Obama to make statement late Sunday, White House says (subject unknown)

[kpete]

Source: Reuters

Obama to make statement late Sunday, White House says


WASHINGTON | Sun May 1, 2011 9:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a public statement at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, a White House official said.

The official did not say what the statement would be about.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason, editing by Philip Barbara)

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-obama-statement-idUSTRE74107920110502

[Arrowhead2k1]

1. Oooooh, now this is interesting.

The suspense....

[Sanity Claws]

2. This sounds serious

Why else put out a statement at 10:30 PM on a Sunday?
I guess we'll find out shortly.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Heard this on CBS radio news

but they don't know what it is about either. But 10:30 on a Sunday evening is a dame odd time for a Presidential speech.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

31. See live video at WaPO link here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2005/04/12/VI2005041201139.html

[freshwest]

45. ...

[BREMPRO]

39. a coincidence i'm sure, but would cut into celebrity apprentice lol!

must be serious...

[wundermaus]

4. ...

10 minutes...
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=263

[Arrowhead2k1]

5. Twitter is saying it's related to national security...

Uh oh...

[Skip_In_Boulder]

12. I just turned my Twitter on

it is saying the same thing. Now this is starting to get real strange.

[freshwest]

42. ...

[totodeinhere]

6. I wonder if he is going to say that they got Gaddafi. n/t

[wundermaus]

9. Or he got us...

[Kurovski]

11. That was my immediate thought. (nt)

[PfcHammer]

16. TMZ says they're gonna announce U.S. has captured

Trump's hair. :rofl:

[Hissyspit]

7. RawStory: Still no specifics about Obama's coming late-night statement, but CNN reports it's related

RawStory: Still no specifics about Obama's coming late-night statement, but CNN reports it's related to national security. Again, 10:30EST @ earliest.

[valerief]

8. Even MSNBC doesn't have a child molester or prison show on. nt

[FarLeftFist]

10. PLEASE tell me we're ending the war in Afghanistan. n/t

[valerief]

13. Once the US WARS, it doesn't UNWAR. That's how it seems anyway. nt

[Bigmack]

18. Pulling Out.... just doesn't sound Manly. nt

[cactusfractal]

14. Right in the middle of Celebrity Apprentice.... LOL n/t

[dkf]

19. Ah saving us from The Donald.

[LynneSin]

69. Are you serious

that would be too funny if it was!

[Arrowhead2k1]

15. I'm just going to take a guess, and say they've thwarted another terrorist plot.

Maybe...

Or they didn't thwart it, and we'd have to be ready to duck and cover...

[Muskypundit]

17. Damn... quick guys

Turn it on to fox news. Im sure they are already tearing apart his speech.

[valerief]

20. May Day! May Day! Gotta be bad. nt

[earthside]

21. bin Laden dead.

That's my guess.

Even if they got Khaddafi it wouldn't warrant a live presidential remark.

[valerief]

23. Oy vey. Does anyone care about that guy anyway? nt

[Paradoxical]

25. Yeah, actually a lot of people care about that guy.

Myself included.

[Grassy Knoll]

44. Or they caught him....

David Gregory just said it was something about Bin Laden.

[elleng]

22. CNN holding.

[Grassy Knoll]

24. Bin Laden Is a woman ?

and it's Glenn Beck ? :shrug:

[cbdo2007]

26. Anyone know of a live internet feed?

I can't believe more of the stations don't just play their tv feed live on the internet full time with commercials for those of us without cable.

[TheCML]

29. CSPAN online.

http://www.c-span.org/

[cbdo2007]

34. Thanks, I always forget to check cspan online.

[Muskypundit]

27. Terrorists in the U.S, we are going to attack syria, we caught bin laden

Israel decided it was going to wipe iran off the map, or vice versa.... or there is a mega meteor.

[Newsjock]

28. Live White House video

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-delivers-statement

[UpInArms]

30. thanks!

:toast:

[wundermaus]

32. msnbc live video feed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42852646#42852646

[skoalyman]

48. osama's kidneys finally blew out

:shrug: :puffpiece:

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. It involves a CIA operation overseas.

Per MSNBC

[bongbong]

35. Pre-empt T.Rump

Part of the timing of this announcement might be to pull another rip on The Donildo by interrupting his sunday night unreality show. :rofl:

[kpete]

36. Heraldo says

Bin Laden Is DEAD

[Sabriel]

37. I sure hope it's about an American royal wedding!

Because that would take our minds off the non-news about the Fukushima disaster.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

38. I CALLED IT!! It has *something* to do with Osama bin Laden!!! n/t

[Iliyah]

41. I think

they got him!

[bluevoter4life]

40. Something to do with OBL

MSNBC just reported it

[lunasun]

43. bin laden killed by usa operatives

lets get outof afganistan then..........

[demwing]

46. MSNBC Live Link, Standing By

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42852646#42852646

[midnight]

68. Thanks for the link.

[KurtNYC]

47. CSPAN says 1050pm start now

[FarLeftFist]

49. OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD! n/t

[Iliyah]

56. Yea, but how

and when. Just heard John King saying too bad it wasn't GWB to make the announcement.

[cbdo2007]

59. "killed" rumors or that it was CIA.

hahaha, poor GWB. This is great for President Obama and is sealing his reelection.

"happened in a strike several days ago where 25 other people were killed" someone just said on ABC

[SoapBox]

50. OH my WORD! This is fabulous news!

And can you JUST imagine how the RushThugs and T.HaterBagger heads are imploding!!??!!

Take THAT Thugs! Guess BushCo. and DickLess Cheney were too limp to get the job done!

[garthranzz]

51. CNN, NYT reporting Bin Laden dead, U.S. has body

per Keith Olbermann tweet

If true, the domestic political repercussions - oh, my.

[iamtechus]

52. It was just a matter of time. If we kept blowing up wedding parties we were bound to get him.

[jakeXT]

53. No more tapes from 2pac?

[freshwest]

54. Googling only produces 'abovetopsecret' and 'godlikeproductions.'

But then we get it. Good, let's go home.

[FarLeftFist]

55. The war we should have fought YEARS ago.

US has Bin Laden's body. See republiCons, WE TOLD YOU SO!

[freshwest]

57. Okay, checked again... 'Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead: TV networks...'

Great in reference to the war in Afghanistan.

Can we go home now!!!!

[greiner3]

58. C-SPAN;

And here is Wolf Blitzer, who some people consider a celebrity.

[skoalyman]

60. He choked to death on trumps hair piece

:shrug:

[cbdo2007]

63. Really?

It took you 15 minutes to come up with *that* joke?? hahahahaha hahahahaha

You're as quick and thorough as George W Bush.

[skoalyman]

65. spoken like a true smart ass bully but anyway

besides being good points for Obama upcoming election run does it really change anything.

[FarLeftFist]

66. I enjoyed the joke.

[FarLeftFist]

67. dupe

[no limit]

61. John King looks like he needs a nap. CNN: US took him out in a mansion

[kestrel91316]

62. WTF is up with the false alarm presser announcement??????

[SoapBox]

64. Get the kids out of bed Mary! ...big news!!

hehe

[veganlush]

70. Bin Laden is dead...n/t