Press Conference Thread #1

[Atman]

Fire away!

[Bluebear]

1. LAURA AND I um I an Laura um

[NightOwwl]

2. Got my barf bag ready! n/t

[Atman]

3. Christ, he stumbles right out of the gate!

This oughta be a good one!

[unhappycamper]

4. Tony doesn't have a man-date!

[Richardo]

5. A press conference at happy hour? Karl is living dangerously.

Bush is already loaded, I bet.

[Bluebear]

8. heheehehehe

[Atman]

15. No one will see the actual PC, but highlights will make evening news

Rather brilliant strategery, actually!

[Imagevision]

107. You don't expect Rove to allow Bush do an evening speech

He always favors mid-day news conferences/speeches so they can be edited for the public -- slick move, the editing leaves out the fuck-ups, and the true character of the man.

[paineinthearse]

6. .

:puke:

[Mark Williams]

7. Video

If you guys want any video from the press conference posted let me know. If Bush/Blair are questioned on the DSM I will post the video over at DEMbloggers.com

[NightOwwl]

10. You are the best. n/t

[underpants]

12. C-Span also

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[realFedUp]

104. I like rapid response.

thanks.

[NightOwwl]

9. Freedom, vision, freedom, democracy...

freedom, vision, peance, freance....blah blah blah vlah.

[underpants]

14. Blair helped to eliminate WMD

not to hard to do when they never existed in Iraq.

[flpoljunkie]

11. Who will ask about Downing Street Memo? British or U.S. reporter?

Am not holding my breath--but am crossing my fingers.

[ewagner]

13. British journalists

are the "odds-on favorites" to ask the question....

watch the US Media toadies pee their collective pants when the question is asked.

[NightOwwl]

16. Did he just wink at Jimmy-Jeff? n/t

[ElectroPrincess]

17. * looks so disinterested when he can't beat the WAR drums n/t

He actually mumbles because he does not care. :P

OH, here comes the poodle! Woof!

[librechik]

18. Tony Blur

boy, poopy head is having a problem with lip and speech coodination today.

Isn't it fun to watch them tiptoe all around the elephant in the room and never even tep on its tail?

[Coexist]

20. "differing views on climate change"

come on Tony, grow a set and say "you bloody idiots who insist that global warming is incorrect"

[unhappycamper]

19. zzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz

[ElectroPrincess]

24. Dammit! * says that they'll only answer two questions ...

Who does he think he is, a king? Oh never mind. Make them GOOD questions Press!!!

[Bluebear]

21. "We'll answer two questions besides Jennifer?????"

[hang a left]

22. two questions only.

[NightOwwl]

23. Press asking questions now...

will they blow it?

eta: 2 questions? What a chickenshit.

[ElectroPrincess]

29. Softball from the Poodle boy's companion!

They're spreading wealth NOT fighting poverty a la Bush-Co.

[pgh_dem]

34. It's blown...

We're REALLLLLLLY concerned about DEBT!

Not about illegal wars or anything....

[realFedUp]

25. Africa's an important part of my policy

ahhh, what policy? The Destruct and Rebuild in Our Image one?

[realFedUp]

27. God, he actually gave some credit to a Clinton program...

GOALA

[underpants]

33. If they only get 2 or 3 questions it will all be about Africa

as if "Africa" were one country.

Important issue but Blair came all the way here to only discuss that?

[Coexist]

26. OOh, Isn't Condi proud of her man

[unhappycamper]

31. was that an orgasm I saw?

[Coexist]

36. just about - for her I guess!

[unhappycamper]

28. God I hate that smirk.

[realFedUp]

30. Leaders take money and put it in their pockets...

:eyes:

[realFedUp]

35. Debt cancellation...give us your oil and diamonds....

and we might forget you are killing,
starving and raping your own people.

[realFedUp]

37. bet these "press" questions don't last much longer

They called on their plants....

[Coexist]

39. Africa should look to South America for our policies

[Atman]

38. He smirked all the way through that exchange!

No one wants to give money to a country without proper health care or education.

NO SHIT, GEORGE! Is that why you don't give any money to the United States?

[acmejack]

32. Downing St. minutes

is that like a new york minute? or Big Ben?

[Coexist]

42. Blair refutes it.

[me b zola]

56. LIARS, FUCKING LIARS

Good, we have you on the record FUCKING LYING YOU FUCKING LIAR.

looks like they coordinated their stories, but we knew the FUCKING LIARS would

[TheWebHead]

40. Downing STreet!

finally!! Here comes the lies!

[NightOwwl]

41. They asked it, they asked it! n/t

[Oreo]

43. DSM Question!

We'll see if bush says anything

[paineinthearse]

44. "Steve" asked about DSM

If you trust * for remembering names correctly. That's why he uses terms of endearment like "Stretch".

"I read characterizations of the memo, especially when they brought it out in the middle of the race".

:wtf: does that mean, bears some analysis.

[realFedUp]

45. Steve brought up DSM

Blair responds that the facts were not
being fixed and written before they went
to the United Nations...fact is that they
decided to go to the UN...

better look at the timeline again.

[ewagner]

48. He talked around it.....

non-denial denial....

[realFedUp]

49. and Bush said....

Bush places the importance of the memo
as something placed in the middle of
Tony's race...

he's mangling this one. get the transcript

He worked hard

[realFedUp]

57. The world's better off without Saddam Insane

yeah, yeah....

Come on, let's get some real follow up here.

[realFedUp]

Get that transcript out....

weak as yesterday's teabag.

[acmejack]

64. knew he would "work" it in

Hard work my butt, Dean was definitely correct about this jerk.

[pgh_dem]

Lying and lying and lying and lying

Can we start having press conferences under oath?

[realFedUp]

96. It's hard work keeping the lies straight....

just press rewind.

[FearofFutility]

52. There they go

Disassembling again:eyes:

[librechik]

46. and a dazzling tapdance to spin and obscure the DSM

Thank You Tony!

[Coexist]

51. "last option"

what utter bullshit. Is he on tape saying the minutes are incorrect?

[librechik]

53. Bush knows nothing --NOTHING!!!

Hey, WE didn't want to commit military...
We WORKED HARD!!! 1441 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY!

:puke:

[FearofFutility]

He's such a hard worker

Just ask him. He'll tell you.....again and again and again........ If I'm correct, he was criticized during the debates for using the phrase "hard work" every other sentence. Since then, just about every speech he's given, he uses that same phrase. Its drive me nuts!!!!! Monosyllabic moron!!!!

[Bluzmann57]

63. How many times is bush going to say

"The world is better off without Saddam Hussein"? He never really answered the question. But I suppose that's to be expected. Fuck him.

[paula777]

47. why doesn't someone ask Blair "how was Hussien not cooperating

with you ... you told him to turn in all his WMD and he said he didn't have any' He was complying you fn idiot

[Coexist]

60. they are pretending that Saddam had WMD

WTF???????????????

[Atman]

89. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?

That was a PRESS CONFERENCE?

OMG!

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

[knowbody0]

91. we are not paranoid conspiracy theorists

there is no free press in the USA

[unhappycamper]

50. W: war is the last option (my ass)

[Dudley_DUright]

95. Of course it was also the first option

(first, last and only)

[usregimechange]

54. God, I wish they were under oath.

[paula777]

58. They would still lie, even if they were under oath

[ewagner]

59. Tied a bow around it

(dubya) "the world is better off without Saddam Hussein in Power".

[Coexist]

74. the world would be better off without Bush in power

so where's the regime change here?

[flpoljunkie]

78. That one can certainly be argued--that taking him out has made us safer.

[unhappycamper]

62. Like being under oath means something to these scumbags?

[flpoljunkie]

65. And hooked up to a lie detector that would give them a small shock each

time they lied.

[paula777]

77. Make it a BIG shock and I'll agree

[NightOwwl]

55. LIAR!

LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!
LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!
LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!
LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[underpants]

66. Excuse me to correct you

He is a FUCKING LIAR.

[NightOwwl]

82. FUCKING LIAR!

FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!
FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!
FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!
FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!
FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!FUCKINGLIAR!

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[underpants]

90. That made me sick

Just sitting here watching him opening lie about lying. I got a cold feeling in my spine. The man is a sociopath.

[FogerRox]

80. Pants on fire

[hang a left]

61. They were both ready and anticipated the question.

Both are on message "minutes are before we went to the UN"

[librechik]

68. so, I guess the press will forever drop the DSM, since Shrub

said it was all ok.


:puke:

[flpoljunkie]

69. No followup of course as to why the DSM said completely otherwise!

[underpants]

70. Which has NOTHING to do with what is in the minutes

Hell it really is PROOF that they had made up their minds.

[Oreo]

71. They absolutely had a set answer for it

this man is a complete idiot

[adigal]

105. Yup, Blair jumped in, to keep Dummy from blowing it

and said that the meeting was before they went to the UN. Well, of course, it was - because at the meeting they spoke of fixing intelligence so that they could go to war and get the UN's approval. So of COURSE the meeting was before they went to the UN.

Answer was non-responsive, and then bush just waded in, insulted the press, and repeated Poodle's talking points. They definitely set this up, trying to confuse people with a false timeline.

[ewagner]

72. Of couse they were....

the minutes also said that they needed to increase the air strikes to give a cause for a new UN resolution......they didn't deny anything.....really....they confirmed what they did.

[pgh_dem]

75. Obvious question: where are the minutes where you CHANGED YOUR

MINDS?!?!

Since this memo reflects a decision to use military force, where's the memo that reflects a decision to go to the UN after all...?

[flpoljunkie]

92. Both of these liars need to be removed from office. Blair should resign

and Bush should be impeached for lying this country to war in Iraq--increasingly a quagmire while Osama bin Forgotten runs around, not having been found "dead or alive."

[Dr Fate]

93. DEMS have given them what, 4 weeks to think about it?

Great strategy the DEMs have in ignoring the memo. SIGGGH.

[pgh_dem]

99. Waiting for ducks to line up...and by ducks, they mean

all the planets in the solar system...

and by 'line up'...they mean, wink out of existence as they are consumed by the sun going supernova.

wait for it...

wait for it...

[Dr Fate]

101. More like giving Rove more time to formulate a counter hoax.

n/t

[pgh_dem]

106. No, no...see, the logic is Rove will be consumed in the

supernova!

Brilliant, eh?

[realFedUp]

67. Oh, Lord, Bono's gone to see Bush

Bush needs a new intel chip implanted...

[unhappycamper]

73. W's on top of climate change?

:wtf:

[usregimechange]

76. Does Bush think global warming is man made or not?

He didn't answer the question did he? Big suprise.

[Coexist]

84. that man is a fucking idiot

there - I didn't even use asterisks. I can't believe intelligent people defend this asshole.

[usregimechange]

Is global warming man made or not?

[usregimechange]

87. Man made or not?

[realFedUp]

79. such weak-assed shit

Can we get some real press at these "press"
conferences?

[realFedUp]

83. He's doing a whole campaign speech

Watch his hips, not his lips.

[flpoljunkie]

85. Rules probably do not allow followups--particularly today, no doubt.

[realFedUp]

94. there are rarely follow ups to Bush's bullshit

It's hard work correcting all his misunderstatements....

[flpoljunkie]

97. The WH correspondents have been more aggressive lately, particularly the

last two White House press conferences. It's a start, but not enough.

[realFedUp]

100. I guess I stopped watching....it was hard work watching...

the spin cycle.

[unhappycamper]

81. Now we need clean nuke?

[realFedUp]

86. That was it.

Lord help us.

[paula777]

88. Fucking idiots the both of em. I wanted * to trip on his way out

[realFedUp]

98. Timeline - What Did Bush Decide and When Did He Decide It?

http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=1042
The Downing Street Memo reported that in a July 23, 2002 meeting between Prime Minister Blair and his war cabinet, attendees of the meeting discussed the fact that President Bush had already made up his mind to attack Iraq. According to the minutes of the meeting:

“There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action.”

Yet, as the record below proves, President Bush claimed over and over after July 23rd until the war began that he had not made up his mind.

What Did Bush Decide and When Did He Decide It?
The Downing Street Memo reported that in a July 23, 2002 meeting between Prime Minister Blair and his war cabinet, attendees of the meeting discussed the fact that President Bush had already made up his mind to attack Iraq. According to the minutes of the meeting:

“There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action.”

Yet, as the record below proves, President Bush claimed over and over after July 23rd until the war began that he had not made up his mind.

Bush: “Of course, I haven’t made up my mind we’re going to war with Iraq.” <10/1/02>

Bush:“Hopefully, we can do this peacefully – don’t get me wrong. And if the world were to collectively come together to do so, and to put pressure on Saddam Hussein and convince him to disarm, there’s a chance he may decide to do that. And war is not my first choice, don’t – it’s my last choice.” <11/7/02>

Bush: “This is our attempt to work with the world community to create peace. And the best way for peace is for Mr. Saddam Hussein to disarm. It’s up to him to make his decision.” <12/4/02>

Bush: “You said we’re headed to war in Iraq – I don’t know why you say that. I hope we’re not headed to war in Iraq. I’m the person who gets to decide, not you. I hope this can be done peacefully.” <12/31/02>

Bush: “First of all, you know, I’m hopeful we won’t have to go war, and let’s leave it at that.” <1/2/03>

Bush: “But Saddam Hussein is – he’s treated the demands of the world as a joke up to now, and it was his choice to make. He’s the person who gets to decide war and peace.” <2/7/03>

Bush:“I’ve not made up our mind about military action. Hopefully, this can be done peacefully.” <3/6/03>

Bush: “I want to remind you that it’s his choice to make as to whether or not we go to war. It’s Saddam’s choice. He’s the person that can make the choice of war and peace.” <3/6/03>

Bush: “We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq. But if Saddam Hussein does not disarm peacefully, he will be disarmed by force.” <3/8/03>

Bush: “Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it.” <3/17/03>

[TheWebHead]

102. look out "clean coal" propaganda

Bush just rolled out "clean nuke" :puke:

[tex-wyo-dem]

103. So Tony...

if this is the explanation, why didn't you clarify during your own election campaign? Oh, all of a sudden you have a simple explanation? Horseshit!

What a PACK OF LIES!!