Bush to speak to nation tonight about economy

[Dr.Phool]

Source: AP-MSNBC

updated 6 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush will address Americans directly about the financial crisis tonight at 9 p.m. ET, and his spokeswoman said Wednesday the nation risks "calamity" without bold action.

A meltdown among several financial institutions and intense negotiations with Congress over a rescue package the administration has requested led the president to return to Washington early Wednesday from a three-day stay in New York. He canceled a planned trip to Florida, where he had been scheduled to raise campaign cash for Republican candidates later in the day.

“This is a huge moment for America and if we don’t take decisive and bold action, we could be facing financial calamity,” White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters traveling on Bush’s plane.

She said the president has been trying to address the public’s many questions and concerns.

The White House has struggled to determine how best to deploy Bush during the crisis.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26869586/

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Translation: It took us a while to sober this genius up enough to put him in front of a camera.

QUICK! DEPLOY THE MONKEY!

I'll betcha the market tanks tomorrow.

[Va Lefty]

1. OMFG!

:puke:

[bluestateguy]

2. Who does he think he is?

Only a Reagan or a Clinton could go before the American people and gin up support for their policies by giving an Oval Office address.

[HopeHoops]

27. "gin up" - Bush has plenty of experience with that!

[saigon68]

3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Virginia Dare]

4. After tonight, most Americans will run screaming from the bail out proposal..

anything Bush says, people will distrust. He has no credibility whatsoever. Plus, if he makes a personal plea for this he OWNS it forever. This was a good move on the part of the Democrats pressuring him to do this.

[ellenfl]

5. i wonder if anyone will watch. eom

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. He'll have a lot of competition

I hear M*A*S*H reruns are on at that time.

[Mz Pip]

6. He'll give the same speech he did

for the FISA bill. "We have to act now! Our country is in economic danger! We must be given the tools to fix this immediately. We cannot afford to wait. Not one more minute."

[GinaMaria]

37. I picture him flopping his arms around yelling

Warning. Danger Will Robinson. Warning.

[Indi Guy]

7. I'm glad that Congress isn't eager to be stampeded into this deal...

My experience with Bush is that nothing he's ever lobbied for was good for America; and I don't see this deal as an exception here.

[JDPriestly]

8. The boy who cried "Wolf." That's Bush.

Bush has no credibility. That is half the problem. That is why we lurch from crisis to crisis during his administration. He cannot be trusted. He lies constantly. One of the reasons I am so against this bail-out is that Bush is for it. If he is for it, there is bound to be a downside.

[GinaMaria]

36. That's going to be the subject line of my next batch of emails

to congress. Bush, the boy who cried wolf.

[Liberalynn]

9. I'm watching Ghost Hunters

its more realistic. ;)

[Peace Patriot]

10. What's he gonna say? "Mission Accomplished"? nt

[hamsterjill]

33. Exactly.

Unless he says, "I am responsible for this mess we are in"...then I have no interest in what he might have to say.

[Warpy]

11. That's good for at least 100 points off the Dow tomorrow

Don't tell me you haven't noticed.

Excuse me if I say I've had more than enough of that fool's "decisive, bold action." It always ends up damaging this country, no exceptions.

I just wish the spineless wimps in Congress would figure it out.

[Plucketeer]

12. "the nation risks "calamity"

Hah! Hell, we've edured calamity for the past 8 years! What's the big deal??? :rofl:

[MO_Dem]

13. Will he have a photo of

his old buddy, Bin Laden in the background? Will he show us pictures of WMD? Will he threaten to get the 'do-badders' 'dead or alive'? Will he be sober? How many times will he say 'terra'? Tune in tonight for another installment of "The Stomach Turns".

[Sub Atomic]

31. Nope, no photo.

Just that fucking 'Mission Accomplished' banner behind his smug, smirking little face.

[butterfly77]

14. I am surprised that the people ,,,

aren't storming the whitehouse by now. This dumb bastard has fucked up this country and the media has the nerve to question Obama's qualifications.

[ColoradoMagician]

15. The market goes down everytime he shows up at a press conference.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the morning.

Of course I am going to watch him, gives me an excuse to have a drink.

I take a sip everytime he doesn't use a complete sentence. I am hammered after just watching him for 10 minutes.

[HopeHoops]

29. The only thing he could say to help the markets is "Cheney and I are resigning effective today."

[enid602]

16. Cancelled trip to Florida?

Dang, he´ll never finish ´My Pet Goat,´ what with all these crises getting in the way.

[nbcouch]

17. It's a beautiful opportunity

for the Obama campaign, and only two days before the first "debate"! Keep tying McCain to President Numbnuts, while he goes on national TV, looking pathetic and hopeless as usual.

[nbcouch]

18. duplicate

duplicate

[dflprincess]

19. Twins are playing the White Sox tonight - a much bigger deal

as they're bringing the play off race down to the wire.

Thank heaven the game is on cable, not network TV.

[madrchsod]

22. looks like the twins want it more than the sox

i`m not giving up on the sox but i`m just pessimistic about their chances

[dflprincess]

25. I hope you're right

but last night's game might have lit a fire under the Sox (and they're still up a game & a half). At least both teams have kept it interesting right up to the end so even if we don't make the play offs, it was a damn good season.

[tanyev]

20. That frakking well better not be during Dancing With the Stars.

A show that's all fluff, I admit, but it's still a lot better than watching Dumbya.

[firedupdem]

21. Is this another WMD Threat? Woo Woo...be afraid, be very afraid.. n/t

[whistle]

23. "Paulson and Bernanke are doin' a heck of a job, the fundamentals are strong

...keep shopping, don't worry about a thing. I plan to work with Congress to get the bailout plan adopted and then we'll have 35,000 military with our latest technology weapons to keep the peace at home. God bless Amuerica!"

That will be it in a nutshell :yoiks:

[Gin]

24. I have an idea...

The White House has struggled to determine how best to deploy Bush during the crisis.....deploy him to Afghanistan or Iraq with no vest or helmet or security detail so he can shop/ shop / shop..

[paparush]

26. Mushroom Cloud! Mushroom Cloud! Mushroom Cloud!

[Neshanic]

28. "My Fellow Americans, I have a pie on my desk. Now if I cut this here pie."

[Coventina]

41. We can make the pie higher!! n/t

[Zorra]

30. Would you buy a used bank from this man?

Whatever he says will be a lie. He wants Congress to give his wealthy fascist pals our money immediately, before Congress figures out that it's another Bu*h ripoff.

He can plead all he wants, that rotten traitor has a credibility rating of less than zero.

Only a fool would trust him. He's selling us another lemon.

[superconnected]

45. Half of America is stupid enough to trust him, they voted for him.

[GinaMaria]

34. too much push back on the bailout

He has to do his sales pitch. Will there be a rebuttal?

[Haole Girl]

35. I'm not watching it

* makes me want to :puke: .

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. I know the feeling.

When I see him on TV, I don't listen to what he says...I'm too busy sputtering obscenities.

[Irish Girl]

38. yuck

what are the chances of him suspending the elections and declaring martial law?

Troops will be patrolling our streets October 1st ... but maybe it all starts tonight.

[bermudat]

40. Who actually believes sending Bush to talk to the American people

is a good idea?

[HopeHoops]

42. Yaaaawwwwnnn.... What's the shrub doing?

[sarcasmo]

43. This is the Ultimate Fear card. Financial Calamity.

[superconnected]

44. Rob us by creating fear - what he's always done.