Bush in a Q&A with Nat'l Newspaper Assn. now on CNN!

[Wordie]

[fryguy]

1. hand picked participants?

[shadowknows69]

3. he's a babbling idiot

I hope he has a meltdown. "Doctors don't write so well anyway?" WTF. This is our President.:puke:

[Wordie]

4. I'm not sure...amazing that he would do a Q&A with them...

But the questions don't seem that sharp, so maybe he will only call on those he knows he can trust to ask "soft" questions.

He's going on about health savings accounts now...

[Sydnie]

2. If you missed the speech part .. you missed some good ones!

I haven't stopped screaming at the tube since he came on.

[Wordie]

7. Who carried the speech? I checked all over and it wasn't carried by

either CNN, MSNBC or the C-Spans 1&2.

[Sydnie]

8. unfortunately, only Faux that I could find

It was painful knowing it was faux too.

[brook]

14. 'It's hard work".".

%^@*!. Arrrgh!

[Peggy Day]

5. health care costs driven by frivolous lawsuits!!

Can't watch him-he makes me sick

[babylonsister]

6. Surprise...he still sounds like an ignoramus! Now talking about

his healthcare 'vision'. :eyes: Heh heh.

[Wordie]

9. Now: what are the US plans if there is a civil war in Iraq...

Saying the people have elected their government...

Saying that people (Iraqis) have taken a step back (from violence)...

Ambassadors pleased with security response for the most part; most of violence was in Baghdad.

Key to form a unity government - will lead to greater confidence.

He's just going on and on about freedom and democracy in the ME. Saying that he believes liberty is universally desired.

Not exactly answering the question, is he? Maybe the strategy is just to fill up all the Q&A time with a non-responsive answer.

[Sydnie]

11. I loved how he said in the speech that Afghanistan was a haven for

AQ, but never once said that Iraq had been. The words of the speech were chosen very carefully ... but he did stray a bit at the end. I hope C-Span shows the speech too. It's worth a watch for the examples of hypocracy.

[yy4me]

10. I just used up a years worth of swear words,

Now I have indigestion. And this idiot is out president? Its embarrassing! Speaking of frivolous......Aren't you glad he's "mindful"? "Ful" of what?

[Wordie]

13. He's smart enough to fill up the entire Q&A with a non-response.

He's yet to answer the question, and he's gone on for quite a few minutes.

[babylonsister]

12. Huh? Talking about his dad fighting the Japanese? It's hard

werk? I honestly think he's losing it!

[shadowknows69]

15. Still sucking his own d*^%@ about libya and lebanon

n/t

[yy4me]

17. I couldn't believe I heard that. Good Grief...OOPs now he's

a free trader. Is he making a coherent thought? Whats with the chickens and newspapers? This is getting funny!

[babylonsister]

16. Now he's going on about chicken growers? Sheesh! nt

[shadowknows69]

19. You given us no faith in our ability to lead into the future

and you've ruined everyone else's faith in us too. This audience is filled with Bushbots.

[Wordie]

18. He actually said, "I believe if you make a promise, you outta keep it."

Oh YEAH? What about his own promises about "compassionate conservatism" and being "a uniter not a divider?"

[pinto]

20. Stringing a bunch of tired bullet points, as if they're answers...

[mtnester]

21. Guess what you stupid idiot Asshat? Only 36% of the US folks

BELIEVE you. You can spray whatever you want out of your mouth. Your own PARTY wants to disown you. Remember all the "Abramahof who?" statements idiot president? Your own party is now saying that about YOU dickhead.

I am having a rage day, and this idiot opens his mouth? Not helpful.

Someone......throw...cold...water...on...me..quick

It is either that, or give me another triple espresso and get OUT of my way.

[4 t 4]

22. AND YOU KNOW

if the lying polls say 36% it's not even close to that

[shadowknows69]

23. he's talking about hurricaine destruction

and still grinning that evil grin.

[shadowknows69]

25. they have no homes to come back to george

or money to come back.

[Wordie]

28. "I don't know how to say it poetically." heh heh heh Jeez. eom

[mtnester]

29. What are you DOING? Trying to send me over the edge?

gimme my coffee!

Joking aside, you got THAT right!

[Sydnie]

24. I'm not too poetic ---

and obviously not too literate if "a lot" is the best descriptive phrase you can come up with to describe the amount of debris in NOLA.

[shadowknows69]

27. he was able to compare it to bomb damage

something he would know a lot about.

[yy4me]

26. Yes george, you are telling me more than I want to know.

I really don't want to know how vacant your brain is!

[Sydnie]

30. If the "first people hired" should be those from the area

why were all the big contracts given to Halliburton?

Asshat!

[shadowknows69]

32. "You have to believe in certain principals and beliefs"

well said GW. We know what you believe in. War, torture, death, money, power.

[Sydnie]

31. How did the Taliban get back in there?

were'nt we fighting AQ? Didn't he once say we already took the Taliban down?

[shadowknows69]

35. threat to our security. funny apparently

let me guess. Iran?

[Wordie]

33. Now a question about teacher who was suspended over critical remarks

about Bush. Cracking cute little jokes.

Saying we have to protect people's basic freedoms: to express themselves in the public square, etc.

"That's what distinguishes us from the Taliban."

Gone off into a discussion of the Taliban and their treatment of the freedom of religion.

Can't let the public opinion polls cause you to change your beliefs. I decide big things and little things. You don't put your finger in the air to decide what to do. Can't be a good decision maker if you're trying to please people. Understands some decisions are unpopular...we've got to lead.

Getting quite incensed here.

[Sydnie]

34. Bingo! Money phrase

preeminent economic power!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

36. He believes in "God Almighty" who is spreading freedom through the

world.

He just said he believes he's God's messenger...holy moly, the guy is nuts. MKJ

[shadowknows69]

38. he's concerned about totalitarian governments

that aren't transperant? yeah we're pretty concerned too GW.

[0007]

37. Get him off the fucking air!

North Korea and Iran are non-transparent nations.

[shadowknows69]

41. but our desire to destroy "The axis of evil"

is ok.

[pdxmom]

39. Why wasn't the first question out of this group's mouth about the

fact that this administration wants to put them in jail for printing the truth about what this administration is doing? This must be a hand-picked, friendly group. They are certainly tossing him leading, softball questions.

[Wordie]

42. There have been a couple of hard questions, but he was non-responsive

and there is NO follow-up! When he doesn't like the question, he just goes off into a OT recitation of talking points.

[Wordie]

40. Said he is concerned about totalitarian gov'ts that are not transparent

that have nuclear.

Does he include his own administration?

[shadowknows69]

43. yeah those 6 member talks have gone well

N Korea has what a dozen nukes now probably?

[Sydnie]

44. "they tried to pull a fast one on the world"

he really is MOE BUSH!

Cheney must have said "Why we oughta ..." Primal scream happening in my house right now!

[gatorboy]

45. Spreadin' Democracy?

When is one of these reporters gonna remind Bush that his ally Pakistan is run by a dictatorship? :puke:

[Sydnie]

46. NCLB was to address special needs?

that's what that is supposed to be about??????

[Wordie]

48. Hasn't he reduced funding for No Child Left Behind in his budgets???

[Sydnie]

50. Not to mention that special needs mandates have NEVER been

fully funded at the rate the government promised. NEVER!

How many head starts did he close? How many funds intended for head start were diverted and funneled to "faith based" daycares instead?

[yy4me]

47. Now its too much testing? And what is "teach the test"?

It goes from bad to worse! He must be on something real strong today.

[Sydnie]

49. Faux just dumped their coverage! ROFL!!!

He was not following the script ... they dumped his ass!

[Wordie]

51. What was the speech like, Sydnie?

[Sydnie]

52. It was lame

the thing that stuck out most to me was the glaring statement about Afghanistan having been a haven for terrorists and not one mention that Iraq had ever been. My head exploded after that!

edit - haven was the word he used ... not magnet

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

53. I was watching on CNN. The anchor mumbled a couple of things about the

president disussing terrorism and AQ and then quickly moved to the latest story du jour.

No detailed analysis, or talking heads reaffirming gwb's brilliance, as in the recent past.

I can sure see why he doesn't do press conferences at night, when more people might see his blathering live. MKJ