WTF could it be reporting? ABC, CNN, & NBC all said that the clapping

[Botany]

was staged and prompted by White House staff.

What is next DSM? Stolen Elections? :bounce:

[Sanity Claws]

1. Really? Or are you joking?

[Scout1071]

2. No joke. They are all reporting on it.

[patrice]

4. Someone who was there said that it was.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Really.

Terry Moran reported it as it was "happening".

Something tells me that the mood of the press has shifted somewhat.

[calimary]

28. Maybe they're tired of being used, manipulated, threatened and intimidated

by these White House weasels. Kind of a sly, nifty little way to get even, 'eh?

Even CNN noted that the applause was subdued, and only once (gasp!) did the audience interrupt the speech to applaud. What the hell did they expect, a ticker-tape parade? I'm surprised that nobody brought a whoopee cushion with 'em. I certainly would have!

[Botany]

7. Yes I heard CNN say it .....

.... Wolf? Others have posted both ABC & NBC said the same thing.

That crowd did not seem to like him too much.

[tk2kewl]

3. He is toast!

I thought the applause sounded lame

[Not_Giving_Up]

6. It was clearly staged

I can't beleive they are reporting it!!!!!

[tk2kewl]

10. the staged part is no surprise

the reporting is!

[Sanity Claws]

11. Not only surprising that they reported it but that

the military gave only staged and coached responses. Even the military, usually proBush, didn't have enthusiasm for him.

[annabanana]

16. guess what... Military NOT "pro-Bush"

...just another bit of received wisdom that needs exploring.....

[bklyncowgirl]

19. Anyone who didn't clap gets shipped off on the first plane to Falujah. nt

[Texas_Kat]

8. Fox said 2 bush staffers

Started the clapping tho the soldiers had been warned against it.

Could it be that the bush-ites didn't think Shrubless was being particularly effective without sound effects?

[Arugula Latte]

9. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! nt

[merbex]

15. With a nod to another movie line: I am shocked, SHOCKED

that the applause at a Bush rally was staged

I love Casablanca, I can't help myself

[Edgewater_Joe]

12. Maybe If Chimpy Didn't Pimp So Obviously For Clapping ...

I noticed a couple of times that Dear Leader would stop just a little too long and look out longingly to the crowd as if he thought there would be applause and wasn't. So I'm guessing the court jesters and courtiers surrounding him panicked and had to give him some. NBC even asked why there was virtually no applause (something about "following military protocol," nyuck nyuck nyuck).

Face it: when you have a captive audience like that and they sit there stone-faced, you SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKED!

[IndianaGreen]

20. "following military protocol"? That's not what happened on USS Lincoln!

When Chimp did his "Mission Accomplished" speech, the crew was very enthusiastic and applauded Bush several times. A lot has happened since Bush landed on the deck of the Lincoln.

Tonight was Bush's "Stay the Course" speech. In six months, Bush will be giving his "I'm not a Crook" speech.

[Connie_Corleone]

13. I was thinking that's what happened.

All that time, no clapping. And then suddenly they start clapping 23 minutes into the speech?? I thought to myself, "Someone must've told them to clap or something."

[Pryderi]

14. Is it printed online anywhere?

[geckosfeet]

17. like thats news !?!? any intelligent analysis of the "speech".

[Donailin]

18. that's not the way it happened -- Bushco specified no clapping

so that it wouldn't come across as a pep rally to american audience. they were permitted to clap on queue

[XemaSab]

29. WTF?

It sounds like he didn't say anything substantive other than "Stay the course. 9-11. Stay the course," so how was it not a meaningless gesture to boost his sagging poll numbers, or if you will, a "pep rally"?

[Donailin]

30. I dunno

I don't make the news, I just report what I heard on MSNBC -- of course, they could be LYING.

Who knows anything anymore?

[Lone_Wolf]

21. I'd be more happy if they analyzed *'s speech for his lies...

Focusing on who started the clapping distracts us from the real issues.

[Botany]

22. The lies were called out too .....

..... even by the media ... no link to 9/11

[AntiCoup2K4]

25. Who among the mediawhores called him on that (besides Clark on FAUX)

I only watched ABC and then FAUX, but ABC was whoring up one side and down the other until Terry Moran brought up the fake applause. Charles Gibson and George Snuffalupagus were both addressing the Iraq=9/11 comments without seperating the two. And if General Clark hadn't brought up the point on FAUX, nobody else on that network would have.

Just wondering who DID call him out on it. I can't see Leslie Blitzer or Timwhore Russert doing it.

[Lone_Wolf]

27. I guess it is a start...

I wish they'd analyze it even further than that.

* says we must "prepare ourselves", "sacrafice", blah, blah, blah...

It wouldn't be too hard for the MSM to point out that mostly the poor and middle classes are doing the sacraficing, while * and the Elites are doing the profiting.

They could point out how * has made this country weaker by squandering our resources into the war and overstretching our troops.

The could mention the DSM and how it refutes Bushes claims tonight.

There is so much more they could cover.

[AX10]

23. It's good to hear that they are going after him for his staged...

propaganda crap.

[IChing]

24. This is good.....sorta of like observing reality.

which is what they should of been doing in the last 5 years.

[sendero]

26. the tipping point..

... is no less sweet for arriving 6 months later than it should have :)