Where are Bush's Missing Speeches?

[louis c]

I was thinking today that when Bush delivered that idiotic speech at the War college three weeks ago, we were told that he would be giving weekly addresses about Iraq right up until the handover date of June 30. I saw the first one, and remember the hoopla leading up to it. I also remember that he made an asshole out of himself. Does anyone remember the others. If he didn't make them, where are the repercussions from the press? How do they get away with this shit?

[Th1onein]

1. I was wondering the same thing?

What happened to the speech a week thing that he promised everyone? Are they just hoping that we will forget? Because, you know, every time that idiot opens his mouth, he puts his foot in it.

[Miss Authoritiva]

2. You're right. We were promised five more speeches.

"In the first of at least six presidential speeches on Iraq before June 30, Bush will particularly try to counter growing criticism that Washington has lowered the goal posts for its year-long occupation, U.S. officials said."

This is from the Washington Post. A check of www.whitehouse.gov lists Bush's most recent speech as the one given at the War College.

Curious, isn't it?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48487-2004May22.html

[Katherine2]

3. I keep wondering where

those speeches are too. The only thing that makes sense is that the first one was such a disaster they bagged the whole thing and thought no one would notice.

[hippiegranny]

4. he bung-holed the first one so badly

they don't dare let him open his ignert pie-hole again. they are probably hoping people just forget. which, most will, of course.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. He's made them

they were just so mind-numbingly tedious and meaningless that we've all ignored them.

Here's the schedule, from the Washington Times (sorry about the source, but they appear to have been the only bit of the media to get excited enough to tell us when the great speeches would happen:

Monday's speech will be followed by similar high-profile addresses, roughly once a week, until June 30. The second speech will be next Saturday at the dedication of the new World War II Memorial in Washington.
Other speeches will be delivered next month at the Air Force Academy, the Group of Eight Economic Forum in Georgia and a ceremony in Normandy, France.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040521-114116-7733r.htm

I don't remember anything about current policy at Normandy - and just as well. Since the last of these events was the G8 summit, ending Thursday June 10th, maybe there's something else still coming to get us to June 30th. Maybe he'll make it from Saddam's hideyhole, or somewhere equally historic (end sarcasm).

[Miss Authoritiva]

6. Well, that explains it.

I thought that each one of the speeches was going to be a specific, dedicated policy address on Iraq, given during prime time on national television.

Thanks for the clarification.

[louis c]

8. I believe that's disingenuous of them,

don't you?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. The first one bombed so miserably they quietly pulled the plug.

Euthanasia.

It's probably time to take the memory hole out to the curb.