official press conference thread #2

[w8liftinglady]

[AwakeAtLast]

1. Now he's trying to explain the flip-flop on troop withdrawls.

<sigh> What an idiot. :grr:

[w8liftinglady]

44. do you have confidence in maliki?

[Avalux]

2. Thread #1 has been locked:

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[malaise]

3. David Gregory nails his sorry

ass. The response is sicker than usual.
sp.

[helderheid]

4. DAVID GREGORY!

:loveya:

[rodeodance]

5. oh HO. Jr is ticked at David Greagory! te he

[rodeodance]

11. gregory got him on "stay the course" which bush says id DIFFERENT

from milestones!

[Skip Intro]

what'd he ask????

cube rat here

[helderheid]

basically asked if this was just a semantics game he was playing

[AwakeAtLast]

22. And did not give a real answer. n/t

[rodeodance]

70. he goes off on a tactic of FREEDOM

[sabra]

6. Gregory sticks it to *

[w8liftinglady]

7. Good God!David gregory asked him about the timetable

[w8liftinglady]

18. benchmarks mean we'll win-timetable means we'll lose...

[rodeodance]

25. that comment is a no-brainer! geech!!

[sinkingfeeling]

53. Is that why the MSM has been using 'timeline' instead of 'timetable'?

Timetable = Democrats' cut and run
Timeline = Benchmarks
Benchmarks = we win???????????

[helderheid]

8. first recommend

[babylonsister]

9. Broken record, anyone? He's got nuthin', And he's gettin' testy

w/David Gregory.

[eleny]

23. DG gave him the needle in the ass

Knocked him off his pins. He didn't have a scripted answer for that, so his answer was short.

[rodeodance]

27. a snappy testy!

[AwakeAtLast]

31. "Active diplomatic mission"

Is that what you call the Iraq mess? That's a new one to me.

[chelsea0011]

10. He's getting angry again.

[sinkingfeeling]

37. Somebody get film!! Then we'll see if he turned 'all red in the face'

like Bill Clinton did during his interview with Chris Wallace.

[Ilsa]

12. David Gregory: ...Why shouldn't the American people conclude

that this isn't anything more than a semantic, rhetorical statement versus real change? (paraphrased) Then he asked about the Maliki govt's suggestion for a timetable of withdrawal.

[babylonsister]

24. And Gregory mentioned 'right before an election'. Good for him. nt

[Sydnie]

13. I would have David Gregory's babies

What a great question!

[AIJ Alom]

14. I can't wait to hit benchmark #3: 3,000 dead soldiers cause

benchmarks 1 and 2 were not enough.

[Pithy Cherub]

15. David Gregory REALLY pissed him off

by asking why he demonized Dems and is now adopting that strategy...:rofl:

[Norquist Nemesis]

98. No! He didn't!

I'm not watching it (much more fun to 'watch' through DU!) Gregory really asked him about demonizing Dems then adopting the strategy that Dems put forth? :woohoo: Give that man a Medal of Freedom!!!!

[Bonobo]

16. "I will continue to make explanations!"

BWA HA HA!

[chelsea0011]

38. Iraq understands our postition and Iran understands the Iraqi postiton that

they know we understand and Iraq also knows Iran's postition. This guy is an idiot.

[goclark]

17. Talking down with same old crap

Iraq "goberment."

Saying time table means we leave and that is not what we are doing.

Said, we have a PLAN for VICTORY

Talking with Gregory

[shadowknows69]

26. Issues with Iran

n/t

[babylonsister]

19. He'll continue to speak out-keep digging that hole. nt

[displacedtexan]

20. David Gregory asked the "stay the course" question.

Bush is getting angry.

"That is different, David!"

Yadayadayada."

He's "giving the speech today to explain the Iraq situation."

So... NOT a Major policy announcement, hm?

[Catchawave]

33. "Eye-raq situ-a-shun, git 'er done...!"

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

21. did you see the tick in his eye when he snapped at Gregory?

[radfringe]

29. transmitter not working today?

[antonialee839]

35. Yes, and he blinked a hundred times per second.

Plus he really didn't answer the question.

[goclark]

39. He should be impeached IMMEDIATELY

He is so mentally ill and so dangerous.

He has not changed one line of his thinking.
Asked would he be willing to work with Iran///
"Iran has a chance to come to the table if they would stop their enrichment bla bla bla."

[janx]

56. He also shot Gregory a nasty look after he answered

the question.

My God, that man is SEETHING with anger. He's more pissed off than I've ever seen him.

[proudlibal]

28. Loser

He's gonna continue to speak out I say go for it!! Every time he opens that stupid mouth of his, more and more people see the lies. Oh no now is talking about Iran. I think he is grooming us for Iran!!!

[Bonobo]

30. He ALWAYS speaks in bursts of 2 second phrases.

Proof that he is HEARING his responses.

WHAT A STOOGE!

[helderheid]

36. Absolutely.

[Danieljay]

32. I think he's wired..watch the silences...is he listening in his left ear?

[radfringe]

41. if he orders lunch -- then you know he is

[Bonobo]

43. Yep. Left I believe.

[Bonobo]

He looks like someone driving while on the cell phone...

Looking up while concentrating on what he hears occasionally...

[Nordmadr]

46. Not only is he ideologically bent, but there is clearly something

just not physically right with this man (and I use that term "man" loosely).

You know, sort of like the difference between being a father and a sperm donor.

Olafr

[rodeodance]

34. Jr. is jumping all over the place! He is embarressing to watch

[antonialee839]

47. Back to finish David's question.

[antonialee839]

48. His little reptile brain must have thought of a reply.

[Catchawave]

58. ...it's hard to watch AND listen to....

They should give Dems equal air time.....this is just political, not pretzeldential at all.

[Carni]

40. How TF does this pile of BS constitute a major announcement?

This is the same stupid crap...bla bla the Iraqi people...bla bla freedom evil
doers...terra -- why doesn't he just submit the same video over and over and present it as new? lol

[babylonsister]

49. Why is this pile of BS representing us should be the question. nt

[goclark]

51. Trying to explain " Benchmarks" vs. Timetables

Got it mixed up what his PC word of the day was and has no idea what he wants.

[rodeodance]

66. te he.

[goclark]

67. Trying to listen to ear piece

Lots of aar's and talk- in- like- this/ real slow

"ta" for to etc.

Death Squad members are being brought to justice

We expect that the Iraq "gobermen" will make tough decisions

[two gun sid]

42. Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Hamas...He has no idea what the fuck...

he's talking about.

[rodeodance]

45. milaki saying NO one has right to set timetables in Irag (referring to Casey)

[shadowknows69]

54. What about that Sadar city attack George?

n/t

[chelsea0011]

73. Well, I'm convinced. This press conference will lift Republicans to

victory in two weeks.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[butterfly77]

137. This is being done to prempt the soldiers press conference....

this bastard really knows how to misuse the power of the whitehouse.

[rodeodance]

50. 'benchmarks' are the 'way forward' jr. gets ticked if you say 'timetable"

[onethatcares]

52. it's the benchmarks of the timetables

no scratch that, it's the timetables of the benchmarks, oh shit, it's a combination of both.

[Sydnie]

It's SEMANTICS!!!!

That much is correct.

[w8liftinglady]

55. Thanks,george for helping the democrats!

[rodeodance]

57. jr still trusts Maliki to achieve the job. oh boy!

[onethatcares]

65. malaki is a decider too

and he makes decisions.

[AIJ Alom]

81. Maliki is working for Iran. He's a pro-shiite radical who's toned himself

down so he could have this position.

[rodeodance]

101. Did you tell Jr. that????

[helderheid]

59. Benchmarks - he called it timetables... Oh man he is unravelling

[blogslut]

60. The man is struggling

And all he says is the same stuff over and over again.

[bananas]

61. "benchmarks - you call them timetables - no wait, we call them timetables..."

what an idiot.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

62. bench mark. a mark on a bench. Time table. Table with 12 marks on it.

What we are doing is making bench marks so the IraqNamis can and the americans can see the progress. And a time table is a time table.
And we continue to work closely to maintain communications.


with your hand picked leader?

NOT ONE mention of democracy as the goal. He was told that it is impossible. finally

[Auggie]

63. This smells like an election-time press-conference

[soup]

74. no way.

do I really need to add this?
:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

77. YUP

[AwakeAtLast]

64. Answer to Axelrod

More about benchmarks vs. timetable.

He assures that US is working closely w/ Iraqi leaders. Would * ever relinquish control over anything? Hell, no!

Fear, fear, fear. More of the same.

Sunnis and Shias working together. Huh? Could have fooled me.

Long answer to a short question.

[goclark]

78. Struggling with the ear piece and talking

very slooooooooooooooooooow

[AIJ Alom]

68. how about withdrawal MF ? Pretend it's one of those two cent whores from

your not serving in Vietnam days.

[bigtree]

69. I love the defensive tone

It just screams LOSER

[Marrah_G]

71. just watching/listening to him...

... makes me want to vomit. What a total embarrassment. Someone should strap him onto the front of a Humvee and take him on a tour of Sadr city and then let him come back and tell us AGAIN how great everything is and how much the Iraqi's want us there.

[gumby]

72. BTW, why does W. need the Baker group

if he's so busy listening to his generals. Aren't the generals the ones who tell him score? Doesn't he believe his generals any more?

[Bonobo]

75. Someone slowed down the record!!!

[Bonobo]

79. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM!?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

99. I missed it. please explain. (tea and a breath of fresh air was needed)

[displacedtexan]

83. I noticed that.

Someone in his ear screamed, "SLOW DOWN!"

[AwakeAtLast]

76. Whoa! N Korea question

They must be handled peacefully according to Dr. Rice.

Hmmm, why didn't we treat Iraq the same way? Hmmmm....

[Sydnie]

80. I wish Kissinger would give him some new phrases

"testing the will" is so "stay the course", isn't it? :rofl:

[genie_weenie]

82. Quit attacking Bush, the reason for the Iraq Freedom Jamboree

are listed on the White House Website.

Read it and weep defeatocrats! Yeah. Burn! Burn! Burn!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/nationalsecurity/disarm.html

[shadowknows69]

Should somebody be held accountable for Iraq

n/t

[genie_weenie]

132. Taken directly from the White House Website

Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including al-Qaida members!

These are the United States of W! W can therefore do no wrong, in fact when he does do something quote/unquote wrong it is actually right. Stay the Plan, Course the 9/11, Insurgent the tactics.

Woo-Hoo!

Sadly, the plain fact of the matter is, no one who planned/conceived/implemented the bloodshower in Iraq will ever face consequences. and in fact those people have profited greatly from it and will live the rest of their natural lives in splendor, with Tax payer funded security, adored by millions and with all the accoutrement's that money can buy. I love America!

[displacedtexan]

89. What does "I will decipher to the code" mean?

[rodeodance]

84. 'WHY has NOT someone being HELD ACCONTABLE"!! ho ho

[rodeodance]

88. started out with' "YOU RAN on ACCOUNTABILITY"!! but........

[AwakeAtLast]

85. Baker question

ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!

An actual question about that word? Hee hee!

[Sydnie]

86. rummy = lousy multitasker

Is that what he's saying??? :shrug:

[antonialee839]

90. Rummy and Morale go hand in hand.

[gumby]

87. Bush hearts Rummy.

Awwwww.

[shadowknows69]

93. So according to y our own criteria

your boy Renfield has failed on all accounts. So why is he still in the job again?

[goclark]

91. Now kissing up to Rummy

This is a tough war.

Believe the military strategy we have will work.

Praises Rummy :puke:

Accountability rest with ME.

[helderheid]

92. I've asked Rummy to do some difficult tasks

Holy shit.

[chat_noir]

94. facials tics...at least one hula jaw

someone must be off his meds

[Danieljay]

95. "this war, Iraq or any where else in the world" Interesting use of words.

[antonialee839]

103. He's losing it.........

[Hubert Flottz]

96. Good ...YOUR FIRED!

Edit...He's "respondable"

[rodeodance]

97. lots of talk of how Rummy works so hard.

[shadowknows69]

100. Ok resign we all think you're doing a shitty job

n/t

[shadowknows69]

102. Pompus asshole

n/t

[antonialee839]

He's yelling.

[displacedtexan]

111. Who's on this "New Panel" who'll "take a look at Iraq?"

I thought he had faith in the "generals... these smart, competent men..............
and women."

And how in the holy hell do you "dispirit people?"

[helderheid]

104. THEN RESIGN YOU...

AACHH!

[Avalux]

105. "Iraq violence is a struggle between RADICALS and EXTREMISTS"

:wtf:

[Danieljay]

113. are we the radicals or the extremists?

[AwakeAtLast]

106. Let me finish

Why does he always say that? He's got the floor!!! ARRGGGHHH!!!

[antonialee839]

116. I'm the decider, get it right.

[bear425]

107. Checkout this CNN pic of the blivet...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

108. his sentences make no sense.

I can't follow his logic.

[Sydnie]

112. There's logic there?

No logic, just repetition of the talking points on the paper in front of him.

[shadowknows69]

115. Babbling on coming nowhere near the question

omg here comes all the BS talking points.

[Danieljay]

109. ok, 12 million voted, how many people are in Iraq?

[shadowknows69]

118. A lot less

but they got to vote before they died so its ok

[gumby]

110. HaHaHa

CNN was showing a split screen -- Bush on the left and Iraq destruction on the right.

[helderheid]

114. Oh good on them!

[radfringe]

123. BWAHHAAA HAAA HAAA

kinda like that scene in Godfather...

where Michael is at the baby's christening, saying the vows, and they keep jumping back and forth to the scenes of Michael's enemies are getting shot...

[AwakeAtLast]

117. Quijano

Why was Maliki not at the Generals press conference?

"I have no idea"

That is not a strong answer.

[antonialee839]

121. He's not the scheduler.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

119. Okay, I was bored, so here's what the Freepers are saying as this happens:

"Bush looking good. Explaining his plan in Iraq. He's talking to the American people, not the media. Very Reagan." :rofl:

"I truly love this President...no giving up..." :rofl:

"Let's roll!" :rofl:

"We need to keep our eye on the mission and making sure this President keeps the house and senate. He has enough on his shoulders now." :rofl:

"That is GREAT. This is a great Bush presser speech. He's serious and explaining what is going on. This is very Reaganesque. He's speaking to the people." :rofl:

"This presser is going to be just as good as the last one. He understands what is happening, what we are doing about it, and he believes in America." :rofl:

"Those who don't 'get it' after this awesome press conference will never get it." :rofl:

""He is doing great today - both words and passion!" :rofl:

But then, amidst the fawning and liberal bashing, came a gem of sanity, from a guy called Seattle Conservative:
"We must be watching a different press conference. All I hear is "stay the course" for the 150 thousandth time, and Bush stumbling around, trying to find something new to say." Amen, brother.

[Avalux]

As I expected; this press conference is meant for the nutcases.

Get 'em all fired up. :rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

131. Hope you didn't out a troll

That would be the only explanation for that guy over there.

[shadowknows69]

134. "Those who don't 'get it' after this awesome press conference will never get it."

Well that's the truest thing they've said in a while. I don't know how anyone could get it. Its just a frightening display of incompetence. What an embarrassment. The freepers should be ashamed that this is the hero of their party.

[Avalux]

120. Q: Why wasn't Malaki at the press conference yesterday?

A: I have no idea, I'm not The Scheduler". :rofl:

[sabra]

122. * is losing it...

[w8liftinglady]

124. so...maliki is rebelling,eh?He's got a tough job.

[antonialee839]

129. Bush likes his spirit.

[onethatcares]

125. a government formed by the people of Iraq that consists of our puppets

now he's talking about death by Saddam, omfg?

[AIJ Alom]

126. 12 customers have walked into my store, looked at the tv and

rolled their eyes. Heck some of them even say his cliches before he says it. It's hard work. Tough job.

[helderheid]

127. we need a new thread. MAN he is getting pissed.

[Coexist]

130. this is possibly the whiniest speech he has ever given.

Are the reporters defanged at the door?

[antonialee839]

133. permanicy, I believe that's a new word.

[Jeroen]

128. He represents us...eh....the people of Iraq...

[shadowknows69]

136. Permanent bases???!!!????

wow. BS the Iraqi government will make that decision.

Clearly not a denial. We're there forever.

[msanthrope]

135. Did anyone listen to this on ABC? Or DVR it? Because ABC was

picking up the feed to his ear---not kidding. You could hear someone feeding him the lines.....was at a diner, listening to this, and everyone started looking at each other--you could hear two people speaking.

Anybody?

[helderheid]

139. NO SHIT??? I hope SOMEONE has this online !

[Sydnie]

138. More semantics!

Just answer the question - we'll ALWAYS be there now.

[Avalux]

140. Locking. Thread #3 here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2476296