NYT:Bush to Tell Why He Sees 'Clear Path to Victory'(in address to nation)

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush to Tell Why He Sees a 'Clear Path to Victory'
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: June 28, 2005


WASHINGTON, June 27 - Faced with polls showing public doubts that the situation in Iraq is improving, President Bush will emphasize in an address on Tuesday night that there is a "clear path to victory" and urge Americans to maintain their resolve, the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said Monday.

Mr. Bush will speak to the nation at 8 p.m. from Fort Bragg, N.C., before an audience of hundreds of troops. ABC said it would carry the address live. CBS and NBC said they had yet to decide. Tuesday is the first anniversary of the formal transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqis after the American-led invasion.

Mr. McClellan suggested that Mr. Bush would not signal any change in military or diplomatic strategy. Instead, he said, the president will emphasize that Iraq is making progress despite the mounting loss of life, and that the United States cannot allow the understandable concern about the violent insurgency to deter it from completing the job.

Mr. McClellan said Mr. Bush would "be talking in a very specific way" about his strategy of training and equipping Iraqis to defend themselves while encouraging them to move ahead with the writing of a constitution and the establishment of a stable democracy....

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Democrats called for more than words from Mr. Bush to reassure Americans that he was being honest about the situation in Iraq and had a realistic strategy. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said Mr. Bush "has got a long list of things he needs to talk to the American people about, and I hope it is substance, not fluff."...


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28speech.html

[madeline_con]

1. ".... before an audience of hundreds of troops ..."

The poor people have to sit through that. :puke:

[mike_c]

3. they're stage props today...

...and cannon fodder tomorrow.

[madeline_con]

17. This speech is going to suck so bad!

And seem to wax patriotic to the morons among us!!

[Carla in Ca]

18. Props...exactly!

Per the article, he will discuss how we are better equipping the Iraqis. How will that not be an insult to OUR soldiers who don't have what THEY need???

[demo dutch]

34. Let me barf right now!

[demo dutch]

35. ..

[converted_democrat]

30. You are completely correct.

[DaDeacon]

9. GOD that's a real hoot, Stop hiding behind the troops! Please.

[madeline_con]

16. "Stop hiding behind the troops! Please"

It certainly is convenient. No pesky "free speech zone" has to be set up to keep dissention away from His Royal Heinous.

They'll probably have illuminated signs just off camera that say "Applause. That's an order!"

[Voltaire99]

25. Don't worry about those in attendance. They love it.

Have you not heard the hoo-aah choir sing for their prez?

They deserve each other.

[Pachamama]

42. Yeah, those poor troops know that if they boo him they have to do KP duty

or Worse! :scared:

Smart move by Bush....do the speech in front of people who have no choice but to support you or else....Our poor troops....

[pinniped]

2. Hoorah.

==Tuesday is the first anniversary of the formal transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqis after the American-led invasion.==

Timing is everything. Too bad absolutely nothing has changed in the year since the piece of crap scribbled on that piece of toilet paper. Oh ya, the Iraqi oil reserves are depleting and the death toll is up.

[ananda]

4. clear path to..

.. insanity, I call it.

Hell, he can see anything he fucking wants to, and often does. I wonder if he's the emperor who can't even see his own clothes...

Sue

[AndyTiedye]

5. Is That Like a "Light at the End of the Tunnel"?

and now the light at the end of the tunnel is blowing it's whistle.

[GHOSTDANCER]

6. He must be on the sauce again.................

<>

[Mz Pip]

7. A clear path to victory

no one else seems to be able to see.

George, that path to victory you see is just the matted down grass before the lemmings went over the edge. And that is exactly where you are taking this country. Over the edge, to its certain demise.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Warren Stupidity]

8. so after this clear victory

the war on terra will be over, right? We will have won, correct?

So... we can abolish the patriot act. We can charge or release all detainees under our control or the control of our surrogates all across the planet. We can bring the troops home. The stupid color code can return to green. We can have a big victory parade.

Have I got that right?

[Corgigal]

10. NYT's is still writing crappy stories like this?

Why even waste the space. I guess they need to call the Washington Post today to get the real news.

[silvermachine]

32. The Post is no better...

...another cheerleader for the administration. The editorial page has more conservative voices than liberal and with people like Howard Kurtz spinning and spinning and spinning, it really is a pale shadow of what it used to be. Their bias during the Clinton presidency was simply astounding. Remember Sue Schmidt during Whitewater? Not to mention the non-stop pro-war rah-rahing terra terra terra all the time leading up to the invasion of Iraq.

[roguevalley]

11. he'll be just the same and piss even more people off. :)

[Porcupine]

12. Who does he think is still listening? Fundies?

Hell, even the fundies are tired of seeing uncle Bob get sent on his third or fourth tour in Iraq. Hell, uncle Bob was just in the Guard!!

Young Republicans and SUV driving, gun-buying eighteen year olds are not beating down the doors of military recruiters. So who the hell is left who believes this bullshit? We are in desperation land here. Unlike Vietnam, if we lose in Iraq the cost of driving is going to at least triple. The only worse solution is to continue the occupation.

[dArKeR]

13. "a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly"

As Bush leads the world down the path of the Valley of the Shadow of Death:

World's most respected statesman Nelson Mandela says,

"What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust."

"Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/30/iraq/main538607.shtml

[daleo]

14. He sees a smooth flow into tragedy.

Well lubricated by the blood of hundreds of thousands.

[EC]

15. I'm not sure anyone but the die-hard worshipers will be watching

anyway...It's rerun season and most people (around here anyway)don't bother with TV in the summer until after 9:00 central time...and all the 66% that have lost faith in him, they won't waste their time....their minds are made up...

[w13rd0]

19. Wait!

After all our "hard work", are we "turning a corner", opposed only by those that "hate us for our freedoms"? Namely, the Democratic Party?

</sarcasm>

[LynnTheDem]

20. Speech to be replayed...

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017...

[The_Casual_Observer]

21. One can only hope that NBC & CBS have enough sense to reject this

That would be a real disgrace to chimp.

[Voltaire99]

22. New Bush lies can't hurt the war's poll numbers

Even if he tells some new stinkers, it shouldn't matter terribly.

I doubt very much that you can rouse more than 60%-65% of the American public to oppose the war.

Not until there's a draft, anyway.

[Jane Eyre]

23. Peace Vigil during Bush's speech in Fayetteville

There will be a press conference at the Quaker House in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg, at 1 PM. From 5-9 PM, there will be a peace vigil in downtown Fayetteville during which time there will be a reading of all the names of US soldiers killed in Iraq.

For more info:

www.mfso.com
www.bringthemhomenow.org


On edit: I forgot to add that these activities are being planned by military vets and families, including Iraq vets. Crossing my fingers that they will get lots of attention, as they certainly should. They have earned the right to speak as no one else has.

[Straight Shooter]

24. No such thing as a clear path with so many dead bodies to step over.

Heh heh, I'm your commander in cheese, and -- heh heh, did I say cheese? I meant chief, but, anyway, ya know, cheese reminds me of fondue, and I'm fond of you, heh heh, and fondue is kind of sticky, too, like a quagmire. Heh heh, my poll ratings are in a quagmire, heh heh. Or is that quackmire? Quack, quack, quaaaaack.

He is so putrid.

[Dickie Flatt]

26. A brief message to the troops

Don't let Bush manipulate you like this. During his speech, tell the President to stop lying. Do it loudly, and make sure everyone hears you and sees you. Make your country proud.

[fooj]

27. Truth is our most powerful weapon! Use it!

peace.

[DeepModem Mom]

28. Oh, if they only would! nt

[Just Me]

33. The bastard betrayed us all.

The BushCo/neoCON cabal are exploiting their own people for profit via war. Makes me so damn sick!!! These bastards should be behind bars awaiting their turn in the torture and death chambers of their own making.

I join you in encouraging our brave men and women to speak out against this SOB who has abused the trust and loyalty of the American people!!!

[bluedog]

29. Hand Picked Troops

its not going to be the whole base..msnbc said the group was hand picked.like we already didn't know that would happen..so hes speaking to a group who support his ass....another phony prop......

[barbaraann]

39. That is not going to go over well.

I grew up in the military and I cannot even imagine soldiers being singled out from their units for a propaganda event. These are units that are supposed to fight and possibly die together, and anything that separates them is undermining their fighting and surviving ability.

If promoting divisiveness in fighting units isn't giving aid and comfort to the enemy, I don't know what it.

[Orsino]

31. Bacardi or Tequila?

I've seen some strange things myself, with their help.

[demo dutch]

36. Let me barf right now!

[progressivebydesign]

37. Umm.. can you say "LOW RATINGS"? I knew that you could. n/t

[goclark]

38. Some of the soldiers will be "interviewed" I heard

I thought I heard one reporter say that this morning.

I was asleep and I thought it was a nightmare.

Would he stoop that low?

[Neverarepublican]

40. ASSHOLE!!!!!!!

[confludemocrat]

41. "Victory" is the disease that keeps on giving (of death and destruction)

That's what he thinks most people want, but he is so devoid of any thinking except campaign spin that he actually tries to synonymize "clear path" with it's brain-dead forebear: "light at the end of the tunnel".

Victory? Fuck victory. How about a victory for decency and morality.

Nice Reid quote. He is like an excellent symphony conductor, knows when to let things play out, knows when to keep up the tempo.