Heads Up: Obama Press Conference Scheduled for 10:00 AM (ET)

[jefferson_dem]

From Aman, Jordan. We'll watch for a live feed.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/22/obama-expected-to-hold-presser-in-jordan-tuesday-2/

[phrigndumass]

1. Kickin'

:kick:

[Major Hogwash]

2. About an hour from now.

Gawd damned time difference from Iraq.

[Hope And Change]

3. K & R!

[Marrah_G]

4. Kick!

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. Kick and recommended

[RNdaSilva]

6. I would assume that the live feed would be on CNN.

[RNdaSilva]

10. Yep...live on CNN in twenty minutes.

King Abdullah II succeeded his father Hussein following the latter's death in February 1999. Abdullah moved quickly to reaffirm Jordan's peace treaty with Israel and its relations with the United States. Abdullah, during the first year in power, refocused the government's agenda on economic reform.

Israel next I would assume?

[RNdaSilva]

11. Will Queen Noor be there to greet him?

I would assume that she's eligible to vote in the U.S.

[Connie_Corleone]

7. First question will be "How come you won't admit the surge has worked?"

That's today's meme.

[unapatriciated]

8. K&R

will be watching for it on CNN

[Radio_Lady]

9. Thanks. K & R.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. CNN International just announced that they will be carrying it live in about 5 minutes!

[jefferson_dem]

13. LIVE NOW.

Hagel up.

---> Video Link at http://www.cnn.com/

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. Sen. Jack Reed is talking but not one station is carrying it

Sen. Hagel is talking now and no one is covering it.

[Douglas Carpenter]

15. CNN is switching to Amman Jordan for the press conference right NOW!!

[RNdaSilva]

16. Live on MSNBC....

Much better job...CNN would not shut up.

[jefferson_dem]

17. Even FauxNews is on the case.

Bastads.

[RNdaSilva]

20. Last resort...

[slinkerwink]

18. kick

[mloutre]

19. am watching now

Obama looks & sounds a little low-key, as though he's kinda fatigued (gee, I wonder why?)... but also very polished and presidential. Reed & Hagel sitting on either side of the outdoor podium where Obama is speaking. Some wind noise in the microphones, unfortunately. And apparently MSNBC cut to the speech after Reed & Hagel had already spoken; will have to look for the transcripts later to see what they had to say. Obama is recapping the highlights of their trip -- what they saw, what they learned, what they heard from local leaders & from folks on the ground. Will be taking questions after the reap.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. First questions by the press ... can't hear the question

Is it Andrea Mitchell?

[BeyondGeography]

22. Andrea's big moment...and she has no mike

:P

[jefferson_dem]

23. And talked and talked and talked.

Nice profile though... :)

[Renew Deal]

24. Andrea Mitchell?

It didn't even look like her.

[babylonsister]

28. That must have pissed her off; took her hours to design that

fascinating question, whatever it was. :D

[BeyondGeography]

34. And even longer to ask it

:D

[jefferson_dem]

25. Obama: "Some have expressed concern for precipitous withdrawal...

And that's why i'm not proposing a precipitous withdrawal."

Paraphrased.

[ellacott]

26. Great response

[bdamomma]

55. Obama is on to our thuggish media.

[babylonsister]

27. Not one stumble that I can hear. GOBAMA! nt

[Avalux]

30. Excellent! Wish I could listen. n/t

[ellacott]

31. Cool

Thanks for keeping us cube rats updated. :)

[babylonsister]

40. He's awesome and impressive; hopefully there will be a youtube later

for you. He just said, "I feel very confident in my world view."

[ellacott]

42. I hope someone DOES post it to youtube

It sounds like he's doing very well.

[bdamomma]

60. he is not an ignorant man not like that POS we have now.

[Ichingcarpenter]

29. Some question about McCain

But not a clue on what the question was.

[BeyondGeography]

32. Elitism alert: "colloquy"

Watch him get ridiculed for that. Try "back-and-forth" next time...

[babylonsister]

35. Imagine, a president elevating the conversation! nt

[yellowcanine]

44. I disagree. It is time to quit dumbing down the presidency. He is not running for beer drinking

buddy. He is running for president. The president SHOULD know more and talk better than the average Joe Sixpack. Besides, "colloquy" encompasses more than just "back and forth". Back and forth is what you do with a beer drinking buddy. Colloquy is what you have with a foreign leader.

[jefferson_dem]

33. Refused to get baited into a back and forth with...what's his name...McSame.

"While overseas, and we have a bipartisan group here...I am hoping to focus on areas of agreement." (Paraphrased)

Perfect.

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. "Reality is reinserting itself on Iraq"

Damn right Obama!

[RNdaSilva]

36. They parroted the NY Times correspondent's question...

but not Andrea's.

She's gonna be fuming.

[elkston]

38. Perfect -- He is not admitting that the "surge worked" :)

He won't cede that ground to McCain, not during the campaign!

This man is a great politician. Its probably driving the Repubs crazy that he won't just say: "Hey, the surge worked!".

[Renew Deal]

50. The whol "Surged worked" BS has been McCains long term strategy

That's why he embraced it early. He doesn't have much else.

[thewiseguy]

39. I cant heart the questions

[BeyondGeography]

41. Who's the goofball reporter wearing the Red Sox cap?

[jefferson_dem]

46. Redundancy Alert:::: Goofball ... Wearing a Red Sox cap.

I have family in Boston... :)

[babylonsister]

52. It's stinking hot there... but is it a dry heat? And there's a breeze...nt

[thewiseguy]

43. Crowley almost had an ..... after hearing that last question about surge

[DS1]

47. Donut?

[jefferson_dem]

49. Orgasm? Conniption?

Hmmm... So many options...

[scheming daemons]

69. Please! The mental image of Candy having an orgasm might just make me celibate for life...

[babylonsister]

45. Most eye-opening to Obama; the borders between Afg. and Pak. are so vast

it's difficult to see how our troops can combat that. Diplomatic efforts might work better.

[senseandsensibility]

51. I'm sure the press really probed him for details on that

:sarcasm: Or was it right back to surge and MCSame's talking points?

[babylonsister]

56. Now they're hitting on Israel vs. Palestinian conflicts. This is where

he needs to tread lightly.

[RNdaSilva]

61. How about the border between Afg. and Iraq?

Will there be questions in re this important topic?

McCain would be interested in a response here. At least a clarification in re borders.

[Ichingcarpenter]

48. Reporter asking if he has changed any part of his strategy on Iraq

or learned?

The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has difficulties for our troops
and lessing the tensions between India and Pakistan need to be addressed.

[bdamomma]

53. listening and watching on CNN website

volume for me is sucky, can't really hear Obama that good. but what a class act he is, thank god for someone who knows how to speak and is intellect.

[babylonsister]

54. No flubs; he knows his stuff, and can even remember it! nt

[K Gardner]

57. ROFL ! Calls them on their bullshit.. "this is an ARTIFICAL CONSTRUCT.. I reject it."

[elkston]

62. Yeah, I loved that part! n/t

[K Gardner]

66. The MSM is nothing BUT an artifical construct... gads, I love this man :-)

[Ichingcarpenter]

68. That shinny thing on his lapel doesn't look like a flag pin

I think that should be the next question

[babylonsister]

58. Claims he's neither rigid nor stubborn on 16-mth timeline. His job

is to set strategic vision of what's best for US nat'l security.

[BeyondGeography]

59. Must be hard for the press to deal with an agile mind like this

Shoving their "artificial constructs" up their butts...

[babylonsister]

64. Especially when they're used to dealing with McGaffe! nt

[babylonsister]

63. "Reporters Are The Same Everywhere, Aren't They"

:rofl: Not a compliment, I'm thinking?

[elkston]

65. Put that in the "aloof" column. Though past Presidents have always jabbed politely!

[babylonsister]

67. Aloof? How about 'fact'? nt

[elkston]

75. I know. I'm just speculating how the other side would view it. :)

[babylonsister]

80. Gotcha, and you're most likely right. That will be discussed. nt

[bdamomma]

70. How refreshing to hear some truth and intellect.

Obama is doing well. Very well, I would be profoundly content to have him as President.

[jefferson_dem]

71. Summary from Halperin --

On his withdrawal plan: Says he hasn’t proposed a “precipitous drawdown” in Iraq. Said the focus of his conversation with Gen. Petraeus was not on how precipitous his proposal was, but how he would like to retain as much “flexibility” as possible. “My job as a potential commander in chief extends beyond Iraq.”

On the surge: Says it’s unclear what would have happened if they had adopted his plan in January 2007. Adds he’s pleased that because of the troops on the group, decisions by Sunni tribal leaders and opposition militias that the violence has quelled. Said whether there will be a functioning Iraq is largely going to depend on the Iraqi people.

On Afghanistan: Says one of the “most eye-opening” things he learned was how difficult it is for troops to decisively defeat terrorists and the Taliban on the poorest border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. “If we don’t get a handle on that border region we are going to continue to have problems.”

Refuses to slam McCain when asked about his positions, “partly because” he’s overseas with a bipartisan delegation and he hopes they can focus on areas of agreement.

PRESSER GETS ROADBLOCKED CABLE COVERAGE.

Starts off with opening remarks on his reflections of their trip to Afghanistan, Iraq. Says he’s “extremely impressed” by the troops there, reiterates that Afghanistan is the “central front” in the war on terrorism.

“There is security progress. Now we need a political solution. the message we heard from Iraq’s leaders is they’re ready to do more and they want to take more responsibility for their country…I welcome the growing consensus in the United States and Iraq for a timeline.”

Calls again for his 16-month withdrawal plan, refocus troops in Afghanistan.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/22/obama-expected-to-hold-presser-in-jordan-tuesday-2/

[zulchzulu]

72. Screenshots of the next President looking and sounding presidential

[jefferson_dem]

79. Nice.

Thanks zulchzulu!

Curious: How do you capture screenshots from video. I have Snagit which does a good job with images but haven't been able to capture video.

[zulchzulu]

91. Photoshop and ALT Print screen on a PC

If I was using my Mac, there is a good screen capture program called oddly "Screen Record" that does a decent job... but I used Photoshop and pasted the ALT Print screen clipboard dump and then cropped it and put the choices on one document, then saved as a jpg and Photobucketed... :->

[jefferson_dem]

94. Ah...Photoshop.

Thanks!

[babylonsister]

73. Oops. Did he say 'Israel is a strong friend of Israel'? nt

[Dawgs]

74. He did.

The MSM will be talking about it for days.

[babylonsister]

76. My FIRST thought, too! You know it! nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

89. this will be forgotten very quickly. There are misspeaks that matter. There are misspeaks that

don't matter. This one is the latter.

It will not count for anything whatsoever. It will not even be mentioned in the coverage.

[Dawgs]

93. I know - forgot the sarcasm tag.

:)

[Douglas Carpenter]

96. cool. I understand now

some comments I read on this forum do have me shaking my head though

[BeyondGeography]

77. Sounded like that to me

There goes the election.

[Ichingcarpenter]

78. Yep, that's it, its over........ time to go home

:) :sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

81. Can't wait to see what kind of mountains they'll make out of this molehill. nt

[BeyondGeography]

82. At least he didn't say, "the Israeli/Pakistan border"

[babylonsister]

86. Oy! That woulda hurt! nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

83. Well it wasn't a lie.... Israel is a strong friend of Israel

minor gaff

[thewiseguy]

85. They cant make anything out of it

[RNdaSilva]

90. MSNBC hasn't picked up on it...yet.

[babylonsister]

84. Petraeus doesn't want a time frame; Obama ain't buying it, very

respectfully. Petraeus isn't wearing the prez hat; they both have different priorities and responsibilities (after Obama wins).
Petraeus' opinions could also change in future. Hell yea, why not?

[Ichingcarpenter]

88. Petraeus is a wanna be politician and ass kisser

I wonder how long he will remain after Obama is president?

[babylonsister]

That's a big question; we'll know in January 09. But I'm cool

with whoever Obama thinks he can work with. If that's Petraeus, so be it.

[RNdaSilva]

95. If not...

remember MacArthur?

[bdamomma]

87. watch how our stupid media will keep on spinning how obama

will not say the surge helped, but then again, other factors contributed to the security issues, Sadr called off his army for now, numbers of people have been killed.

Conference is over.

[Ichingcarpenter]

92. MSNBC is pushing the surge hype but a 4 star general isn't buying it

in the simplistic terms that the media trys to spin it. Time to turn off the TV