Press Gaggle: "does the President have any reaction to the vigils..."

[sabra]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050818-2.html

Q Dana, do you have any reaction -- does the President have any reaction to the vigils last night? Did he see anything on television?

MS. PERINO: I don't have an update as to whether or not he saw anything on television. We were -- I was aware of the vigil and I think that many Americans were, but I have nothing to add from before.

Q There's no reaction from the White House to the vigils?

MS. PERINO: The President has said that he sympathizes with Ms. Sheehan. He has met with her before. He appreciates the opportunities that he has to meet with families of the fallen or -- and families that have men and women, sons and daughters, and mothers and fathers that are serving in the war on terror. He's listened to their -- to views of people like Ms. Sheehan and he respects them, but he disagrees.

Yes, Kelly.

Q Some of the moms today are planning to have letters delivered to Mrs. Bush. Do you know if there will be a procedure for her to actually receive those?

MS. PERINO: I don't know anything about -- that's the first I've heard of that, and I'll have to see. There are proper channels in order to get letters.

Q They're going to try to deliver them to the Secret Service.

MS. PERINO: I'll have to check into that. I don't know. Yes, Mark?

Q Dana, has the President decided that he will not meet again with Cindy Sheehan? Is she wasting her time?

MS. PERINO: The President has said she has a right to peacefully protest and to be there and to express her views, but he has met with her before and there's no change in the schedule.

[LeftNYC]

1. Man, is this guy insulated or what? nt

[Junkdrawer]

7. Who dares to ask to meet with The Great and Powerful OZ....

(pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.)

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Where's ScottyTissue?

...did they give HIM a vacation from being picked on by the big, bad WH press corps? ;) :shrug:

[Cocoa]

3. looks like she got a little snippy toward the end....

Q How is the President spending his day?

MS. PERINO: I know that this morning he got his normal briefings.

Q And recreation?

MS. PERINO: I don't have an update for you on that. Okay?

[sabra]

4. I saw that too! :-)

[Dhalgren]

13. Yeah, it was almost like that word "recreation" set her off...

I wonder why she would be so touchy about that?

[rodeodance]

14. te he--seems like she needs lots of updates!!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. "Is she wasting her time?" No matter what happens she isn't

wasting her time, that's guaranteed.

[Spinzonner]

6. The President is busy balancing his life

and he would appreciate it if people would stop trying to get him to juggle instead.

[Sal Minella]

10. The President is busy balancing his life

and it's hard work.........

[paineinthearse]

8. proof mcclellan is wired!

The non-answers are identical to what he would be giving. The mouthpiece is different, but the "handlers" remain the same.

[KansDem]

9. There's that phrase again...

He has met with her before. :eyes:

Yeah, George, but that was before she discovered you lied to her. So meet with her now, damnit, and answer her questions!!!. :grr:

[sabra]

11. but but he gave her a hug!

</sarcasm>

[Stephanie]

12. WHAT SCHEDULE?

He doesn't have a schedule - he's been out of touch since SATURDAY.

[alfredo]

15. Georgie is momma's boy.

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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[Pithy Cherub]

17. Bush is really frightened and mad because he is frightened

by one genuine Mom wanting to hold him accountable. He is genuinely hidin' out at the pig farm!

The Cindy Vigils in collective were so impressive because it was big cities, small hamlets, individuals and groups across America and it was beautifully done despite the msm not doing their jobs.