Bush Press Conference - 10 a.m.(Discuss freedom)

[doxieone]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050126/pl_afp/usbushpress_050126145106

Bush will discuss "the importance of expanding freedom abroad as well as at home and ending tyranny and talk about some of the progress that is being made in terms of expanding freedom in places like Afghanistan (news - web sites), the Palestinian areas, Ukraine and touch on the upcoming elections in Iraq (news - web sites)," said McClellan.

[doxieone]

1. He's on...

[peekaloo]

6. he's doing that coke-nose-sniff

[PennyK]

71. Order in the courthouse!

Monkey wants to to speak!

[H2O Man]

76. His stupid joke

about "acting like one(a senior citizen)" will come back to haunt him.

[Stella_Artois]

77. Almost 40 freed today

Will he talk about that ?

[katinmn]

2. so no real news, just an opportunity for him to

talk in dogmatic terms about spreading hate, er, democracy.

[H2O Man]

50. Actually this is

the worst performance I've seen in a presidential news conference. He is being asked serious questions, and he is not able to handle the pressure. He is becoming the paranoid Richard Nixon in front of the cameras.

This ranks with the first Kerry debate.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

136. Here's a link to the White House transcript

of the press conference. There's also a RealPlayer webcast for those who have the stomach for it.



What's with the toe-tapping? Can't he stand on his own two feet?

[doxieone]

3. Deer in the headlights again

[peekaloo]

4. Nice hair coloring.

[Stephanie]

49. He got it dyed for his coronation

Noticed that last week.

[Jack The Tab]

5. Good god, how can anyone watch this unbalanced freak?

His voice makes the hair on my neck stand on end.

[durablend]

7. Expanding freedom = spreading more bulls**t

Nothing new here

[doxieone]

8. First question about Iraqi election.

"Surveys show that the majority of people do want to participate in a democracy."

(paraphrase)

[WritersBlock]

Aye, so did we, George..... n/t

[peekaloo]

11. LOL....Freedom Feud.....Survey saysssssss.

[doxieone]

9. He has used 'hard work' already.

[katinmn]

10. "A grand moment in Iraqi history"

:puke:

[doxieone]

12. Iran question - not answering directly

[pdxmom]

13. He's willing to listen to good ideas about SS

as long as they all involve the privatization idea. In other words, my way or the highway.

It's only 7 AM here on the West Coast. There should be a law keeping him off the airwaves before breakfast.

[AlinPA]

14. He is talking fast. Very arrogant towards the press. Like he is a great

hurry.

[durablend]

15. No surprise...

Not like he gives a shit what anyone else thinks anyway...

[katinmn]

16. questioning him about lying about Iraq

[snippy]

Bush is The Leader. If he did not lie, some of his followers might begin

to have doubts about him.

[AlinPA]

23. His demeanor today is the most arrogant I have ever seen. Short,

fast, blazing away with a completely programmed tone. Scary.

[peekaloo]

28. He wants his money and his nominations passed. He seems

pissed about being challenged.

What a dipshit, just got thrown in his SS pimpin'.

[SammyWinstonJack]

92. Chimp is pissed that he hasn't gotten his DICKtatorship yet.

It would be easier ya know.

[katinmn]

27. dumb fuck!

what an embarrassment

[AlinPA]

25. He is almost on the verge of shouting.

[doxieone]

17. Terry Moran really nailed a good question... and got

the nonanswer from Jr. He was arrogant.

Now being arrogant about Rice.

[doxieone]

18. GIVES A NONANSWER TO THE HELICOPTER CRASH..

Waiting to hear the 'facts.' Has heard 'rumors.'

[SammyWinstonJack]

95. On the INTERNETS?

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

19. LOL C-Span3 page lists press conference as "Lost in Space"

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[pdxmom]

20. Absolutely still refuses to admit any mistakes

Actually, from what I could tell, he said that no, he hadn't made any mistakes.

[doxieone]

21. Big mistake - skating away from helicopter crash victims.

TeamBush didn't have the script ready for him apparently.

[doxieone]

22. Wouldn't respond to 'liar' word associated by dems to Rice

[peekaloo]

24. Excitable today......

*snort*

[AlinPA]

31. Yep. Smirking. Never saw him like this before. Talking at the press

like they are being chewed out for asking questions.

[doxieone]

26. Talking about loss of life -- not mentioning that apparently

helicopter crashed near...... oil pipe lines.

[leftchick]

44. yes I heard that on CNNI...

these soldiers could very well have been guarding that western pipeline. Perhaps the resistance shot them down?

[pdxmom]

29. He certainly hates to be questioned

He's been really testy about a lot of these questions. He basically has said, in response to what he would say to those that say Iraq was a mistake, that he did the right thing and no one should question him.

Now he's continuing to lie about SS becoming "bankrupt".

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

30. Wow, he sure hates to be questioned. His face contorts with

every question. He gets that debate-face look and all blinkey-eyed when the press asks him a question.

[soleft]

33. Time to readjust the meds - again

[berner59]

38. Why do we put ourselves through this??

I want to be informed...I really do but this is torture... His stupidity mixed with arrogance is too much to bear!! I think I need oneof those "color me blue" bracelets...I will not be part of this President in ANY way...

[leftchick]

55. I had to turn it off...

I am already experiencing anxiety from physical ailments. I don't need him to put me over the edge.

[teakee]

133. Does the WH plant 'good' reporters to bail Bush out.....

when the other reporters finally start asking hard questions? It sure looked like it. Bush was turning several shades of red, and then --a bald reporter asked him (slamming the democrats on SS) a 'made for Bush' question so he could start his ramble again how he needed to save SS. Just don't ask about paying for it, that pisses him off.

So, do you think maybe there might be some other reporters on the payroll to coddle Bush, when the going gets tough?



You could tell Bush is real worried about his troops, he makes one want to :puke:

[RuleofLaw]

32. Please ask him again about SS

He said that by the time someone who is now 25, turns 50, the system will be bankrupt.

Every expert has said that is simply not true. The system will still be able to pay about 80-85 % of its obligations. Far from broke.

[katinmn]

34. at least the reporters are asking tougher questions today

not as many softballs as usual.

[pdxmom]

35. Oh, my god!

He just accused the "other side" of using the politics of fear. Said they've been trying to scare people for some time about change.

I wouldn't stand anywhere near that man, in fear of that lightning bolt coming down to strike him for lying.

[Bridget Burke]

51. If a lightning bolt hit him at the podium, I'd re-think my atheism.

Or maybe it's agnosticism--I'm not sure....

[Ilsa]

122. BB, I'm a Christian and his presence

makes me question "Is there really a God?" Seriously. I can't understand why god doesn't "smite" this arrogant bastard! I have had a crisis of faith over this monster remaining in charge.

[truth2power]

134. Projection. n/t

[salin]

36. *cough* "I have said our job is to confront issues... not to pass them on"

as he talks about Social Security...

Er W.. deficits and debt... you have exploded the problem and are passing it on in a HUGE way to the future...

Er W.. the lack of acknowledgement of global warming and the effects of poisoning the environment - you refuse to confront, but instead protect those creating the damage - and you are definitely passing these problems on...

er W - and most spectacularly - you manufactured a problem to confront and have passed on a problem that DIDNT exist to generations in the future in terms of ill will; lack of trust in the US; costs to our country and to Iraq; the weakening of our ability to use military action if we were to really need to do so... etc.

[ally_sc]

37. you have got to be kidding me...

see what i missed...i was on cspan channels

[peekaloo]

39. LOL...democracy is a progress.......stuttering like Porky Pig

[salin]

52. we, we, we, we, we....

doing this all over the place today.

Its called a stalling technique to try to get a few more minutes to think of something to say (or get something sent to his ear to say if you subscribe to this theory)

[LizW]

40. David Sanger asking about the countries that are our "friends"

who are also not democratic (China, Russia, Saudi Arabia).

Bush says or foreign policy is not "either/or". Religious freedom is a part of a wholesome society. Says he has discussed the issue of freedom with Putin.

Democracy is a work in progress...blah, blah. We didn't treat everyone equally at first. Democracy is the work of generations.

No follow up questions.

[thebigidea]

41. "democracy is a progress... uh, you'll see progress towards a goal."

oh, I se- uh, what?

[peekaloo]

63. ba-dee-ba-dee-ba-dee Dat's all Folks.........

Nice to see you posting again!

[katinmn]

42. he never says any thing of substance. all platitudes

[katinmn]

48. good. calling him out on the torture memos

Whaoa! No answer. Just "next question."

The reporters have to help each other out here and do follow up questioning.

[doxieone]

43. "I'm the President."

heheh completely stumped about why freedom is a focus now.

[LizW]

45. and "Condi's a believer in democracy"

I'm so relieved.

[diamond14]

54. ahhhhhh....with HUGE pResidential seals everywhere at the coronation

GIANT seals at every ball, on the podium, on the reviewing stands, on bush* boots...obnoxiously everywhere....

AND now, the announcement: "I am the pResident".....gawwwdddd save us all....

[WCGreen]

46. Excitable Boy, he was an excitable boy....

Warren Zevon....

[CheshireCat]

96. Excitable Boy

He came down to dinner in his Sunday best
Excitable Boy they all said

And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
Excitable Boy they all said

Well he's just an excitable boy



* does remind me of Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy!

[AlinPA]

47. "I'm the president. I set the course of this administration" Then he just

faded to nonsense. (When asked a thoughtful question about his "spreading freedom across the world" and rogue states).

[LizW]

53. Aaaaarrhhgg!

The fucking non-answer to the question about Gonzalez!!!!

Kill me now. I can't believe this jackass is our President.

[leftchick]

58. I can't believe that

the fucking press lets the fucking jackass getthefuckaway with it!!

:argh:

[jhain]

129. my mantra these days n/t

[doxieone]

56. smirking

[dqueue]

57. Sibel Edmonds press conference today, too...

I wish a reporter would nail this bastard with questions about her and his complicity in 9/11. How about Valerie Plame?

Sibel Edmonds press conference

[dqueue]

59. D'oh!

Just had an earpiece moment when asked by the pregnant brunette about "personal accounts" and how to fund it...

[digno dave]

60. "you're asking me to talk about specific proposals"...i guess that's not

the president's job.

[PennyK]

61. I HATE the way...

he always pronounces the word "a" as a long "A", and the word "the" as "thee". Kind of marks him as a shitty reader, don'cha think?

[AlinPA]

62. He is cutting the reporters off. Brief, rude answers. Sick humour when

calling on reporters.

[gulfcoastliberal]

64. Who was the hottie?

She asked Bushler something about the trillions privitization would cost. Bushler got agitated, said something about talking about that later.

[digno dave]

65. He's actually "on" today compared to other times

[gulfcoastliberal]

69. He did have a pregnant pause there on the last question...

Took Rove a sec to compose his response.

[PennyK]

74. Pregnant pause?

I promote a culture of LIFE!

[diamond14]

121. on WHAT?.....so they've adjusted his medications, but the guy is STILL

WAY over the top....delusional, rambling, a MAD MAN....

[katinmn]

66. talking to the young people about privitization

Trying to scare them.

He is insulting everyone's intelligence now.

[pdxmom]

70. He says the seniors won't see a change and it'll be

good for the young people. What about the vast majority of us who are neither of those?

[bunkerbuster1]

67. Yes! called on the 1-2 trillion cost!

God, he's skittish on piratization. Someone throw a damn chair at the guy.

And no it is NOT "their own money," you fuckwit.

Another great question:

"Why are you finding it so hard for legislators to share your urgency?"

GWB: "If you're 20... you're inheriting a bankrupt system."

LIAR!

[Skittles]

68. HE WILL REMIND US ABOUT THE MATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PA Democrat]

79. That's when I shut him off

before my head explodes!

[Skittles]

84. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[bunkerbuster1]

72. Goddamned stenographers. STOP LAUGHING at this shit!

goddamn them. Stop enabling the lies.

[Bragi]

73. Is Gitmo being closed?

If he's talking about "the importance of expanding freedom abroad as well as at home and ending tyranny" then surely he must be announcing the closure of the Gitmo travesty.

- B

[digno dave]

75. "Can we have order please"...power play

[AlinPA]

78. He started off being rude to a reporter named April , then really backed

off.

[PA Democrat]

87. There is no one on earth as impressed by Bush

as he is. I'm surprised that everyone else in the room has not been crushed to death by his enormous ego.

[peekaloo]

100. Remember April from that night time press conference?

The scripted "faith" question.....must have forgotten she's a shill.

[doxieone]

80. "The people who do not yell will be called on."

[doxieone]

82. Helen is not yelling and she is there. I saw her earlier.

[Catfight]

118. I love it when he treats the press like little children, he puts them in

their subservient places as his lap dogs.

[bunkerbuster1]

81. "the person who doesn't yell will be called on."

[gulfcoastliberal]

83. Boo yeah! Called on paying columnists...

Saying White House had no knowledge of A Williams. Said Mr. Williams "made a mistake".

[AlinPA]

85. Who was that bald guy that said Dems are divorced from reality?

Fox News? What a whiffle-ball.

[grumpy old fart]

89. worse than wiffle, clear partisan wiffle...not even close to journalism

I'm thinking that's a plant...listen to Bush go off given this "opportunity"

[grumpy old fart]

91. another put up job...who are these guys???

[grumpy old fart]

86. Who was that reporter?? Dems have "divorced themselves from reality"

Who's paying that guy???

[AlinPA]

90. Bush gave him a long answer, more polite than with the others.

[katinmn]

98. Faux is a tool for the RW nuts.

[katinmn]

88. I think the media is waking up. I see some good questions

could be wishful thinking.

[berner59]

99. "target assassinations on innocent Iraqis"

WHAT DID WE DO TO THEM???? We killed more innocents than the terrorists!!! Oh come on - some reporter - GET A SPINE and take him to the mat!!!!!!

[old blue]

131. I was thinking the same thing

a few very tough questions. Hopefully the non-answers they received will further anger and embolden the reporters.

[LizW]

93. Left side of his face doesn't move

Has it always been like that? His mouth is crooked.

[Last Lemming]

127. Very marked

during the debates--seems to come and go

[pdxmom]

94. I must give him kudos for one thing

Between all the screaming, jumping up and down and arm waving I do, I get a great cardio workout whenever I hear his idiocy and arrogance.

If he'd do this every day, I could save money by dropping my gym membership.

[Massachusetts]

107. Excellent!

[katinmn]

112. no kidding. LOL.

[gulfcoastliberal]

97. Freedom - barf - freedom

Here's the "excited" prez.

Beauty - "Free them in the name of peace"

Hey I-ranians, these bombs are in the name of peace!

[katinmn]

102. freeing people in the name of peace?

that's meaningless. just some words strung together.

[HeeBGBz]

106. That's a joke

The Madness of King George

[Ms_Mary]

101. What irony. He just used the Ukraine as a good example.nt

[AlinPA]

103. "I firmly planted the flag of liberty" (re:his inaug. speech) Jeez.

[gulfcoastliberal]

114. "Most colorful body language" during that phrase per

John King.

[Catfight]

119. He wishes...he's not a great president, he's just a loser with a title. nt

[Massachusetts]

104. Democracy SUCKS with a leader (joke) like Bu$h!

Had to turn this crap off. This is an embarrassment to OUR country. Bu$h you POS I'll see you in HELL!

[salin]

105. Going back to that odd rhetoric of a year ago

that "some people don't think that some peoples can't self govern..." "I (noble I) don't believe that, I believe that condemns people to tyranny"

Intended message: anyone who isn't with me (on his iraq policy) is a racist - as being a racist is the only reason why anyone would be against my stand.

Reality - ridiculous strawman

Implication - he is running out of things to say and realizing that saying the same five lines over and over again wasn't working well. And without the ability to think critically he pulled out the lines from older speeches (which didn't go over well the first time...)

[ticapnews]

108. The immigration system spawns coyotes?

That's not evolution, so it must be some notion advanced in intelligent design...

We should use immigrants to do the jobs that Americans don't want to do...what an enlightened policy.

They ask him about Gonzales and he talks about social security privitization...

This is just too surreal...

[AlinPA]

109. Still talking real fast. Smirking like hell.

[AzDar]

110. Good Lord, his buffoonery knows no bounds..the only thing more flawed

than his grammar is his logic.

[LizW]

111. Press corps didn't stand when he left the room

Is that usual? Of course they didn't have much time to scramble to their feet as he sprinted out the door.

[CoffeeCat]

113. Geez! Bush's defense of Condi...

...is like a lover defending his girlfriend!

He won't discuss the real issues surrounding her--instead he defaults to, "She's admired! In our country! In the world! She'll make a fine secretary of state!"

The man answers questions by saying nothing.

[dzoner]

115. Reply

So does she! any surprise?

[CoffeeCat]

116. Chimpster didn't even mention the 31 fallen Marines!!!!

He's so despicable!!

The Chimpster didn't even mention the 31 Marines that died today, until a reporter prompted him with a question about them.

This press conference was called, solely for "damage control" when the full brunt of the Marine story hits America. Then, the pig doesn't even have the courage to mention these brave soldiers.

He began the press conference with his "freedom" bullshit. In other words, he was PR-ing the death of these 31 Marines with his Freedom-Marketing Blitz. How fucking hollow.

This was one of his worst press conferences ever.

[dzoner]

117. Reply

Already being called an mechanical or weather related problem and unless I'm wrong they will not be included in the killed in action tabulation.

[jobycom]

120. Hitler used that word "freedom" a lot, too.

Expanding freedom abroad usually means killing a lot of people with different views of freedom than your own. Hang on, folks, the second term starts today, and it's going to be a bad one.

[grumpy old fart]

123. Busholini is on the March!

the whole swagger and smirk thing reminds me of Mussolini on the balcony, arms crossed, nose in the air.....

[yardwork]

126. Fascism always includes use of words with opposite meanings

Invading and occupying another country is called "freeing" them.

Asking questions because you're worried about why America is doing something is labeled "Anti-American." You "hate" America if you care enough to ask questions.

If you ask why we are brutalizing the people of another country, you are called "racist because you don't believe some people can handle freedom."

Look at the gate leading into Auschwitz in Poland. The Nazis built the words "Freedom through Work."

[Theres-a]

135. I wonder if that will be on the gate to Falluja,or something similar....nt

[flordehinojos]

124. yesterday CNN had a shot of bush getting off of HIS helicopter (which is

really OURS)..(either i had the t.v. on mute, or it was just a shot they used to introduce the CNN MOST LIKED TV crap that they put on once in a while .... anyhow... BUSH SEEMED LIKE HE WAS REALLY BLASTED. HE SEEMED TO ME LIKE HE WAS EITHER DRUNK, OR HAVING SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WITH HIS BALANCE... if he was drunk and blasted yesterday ... he may still be that today or he may just be having a hissy fit because he hasn't gotten his bottle or his drug and he's taking it out on the press and the rest of us by way of the press.

(and that's okay with poppy as long as poppy can use him to have the run of the white house--which he tires not of denying by saying that he has nothing to say in the white house these days ...)

[DemonFighterLives]

125. I couldn't watch

Thanks for all the relevent details. Buzzed up- check, Arrogant- check, Off the wall- check, unimportant -check.
And that is the look of democracy in progress.

[ewagner]

128. Let me add

my thanks to all the posters.

I was "in transit" so couldn't see him. Almost glad I didn't.

Anyway thanks to all the posters again

:yourock:

[freemtnhermit]

130. Did Bush CONDONE abuse?

When asked about Alberto Gonzalas' views on torture, the reporter mentioned he (Gonzalas) wrote: "it was acceptable, but only if done by the CIA in another country," and did Bush agree with this. Bush answered something like, " Al's views are the views of this administration!" Someone please tell me I heard this wrong!

[Last Lemming]

132. Clinton

they are invoking Clinton--"Clinton did just the same as we are now." Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[carolinalady]

138. He knows the world is on to him. He is desperate. n/t

[carolinalady]

137. I think he was told to have the conference to squash the damage

from his inaugural speech. Papa's impromptu press conference did not cut it and guess what? He did more damage today than he did on Jan 20 as far as I am concerned. I felt he was even more aggressive today when forced to use his own words. I fear the next four years.