Press Conf-Looks like Bush has some Miers apologism to do

[liveoaktx]

[benburch]

1. There is that lisp/slur again. nt

[liveoaktx]

2. Why is he so subdued? Did Laura "Have Him By the Nads" tell

him to quit swaggering so much?

[benburch]

4. Looks like he is on 'ludes. nt

[liveoaktx]

7. Ludes can't stop his jaw jerks-and his mouth is drooping more than usual

[Arugula Latte]

71. Drool! I wanna see drool! nt

[JohnnyBoots]

8. that is what I thought, some kind of downer

[TimeChaser]

3. It's started?

I don't have a TV here at the moment... what's going on?

[liveoaktx]

5. He said "Fiscal responsbility" therefore Congress needs to cut

spending programs. Yeah, Mr. Never Met a Bill I Could Veto

[JohnnyBoots]

6. What I say and What I do are two completely different thing n/t

[chelsea0011]

9. The smirk is atomic today

[liveoaktx]

11. As in "bomb"

[chelsea0011]

19. "she knows the kind of judge I'm looking for"....in other words

she will do my bidding. What a stupid comment. She nominated herself to Bush?

[marions ghost]

31. every sentence

punctuated by the smirk--esp like when he says (paraphrase) 'the
Private Sector will be in charge of the cleanup and rebuilding from Katrina.' (big smirk)

[benburch]

10. There is that smirk again. nt

[liveoaktx]

14. right after he says he's gonna take some questions

He DOES hate those reporters

[AlinPA]

12. Smirking worse than usual today. He looks nervous. Defensive.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Patriot Act to bring thoughts of terra terra terra......

[jane_pippin]

15. I'm so sick of him saying he's "looking forward" to things.

Fucking fix something NOW, ya nutjob.

AND I'm equally sick of his whiny, insistent, smarmy, I'm talking down to you tone. Cram it with walnuts, George.

[liveoaktx]

16. I hope people know people in Texas do NOT talk like that jackass

enunciating words like he does

[satya]

18. $hrub is to Texas as fish is to bicycle. n/t

[liveoaktx]

17. He looks pissed off about the Miers question-rolled out his Joker smile

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. He is pissed. The Shrub is a spoiled brat and gets angry when he can't

have what he wants.

[jane_pippin]

21. "heh heh." Translation:

"fuck you."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. lol! nt

[Blue_Roses]

22. Now he puts it on the Democrats...

about whether Mier is confirmed. It's gonna be the Democrats fault when it's all said and done.:eyes:

what a jerk:argh:

[liveoaktx]

23. What an ass! It's clear Miers is why he's doing this press conf

as if the way he says stuff about her will calm his base. He must not have expected that reaction, especially the ones that call him a wimp.

[liveoaktx]

24. Uh-oh, he said he wanted someone who shared his philosophy

so there ya go. We can just figure Miers is a clone of asshole

[liveoaktx]

28. If he has no litmus test, then why did he put in Roberts and in for Miers

who *share his philosophy*?
Duh

[soleft]

26. Intangibles

Bush cheerleaders are somewhere going - yeah! He remembered to use the word we taught him!

[leeroysphitz]

90. Right, but ask him to SPELL it... nt

[chelsea0011]

27. If Miers is soooooooooo qualified, why was she not on the list with

Roberts and others.

[chelsea0011]

30. "not to my recollection" about whether he talked ever about abortion

with Miers. LIE!

[liveoaktx]

35. Terry calling him on being "conservative" brings up LBJ

[liveoaktx]

39. We're in a War-well, THATS why we spend so much.

[liveoaktx]

43. Woo-Hoo Valerie Plame-Bob Branken

What happens if someone's indicted?

[marions ghost]

55. Duh...' the investigation is ongoing

let the invetigation run its course'...

no further questions

[Sydnie]

29. Gee, no room for personal growth for Harriet

What she is is all she can ever be. Get confirmed and never have to think again. Rubber stamp answers to cases for the rest of her life.

"How she is going to be today is how she is going to be 20 years from now".

[jane_pippin]

Thank you. People are supposed to change over time.

First of all, it's a dumb thing for him to say because technically we change every day of our lives. I'm not who I was yesterday, let alone 10 or 20 years ago.

But that aside, since when is stagnation a virtue?

[Sydnie]

36. When you are to become a chief member of

the Coalition of the "Compassionate", AKA Braindead Zombies in his own image that can be controlled by others.

[jane_pippin]

42. Oh how silly of me. I keep forgetting how things work now.

a thousand of these for me: :spank:

[chelsea0011]

41. he's an idiot.

[fishwax]

45. stagnation is what the conservatives are all about

alas, it's always been a virtue to them. pretty sad, really.

[jane_pippin]

50. It was kind of a rhetorical question, but yeah, you're right.

It is sad and counterproductive--at least for the rest of us.

[fishwax]

73. I figured it was rhetorical

I was just piling on :)

:thumbsup:

[jane_pippin]

76. Gotcha...

Sorry about that. It's one of these days for me :hangover: so I'm a little slow on the uptake.
:D

[Sydnie]

32. He's lying through his teeth about Iraq

That is not what Casey said!

[liveoaktx]

33. Thirty Iraqi battalions-LIAR!!!!! There is ONE active "Level 1" battalion

what an ass, some reporter needs to call him on that bullshit

[jane_pippin]

34. Did it again!! Good lord. n/t

[chelsea0011]

37. why not 130, 1030, 1,000,030?

[karlrschneider]

38. Where the hell's my voodoo doll when I need it!

:grr:

[Sydnie]

40. Mandatory spending - there goes any education funds that were provided

before, and yet the mandates will march on ... no child left behind will be enforced without the funds to even pretend they are funding it.

[benburch]

44. SS and Medicare are now "Unfunded Mandates"!

Piece of shit.

[marions ghost]

68. gonna hafta look for some o that

"non-security discretionary spending..."

"This year we're gonna cut 150 programs, save $20 Billion..."

(proud smirk)

[liveoaktx]

46. Alluding to Posse Comatatis

[jane_pippin]

47. "to the extent that the federal government failed...

I take responsibility."

Again with this bullshit spin-control. Hey, thanks for nothing.

[liveoaktx]

48. If he takes all the responsbility at the fed level, he needs to STEP DOWN-

NOW

[charlie]

49. So far, no one has pitched him fluff

This must be a first. About fucking time.

[liveoaktx]

53. Yeppers-April givng him hell about home ownership and the racial divide

[chelsea0011]

51. April stumped him about race.

She asked him besides economics and he couldn't answer without starting with economics. Fun stuff.

[Sydnie]

52. "people I put in place, I take responsibility for the decisions they made"

If that isn't saying that Roberts and Miers aren't puppets, I don't know what does. If they make a bad choice is he going to wear that bullseye too? I mean, since he knows their hearts so well.

"Robbie, you're doing a heck of a job". Substitute Delay nad Frist, or any other automatron of his admin and the statement still works. :sarcasm:

[jane_pippin]

54. There's something "empowerfully healing" about home ownership?

Please tell me that's not what I just heard.

[Sydnie]

56. Hey cut him some slack ....

He has to oversee a large vast country. :rofl:

[jane_pippin]

59. lol. You're right. He also has to think hard about tough questions

like, "is our children learning?"

:rofl:

[imperialismispasse]

70. Also hes drunk

Its hard to talk over the gin!

[SillyGoose]

57. I wonder if they'll let David Gregory ask a question. Haven't heard from

him yet.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

69. David Gregory is in New York, filling in on The Today Show. nt

[Sydnie]

58. "over a million people left their homes" but hey

buy something ... ownership is great! Just make sure you have GREAT insurance, great job, and a summer/winter home to move into when your other home is floating in the gulf.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

72. He has no grasp of Reality.

And how about buying a home when you're making less than minimum wage,which is what he has allowed for in the gulf. Meanwhile, minimum wage isn't a living wage.

[chelsea0011]

60. Talking debris now. He's lost it.

[Sydnie]

61. which just reminds us all that that was the topic of discussion when

the good DR. told cheney to fuck himself! Good reference there sparky!

[jane_pippin]

62. It's like he's singing a Talking Heads song:

Where is my beautiful china? Where is my valuable art?

[Sydnie]

63. YES!!!! You're right!

What a visual that is! :rofl:

[marions ghost]

88. crunched up by the hurricane...

but I'm sure it was insured...

Worried about Govt LIABILITY for valuables...so that's why FEMA bulldozers couldn't go onto private property....ie. clearing debris has to be handled by the private sector (you). Speaking to his fiscally conservative (rich) base now...worried about china and art...

:banghead:

[soleft]

67. Look for that one on Daily Show tonight

Nice of them to have the conference early enough that it can be on tonight's show

[liveoaktx]

82. Because that was part of his canned speech he could remember

[Sydnie]

64. Need not and should not are two different things there sparky!

which is it?

[WinkyDink]

65. I have a Board question

Why is this in "General discussion", and not "Breaking news" or even "GD: Politics"?

ETA: Ok, it's here because it's here.

[Sydnie]

66. I assume because this is "home base forum" for most of us discussing

this in this thread. I know there were other threads about it on the latest page, just not sure which forums those might be in.

Just my 2 cents anyway.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

74. He keeps talking about Miers is a pioneer, and except for mentioning

her job descriptions, he has not mentioned one thing that she actually accomplished in terms of law, itself.

[Sydnie]

78. "consistantly ranked in the top 50" ... by whom?

Wouldn't that make a difference?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

86. I just searched that. ABC news says

Notice this is the top INFLUENTIAL lawyers. Not TOP lawyers in terms of how good they are.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SupremeCourt/story?id=1170572&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312


In addition, Miers was named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Lawyers by the National Law Journal in 1998, and received numerous other awards from groups including the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, the Anti-Defamation League and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.

[Sydnie]

87. He said consistantly ranked in the top 50, 1998 makes it

consistant? How often do they rank them, for goodness sakes?

Consistant to me means more than one source took that action and they took that action more than once. Am I wrong to think that way?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

89. I agree with you entirely & as ever, look at the source of this propaganda

[chelsea0011]

75. "she's plenty bright"....Roberts never was refered to in that manner

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

77. Oh, oh, he's getting angry again about Miers. nt

[liveoaktx]

79. Not answering about executive priv re: attorney info

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

80. lol! He's attacking the Senate for special interest money!!!! Hysterical

here!!!!!!

[jane_pippin]

81. Did he just say that bringing up "executive privilege" is a distraction

when it comes to the confirmation hearings?

As in asking about things that fall under it is some kind of trick move? Yikes.

[marions ghost]

84. "Executive Privilege is important for Liberty"....

he said (big smirk)

[jane_pippin]

85. Liberty *is* pretty important...

I wish there was a smiley for slapping my head in disbelief because I'd have used it about 900 times by now.
I had the radio on so I missed the actual smirking. What a nutjob.

[liveoaktx]

83. Repeatedly saying that Iraq is part of the war on terror

[tibbiit]

91. How many jaw jerks?

Was he working that jaw?
tib