sense of pessimism and are you considering more troops on the ground?



Cher

[rasputin1952]

40. HOLY CRAP!!!!!!1....

I have NEVER seen such a poor showing at a news conference!

This is unbelievable!

LOL>>>How could his 'hamndlers allow him to speak? I just hope the entire nation is looking at this....I have yet to see one thing that can be salvaged as a 'sound bite'........He is a FRIGGIN" IDIOT!!!!


:evilgrin:

[LittleApple81]

43. agree! If he is not drunk, he is making a good imitation. n/t

[soothsayer]

54. just said "e-you-mur-able" trying to say "innumerable"

what a stumble-bum

[Jackhammer Jesus]

41. "Iraq is still dangerous."

I'd like to see one of the reporters ask him if he thought it was still dangerous back when he said "Bring 'em on."

Now he's trying to avoid taking any responsibility if more troops are sent - says it's up to Gen. Abizaid.

[NJCher]

45. LOL!

Just said, "Not every action requires a military action." Said it again. Oh and btw, military action is a "last resort" for us.

LIAR LIAR LIAR!


Cher

[LittleApple81]

51. Condi is an "unsticker"? What the heck?!!!

[soothsayer]

44. asking does he agree we only have 6 mos to fix iraq, or risk losing

the populace

shrub sez iraqis like us being there, esp iraqi small biz owners who see a new market (US soldiers, i guess), so do moms who get new textbooks in their 1500 new schools (read: we blew up the old schools, oops), so do LOTS of iraqis

not sure he answered the question

[grytpype]

46. No way out for Duhbya.

It's just going to get worse and worse for him, from now until the end -- whether that's his resignation or electoral defeat.

Good. Excellent. Perfect.

[Jackhammer Jesus]

47. "Force only as a last resort." Yeah, sure.

"...after innumerable UN resolutions. Not one, not two... but... a lot."

Uses N. Korea as an example of using diplomacy instead of force. And what a great job he's done there!

[tridim]

81. Actually the quote was

"Not one, two or three... but... a lot"

How dare you misquote the chimpboy!

I'm shaking my head in disgust. This guy is an absolute embarrassment.

[La_Serpiente]

48. He was probably going to say

that "she should've done it at the beggining" but he cut himself off before he finished.

[Andy_Stephenson]

49. "The first question

I won't answer"

Condi is an "un-sticker"

hahahahahahahahaha

[Wickerman]

50. Condescending Rice is an Unsticker

Thats her job - she unsticks things that get stuck.

What a fucking moran!

[PunkinPi]

56. like, unsticking bush's foot from mouth? nt

[Andy_Stephenson]

60. Even condi

can't accomplish that feat.

[PunkinPi]

52. "military action is a last resort for us" - *

"We have chosen to deal with NK through strategic dimplomacy."

Why wasn't this the position regarding Iraq? Oh never mind, I forgot - they have oil. What a load of crap.

[glarius]

53. IT'S ALL JUST BABBLE !....He's an embarrassment to humankind!

:puke:

[LittleApple81]

59. If he is our face to the world we have egg all over it. Sorry.

What a joke!!!
Why did they let him speak without a script?

[Andy_Stephenson]

55. One time expenditure?

He didn't answer the fucking question!

[SoFlaJets]

62. I have never seen

a president of the United States Of America look so unpresidential so stupid so.....I don't know-this is a disgrace

[NJCher]

58. Oh man, reporter just one-upped him with his stupid joke.

Bush said to the reporter, "You have a face for radio" and the reporter responded, "I wish I could say that's the first time you've said that, sir," and bush said that he was repeating himself for a national audience. Bravo for that reporter for calling him on it!

Oh, another one to a different reporter. Reporter asked question and he brushed him off, saying he wouldn't answer him because he'd been interrupted.


Cher

[Wickerman]

61. He has now explained the strategy of terra -ists about a dozen times

and is now going back to s-11th and pounding the podium. Also got pissed at someone who interrupted him.

[rusty charly]

65. "do you have a question...

if not, just make one up"


W...... T....... F?????!!!!!!!!???????

[Jackhammer Jesus]

63. Invoking 9/11 and fearmongering...

"We must not forget the lessons of 9/11."

"Terrorists WILL strike again... here in America."

Edit: Mis-heard Dubya's comment to one of the reporters about making up a question.

[rasputin1952]

64. OK........bush is at his all time worst....

without exception.

No one has EVER gotten up in front of the American public and looked or acted like this!

If the rest of the worls is looking at this, I sure as HELL hope they don't think this guy represents America.


9-11 being brought up again, this should signal the end of the conference. It is the only time he sounds like he usually does with a friendly audience, and a scripted dog and pony show...I'll bet he'll walk off after this 9-11/Iraq crap.

OOPs I was wrong he took another ?.

[LittleApple81]

69. Talking about Boykin... and banging the stupid podium. My computer

speakers go "boom boom" every time he does that. Yuck.

[rusty charly]

70. don't 'burden or saddle' iraq with debt

but burden us with it

[NJCher]

67. admitting he's babbling

Our NPR cut him off and went to a reporter giving a summary. Yet on TV they are still letting him babble.


Cher

[soothsayer]

68. must be closing---he's switched to campaign rhetoric

but he's even stumbling over that

war on terror, lessons of 9/11, stay the course, put new currency in iraq, women owned businesses in iraq, economy flourishing there

oh! taking another question re: muslim leaders, were you surprised at the hostility towards the US and your policies, and boykin? should boykin resign?

shrub sez "no hostility, not did I sense any" --very hopeful meeting

muslims say why do americans think muslims are terrorists? * sez that's not what americans think---terrorists have hijacked a great religion

re: boykin, IG investigation underway

we love muslims, love all religions

he is first prez to advocate palestinian state (sounded like he said abdicate)

there was concern about boykin, but we need to make sure folks in indonesia for example know how american people think, and * was pleased to make that case to these muslim leaders

[Andy_Stephenson]

71. Yes George you are full of

Hot Air! It's called Bullshit.

[soothsayer]

72. the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership

barf!

[Andy_Stephenson]

73. Right!

Tell that to the Iraqi people to their face!

[RebelOne]

78. Double barf!

At this time the world couldn't get any worse under his leadership.

[NJCher]

74. another bushism

He just said Saddam was a "gathering danger."

LOL. Gawd, what an idiot.


Cher

[soothsayer]

75. wmd question

bush claiming kay's report said saddam was in material breach, thus there was cause for war (causus belli, he said twice now)

world is safer without saddam

saddam was a gathering danger

jesus, bush even stumbles over the saddam crap he's memorized

banging lecturn

saying we acted on GOOD SOLID EVIDENCE!! wtf??

[rasputin1952]

76. AHA...last /

where are WMD's!

he goes back to the dumb excuses.....American people knew Saddam was a 'gathering' danger.....forget the WMD's, he can't get out of this one...


blaming intel community, not accepting asny responsibility....'good solid intelligence' WTF?...


'saddam was a master at hiding things'...1441...'causus beli' WTF?

sure hope he doesn't have a 3 martini lunch...looks like he already polished off a quart of gin!

edited; cleaned up spelling

[NJCher]

77. It's over

Thank God. I couldn't take much more.


Cher

[Aristus]

79. I can't wait to see General Clark wipe the floor

with this pathetic, marble-mouth sack of shit.

[rasputin1952]

80. A quick review for those that couldn't see this little gem...

This was by far, the WORST press conference of all time.

bush rambled, was never on message, looked beaten and defeated, and he couldn't even deliver his well rehearsed lines about 9-11 and terrorism.

He was a complete and total failure, and I am sure, he won't have another ? and answer session with the press.

As for the press, in many cases, they asked tough questions, and are finally holding bush to the fire. I must give credit to some of them; although, they were not allowed to pursue their ?'s with followups.

I am sure, that those close to bush are telling him he is like a motivational god; but the reality of the situation is that he is a complete buffoon, and everyone who saw today's performance, will come away with the reality of the situation: This is the WORST president the US has EVER had.

Thank God! he had the stupidity to come out and talk to the press....now EVERYONE knows what an asshole he truly is.

:kick: