I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying

[mopaul]

actual bush excerpt from tonight's speech being released on the web.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[Oreo]

1. Huh?

"The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom," he said in a speech that was to be attended by 750 soldiers and airmen. "They will fail."

Are they writing advanced copy or did the 750 soldiers not show up?

[mopaul]

2. there are actual excerpts from tonight's speech, on msnbc's website

[Oreo]

4. Right but the tense is kinda F'd up

they coulda worded it a little better

[noamnety]

3. They can be photoshopped in afterwards

I guess the media has figured out it's scripted enough they can go ahead and critique his performance ahead of time. They probably have their talking points set for the next few weeks anyway, may as well print them.