CNN says tonight Bush must get back his "bull-horn moment."

[glarius]

CNN keeps saying tonight Bush will be trying for that "bull-horn moment" as if that was the moment that launched him on his leadership path (you should pardon the expression:puke:). They act like that's all he has to do again to win back the people...In my opinion, all that was, was a "bull-horn moment".....From then on he used every photo-op to say something macho, which was supposed to indicate that he was really taking charge and protecting America from all those "terrists"....No where was he put on the spot to make decisions, so he was able to bluff his way through...With Katrina he had to be on top of things and knowledgable about what needed doing....Ergo he was a complete flop....He was revealed for the empty suit he really is....And then to not go directly back to Washington when the hurricane hit...well, that just showed his complete cluelessness.

[fooj]

1. His moment has come and gone. Too late, IMO.

Peace.

[Blue_In_AK]

40. Exactly, Fooj...

You took the words right out of my mouth. There's nothing ** can do at this late date to undo the images of him eating cake, playing guitar, and gazing detached out of the window of Air Force One. He's toast. I just wish he had the courtesy and grace to step aside, come clean, and let President Gore or President Kerry take over.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. taht would have been two weeks ago

[FourStarDemocrat]

3. I don't know about that, but he'll certainly have another " bull" moment.

I don't think those hastily organized emergency PR speeches are working anymore.

[barbaraann]

4. We need a President, not a cheerleader.

[Bridget Burke]

10. Probably cheerleading was the best time of his life....

His connections got him into the best schools & gave him companies to destroy.

But he probably earned the cheerleading spot on his own. It's been all downhill since then.

[Dulcinea]

20. That may be the only thing he's good at. eom

[Moochy]

5. bullshit moment more like

they look at the public as a bunch of mindless zombies who's opinions can be tweaked by their wordsmithing and unsubtle spin.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

8. Is the Democratic Party giving a rebuttal tonight? If so, by whom? eom

[Corgigal]

6. CNN must have forgotten

That his bullhorn moment was next to a retired fireman from Long Island. Even that was a damn stunt. New Yorkers know though.

[Dulcinea]

35. They're trying to drum up interest in this speech.

It's their job to make you want to watch.

More viewers = more ad dollars.

It's the BOTTOM LINE. No more, no less.

[Fridays Child]

7. Actually, he's hoping to get back his bullshit moment.

[henslee]

9. Yeah but trying to get back "bull horn moment" when everyone knows

you're desperately trying to get back your bullhorn moment does not work. Just like visiting NOLA way after the fact is like buying your wife flowers after you've already cheated on her. His goose is cooked.
Further indications -- my friends's right wing Cubvan mom mutteringly curses every time she hears the words bush or halliburton....

[Ladyhawk]

11. Sorry, but after the "bullshit" moment, there can be no more "bull-horn"

moments. :)

[jobycom]

12. That's ALL he's been doing for five years now. Pretending he's some

bullhorn-carrying John Wayne character. His failure and falling numbers isn't because he's not projecting the right image, it's because people are finally seeing that he can't do a damn thing right, no matter what image someone creates for him.

The real purpose behind CNN's comment, though, is to set Bush up for a comeback. After the speech, no matter what they have him say, CNN will start pimping for him again, and assuring everyone that Bush nailed it and is again our fearless leader.

Whether people buy it this time or finally realize the media has been selling them a bill of goods is hard to say. Reagan had lower numbers, and they revived that stupid, hate-filled monster's image. They'll do the same thing for Son of Reagan if they can.

[Connie_Corleone]

13. How can he, when no one is allowed around him tonight?

Is he going to shed crocodile tears?

[BurtWorm]

14. Who on CNN says this? Blitzer?

What a stupid thing to say. It's not for CNN anchors to say what the people they cover "must" or "must not" do.

I have very little respect for the Bushists but they would be making very, very clear what utter incompetents they were if they thought tonight was all about getting a bull-horn moment. I can't believe even they are that stupid.

[glarius]

17. It was the Malveaux woman.....I heard her say it a couple of times now...

Suzanne Malveaux who covers the White House...

[Halliburton]

29. she was the one who said

"Bush's approval is going UPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPPUPUPUP" when there was no poll that said this.

[Moochy]

30. Rather than see it as CNN trying to spin it per se

I sometimes have to give the benefit of the doubt to these reporters who cover the whitehouse, they all develop that inside-baseball mentality. They are talking with the advisors on background and absolutely steeped in the WH spin and cant help but pick up on the WH memes. Obviously the proper thing to do is to maintain some distance and talk to the president's critics and to not treat the presidency as some cult of the emperor. But the easier thing to do is to talk like those whom you cover, and quote them.

I see cnn grabbing on to the karl's merry go round. ie. CNN is just along for the ride, spinning as they must to maintain access. If they get off the ride they fear losing access, and or tarnishing their rep.

[BurtWorm]

31. What source, I wonder, told her that's what they "had" to do tonight.

I can't see someone in the White House trying to build up expedtations like that.

[Skidmore]

15. Tweety was saying exactly the same thing.

Either they all share the same writer or it was a talking point.

[KoKo]

19. Tweety's always looking for something "Big"..he probably started it.

He must have father figure problems since he's always looking for manley men, men who have big feet to plant on the ground (his comment about Cheney coming to NO). Chris loves powerful men...he looks up to them.

And, he is a mouthpiece for GE. His home on Nantucket is near Jack Welch's. NBC has paid him for his low ratings...because he's a "suck up." :-(

[Catrina]

16. Why do think that was impressive?

I put it in the same category as all the other bullshit moments of this administration. The plastic turkey moment, the mission accomplished moment, the fake food distribution moment etc.

The so-called 'bullhorn' moment simply reminded me that he let 9/11 happen on his watch, ignored 52 warnings of an attack, and as seems to be a pattern now with him, was on vacation while his country was in danger.

He had his 'bullhorn' moment ~ and I'd like to know why CNN is not airing 24/7, as they did the Dean Scream? All I'll ever remember from this disaster is Bush strumming the guitar and eating cake while NO drowned!! That was his moment. Why are they trying to change it?

Do they not realize that no PR campaign in the world can bring back all those dead people, or erase the memory of how long it took him to get his act together, or the gang of incompetent, political cronies he put in charge of US security?

These people make me sick! They had a few moments last week, as they watched the bodies of US citizens floating in water on the flooded streets of a US city, when they nearly became journalists again, and no doubt their ratings went up as people finally got some truth.

Time to tune them out again. To promote this dangerous man is tantamount to treason, imo.

[Skittles]

23. can't get those scenes out of my mind

people suffering and dying in the heat, no food, no water, no help, no hope. It breaks me every time.....no g.d. phony photo op is going to minimize that - not now, not ever. It's not just the reponse was inadequate - he very, very much did not care; HE DID NOT CARE.

[glarius]

25. Perfectly said! n/t

[cliss]

26. A great post.

You said it better than I could.

[leftupnorth]

18. Agreed

Bush doesn't even know how to PRETEND to be compassionate. His ratings were tanking before the hurricane, but this lack of response has hurt him even more. You have to admit, they did it to themselves.

Karl must have been VERY distracted before the hurricane. A TIMELY cheap photo-op response could have at LEAST been spun as action.....

They're even inept at being inept

[info being]

21. more like a bull-shit moment

[tabasco]

37. You got that right !

At the same time Bu$h was posing in NYC, the neocons were planning to attack IRAQ !!

They had no intention of catching Bin Laden. He's the best thing that ever happened to the Bu$h corporate cabal.

[mcscajun]

38. You took the word*right* outta my mouth.

Not bull-horn...bull-shit.

Was then...is now.

[ComerPerro]

22. by saying that, they admit that it was just BS photo-op rhetoric

they know its a sham. They know that 9/11 and the War on Terror is his only claim to legitimacy.

And they know he needs to go through that again.

[deutsey]

24. The appearance of management is the management of appearances

[ChickMagic]

27. He ran like a bunny rabbit

in the opposite direction of New Orleans. That's what he did on 9/11 as well. He ran away. For pete's sake, Clinton went to ground zero before Herr Bush did. Guliani (I'm no fan) was at least on the ground helping. I even hear that Rummy helped the emergency crews remove injured survivors from the Pentagon. Our dear leader - RUN AWAY!!!

[underpants]

28. CNN staff meeting: Well nothing else has worked for our guy yet

let's run this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.

[txindy]

32. Then he'd better have bin Laden & al Zarqawi on the stage with him

In chains. And even that wouldn't work. He's so toast.

[Union Thug]

33. Never underestimate the capriciousness of the American people..

Just saying.

[derby378]

34. Well, Cindy Sheehan already proved he was a coward...

How's Nero gonna stand up to a hurricane if he can't even stand up to a grieving mom of an Operation Iraqi Freefall vet?

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. His 'bull-horn moment on 9/14 made me sick!

So get to it Pinhead** Give us another insensitive and insincere moment, and yet another reason to hate your guts. :grr:

[freestyle]

39. All he has are Bullshit moments.

[Generator]

41. Oh so he's introducing Bin Laden's head on a platter tonight?

Oh wait...Osama's still mia. Oh and oh yeah-the dead in New Orleans and the lost are gone..no words from the tin eared dictator will change that.

[gratuitous]

42. Well, nothing screams leadership like standing on a pile of corpses

And CNN is practically salivating at how they're going to bring Chimpy back yet again from a disaster that would have felled any other politician cursed with self-awareness and a conscience.

CNN: Always ready to pimp style over substance!