Bush plans primetime TV address...

[LiviaOlivia]

Bush plans primetime TV address as six US troops feared dead in Falluja

Julian Borger in Washington
Saturday June 25, 2005
The Guardian

President George Bush will make a primetime appeal to Americans next week to shore up dwindling domestic support for the war in Iraq, where insurgents have inflicted one of their deadliest attacks in months on US forces.

Mr Bush will attempt to persuade an increasingly sceptical public to maintain support for the war in a speech on Tuesday evening at the Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina.

~snip~

"People see disturbing images on their television screens coming out of Iraq," Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman said yesterday, adding that Mr Bush would seek to bolster support in his Fort Bragg speech.

"The president will be talking about the broader view about what we're trying to achieve there," he said. "The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1514388,00.html

[Deja Q]

1. Have him give a damn about offshoring and the selling of our nation's soul

Then I'll listen.

Until then, I am as loyal to him as he is loyal to us.

[BattyDem]

2. Another primetime lie-fest

Yippee :eyes:

[radfringe]

4. my take on it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3946236

[LiviaOlivia]

12. Thanks for the link.

Good post.

[C_U_L8R]

14. Must See TV !!

You couldn't craft better comedy if you tried.
This is going to be a classic !!
Desperation is in the air and
the machinations are gonna be astounding.

Can't wait.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

23. Put a laugh track to it and you have a comedic masterpiece

I read that Chevy Chase did something similar with an LBJ speech, about US policies around Vietnam.

I think he was still in college, and produced this for a film class or journalism class.

Apparently, he got in trouble for it. I thought, at the time, that's such a great idea, albeit a dark humored concept.

This would be great to do the speech on Tuesday. Probably even funnier than the "search for WMD's" he performed at the WH press dinner.

MKJ

[zann725]

60. Hey, Rove can help him with the speech! HIS words are 'golden' lately!

n/t

[Lisa]

3. he's probably practising saying "I think about Iraq every day"

... with what Karl told him is his "sincere" look (wrinkled forehead and pursed-up lips).

Have to look good for the cameras, you know.

It's hard work.

[Straight Shooter]

27. They're also deciding what color to dye his hair for this snake oil show.

Maybe a sincere shade of silver? How about that "I'm not old but I'm mature" shade of shimmering bronzed brown? Perhaps the traditional look of wisdom imparted by graying hair at the temples?

[Lisa]

45. how about the scraggly brillo-pad look ...

Just to add artistic versimilitude to his assertion that he's losing sleep fretting over the suffering of Americans at home and abroad.

[napi21]

5. Well, I'm depending on some at DU to report on this, because I

WON'T WATCH!!! I just can't anymore. The few times his image appears on TV and I'm too busy with something else to change the chanel, I find myself screaming obcenities at the TV and getting irate with everything else around here. It's simply NOT worth it to torture myself. I'll find a movie, or FoodTV or something to watch Tues. night.

I hope there's some of you who can manage to watch enough of his BS to relate what kind of crap his pushing this time.

[yorkiemommie1]

20. the chimp could be doing the hula in my living room

and i would STILL never watch.

[xxqqqzme]

63. I w/ U on this one.

I can only take kommander koo-koo bananas in The Daily Show clips. I'm certain I would destroy the TV or stroke out if I watched. Once upon a time, I thought people screaming @ their TVs was ludicrous - pure insanity but now I DO IT!!!!

I am deeply indebted that some DUers can watch 'n report.

[liberal N proud]

6. Time to rent a movie, I don't think I can watch that pack of Bull Shit

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Vanje]

7. Watch Bush's approval ratings

drop

[bluestateguy]

21. Could happen

Notice that Bush is not so good at rallying public support after prime time addresses. His numbers often either stay flat or even drop.

[jimshoes]

8. Let's review,

"The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq."
1. Why not?
2. Was there ever one to begin with?
3. What is the reason you are willing to inform the peonery now?
4. Will it be more bullshit?
5. Can we assume you are changing course in midstream?
6. If rummy offers to quit a third time, will you let him...please?
7. I don't trust a word this guy says.

[wakeme2008]

9. The Real test will be HOW MANY STATIONS cover this...

Will ABC/NBC/CBS drop every thing for Bush or ....

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. He's been hard at work on his speech since yesterday...

...because it's hard work, and it's really important for the 'murcan people to understand why he needs to continue throwing their sons and daughters into the fucking wood chipper.

[ticapnews]

11. David Stern and ABC aren't going to be happy...

He's going to overshadow the NBA draft, and might pre-empt the start of the ABC series "Empire" on the east coast.

Or ABC might decide to pre-empt the president...

:P

[Dr Fate]

13. KIDS! It's time for Howdy Doody Show!!!

!!!!!

[MichiganVote]

15. Why bother listening to Bush when he will not listen to us?

[proiowadem]

16. Great I love these things.

You can always count on at least one statement that makes you want to find a large brick wall, get a good running start, and bash your head into it until the statement finaly makes sense.

[area51]

56. Welcome.

Welcome to DU, proiowadem.

[grahamhgreen]

17. He will say we are bringing freedom...

#1 - Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic, an extremely repressive type of governance, where things such as simple apostacy (leaving the Islamic faith) is punishible by death.

#2 - Iraq is on track to becoming Islamic Republic.

#3 - Islamic Republics are not free.

#4 - How many Americans should die in order to set up an Islamic Republic in Iraq?

[jimshoes]

18. Think he'll mention the

"D" word? Maybe he'll bring up the fact that with all his "supposed" support for the war, that the enlistment nubers have fallen through the basement floor and call for special skills volunteers.

[bluestateguy]

19. All right, I have just one question

What TV shows are being pre-empted?

[MiniMe]

40. Hate to say it, but I thought the same thing

Of course, it is mostly reruns on now anyway, so no loss. I notice that he has the sense to wait until the NBA finals were over.

[ThumperDumper]

22. Why? So he can blame the media...

and say it'll get better after they create a Constitution just like he said it would get better after thy caught Saddam,
like he said it would get better after we turned over power,
like he said it would get better after their election...

They're already saying there will be no policy change in the address, so he's just cheerleading, right?

Go jump in a lake, George.

.

[BooScout]

24. Nothing like the 4th of July.....

....hot dogs, apple pie and soldiers in uniform to give the nation a good dose of the guilts.:eyes:

The networks need to steer clear of this address.............it's propaganda and nothing less.

[mcscajun]

25. Sen. Hagel says...

Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., suggested the White House was "completely disconnected from reality" in claiming the war was being won.

[onager]

26. The media should be jumping ALL OVER this statement:

"The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq."--Snotty McClellan

Well hell, Snotty, now why do you suppose that is? Maybe because YOU DON'T FRIGGING HAVE A STRATEGY? (Actually, we all know they do have a strategy. But "steal the oil" and "bigger Halliburton profits" are a pretty hard sell to a family who just brought their kid home in a body bag.)

My mouth dropped open when I saw that. Unbelievable. TWO YEARS into this abortion and he's admitting "the American people haven't heard the strategy."

It's not noon yet, but I need a drink.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

28. OMG, this statement further down in the article is insane

"They're trying to shake our will," he said. "And so, of course, we understand the nature of that enemy. We also understand that there is reason to be optimistic about what's taking place. We're optimistic that more and more Iraqi troops are becoming better trained to fight the terrorists. We're optimistic about the constitutional process.

WTF

First,

I thought understanding the nature of the enemy was what we libruls tried to do after 9/11.....but, if you understand the enemy you're soft on terra, 'member, like karl said.

And,

Are you telling me optimism is your f**king strategy!!!

Like I said, :wtf: MKJ

[yorkiemommie1]

50. ' optimism' must have been on his 'word of the day ' calendar

n/t

[aquart]

29. Yeah, he's the great persuader, he is.

LMAO at this one: "The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq."

Cannot WAIT to hear him explain.LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

[acmavm]

30. "The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in

Iraq."

Scotty, kiss my ass. Not only have we seen it, we were onto this obscenity before the first bomb was dropped.

I am so sick of these bastards talking to us like we're stupid. To be a bush** administration supporter one would have to be, but there are millions and millions of us who want to see them facing charges.

Scotty needs his ass kicked.

[merwin]

31. I love the UK... Did yuu notice that they called him "Mr Bush"?

[blue4barb]

52. They really should skip the *Mr*.

[dchill]

32. "The American people have not really heard..."

"...the strategy for success in Iraq."

And neither have you, Scotty, neither have you. It's not possible.

A.) It can't be done.
B.) There is no strategy.

[jobycom]

46. I don't know, Dick Cheney's plan for success in Iraq has worked

He's funneled a ton of money to Halliburton, and amassed a few more million, at least, for himself. What more success were we hoping for?

[dchill]

68. Sure, but see ...

the American people haven't really heard about that plan, either, have they?

[u2spirit]

33. He's not going to say anything different, BUT

He's going to shamelessly wrap himself up in the flag with Fort Bragg soldiers sitting behind him. The Lamestream media will coo over the speech saying he has resolve. The RW pundits will say that the soldiers are all pro Bush so we the people should be too. It will be sickening. It will have all the trimmings of Mission accomplished sans the codpiece and the banner.

[Doomy]

34. I rather watch

reruns of Hee Haw than watch the chimp.

[HuckleB]

35. Equal time. Debate Howard Dean, or no TV coverage.

This is clearly the President campaigning. It's not worth covering.

[scavok]

36. Unless he and Cheney are planning to resign

I have much better things to do with my time.

Like figure out how to pay the $3500 deductible on my wife's health insurance.

[spinbaby]

37. Good

The more he's on in prime time, the more Americans catch on to just what an incoherent buffoon he is.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

38. They must be desperate if they're going to let him speak in public

Every time he opens his mouth, the opinion of whatever he's pimping falls through the floor with the American people.

If they are willing to let him bumble and stumble through a public address they are worried. :bounce:

[otohara]

39. More Lies...During Dinner Hour

talk about disturbing images...Bush on TV, talking.

[MiniMe]

41. He's speaking at a military base, I guess his handlers still...

He's speaking at a military base, I guess his handlers still think that the military supports this war. While I thinka lot of them do, there are a lot that don't either. I guess the soldiers will hear the strategy for success before they get shipped out to Iraq. /sarcasm off

[teryang]

42. They need an audience that will clap and cheer on demand

Because to do otherwise will be a UCMJ violation.

This is the only kind of audience the country will be allowed to see.

[realFedUp]

43. will he wear an armband on his suit?

:eyes:

[dave29]

44. The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq

you can say that again. We have heard a lot of rationalizing though.

George, stop giving us reasons to watch cable TV

[antonialee839]

64. Minute Rice has more of a strategy for success

than these clowns. Hopefully this latest bit of drama set against a background of troops, (how original), will send the Monkey's poll numbers into free fall.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

47. Delusions of adequacy

[54anickel]

48. I'd love to see this image up as the back drop

http://amleft.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_amleft_archive.html#108112087436221697




I don't have the stomach to watch the idiot anymore.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. Me either.

I wouldn't watch Charles Manson if he went on TV...Why would I watch Dumbyass?

[Erika]

51. I wonder if he will have token Blacks pictured behind him

as is his sop.

[schrodingers_cat]

53. I'm a masochist - I'm going to watch

his micro-expressions on slow-mo are so telling - they show a shell of a scared man deliberating with his inner instability and losing......really...try it if you have TIVO...get me some popcorn and let me watch the gradual decompensation.
I can't believe that I'm saying this about another human, it sounds so bad, it's just him and his criminal, blood thirsty ilk....I have no patience for their kind....

[blue4barb]

54. The only way I might force myself to watch is if a bingo game

is made by the DUer that came up with catch phrases (I think it was for the SOTU). I printed up the bingo card last time and was able to withstand his crap while listening for the buzz words/phrases.

[6000eliot]

55. Do you think he'll have an outfit made?

[nguoihue]

57. Thanks for the warning

More lies and bushit on the way

[Neshanic]

58. Drinking game...name the words

[Kool Kitty]

62. Name the words....okay.

Election...freedom..."shake our will"...optomistic (whatever way he pronounces the word-it still counts-drink up)..."beacon of freedom"...9-11..."brought the war to us"...Iran...9-11....9-11...9-11...

[xxqqqzme]

66. U forgot

saddam, Iraq+constitution (any number of variations) God Bless America!!!!

[Kool Kitty]

67. Good catch. We'll just add them to the list

and be dead drunk five minutes in, which is vastly preferrable to listing to him mispronounce and drone on and on and on....

[Lakerstan]

72. Thugs, terrorist killers N/T

[driver8]

69. The phrase, "Freedom is on the march"...

also:

Brutal dictator (Saddam, not shrubbie)

Resolve is strong

[bluestateboomer]

59. Two years later.

"The American people have not really heard the strategy for success in Iraq." He's just now going to tell us the strategy. I wonder if they just made one up now. It sure has seemed to be without a plan so far.
:banghead:

[Kool Kitty]

61. I get the feeling that this little

dog-and-pony show is going to be a "blame the media" fest. Didn't he say in so many words that the media is to blame for showing pics of the explosions and "insurgent" attacks, when he gave that little presser this week with the prime minister of Iraq? Didn't Rummy say that people weren't so much turning against the war as being "pushed away" from supporting it? This is going to be a "call on the reporters that throw softballs and tell us that the pictures are lies" catapult of propaganda. Utter horseshit, in other words.

[LiberalAndProud]

65. Bet he talks about a secret plan to win the peace in Iraq.

And I can almost bet that'll be a direct quote.

[onager]

70. I misread the SUBJECT line as...

"Bush plans primitive TV address"

Hmmm. That works too.

[CatholicEdHead]

71. This "address" has been talked about for the past month

as some "major" address. Would he acually dare to ramp up with an "attack-Iran" policy statement?