CAPTION THIS : State of the Union: Behind the Scenes

[PunkinPi]

Advisers listen to President Bush’s delivery of his speech in the family theater of the White House Jan. 24, 2003.

edit: How many 'pukes does it take to find a lie?

[Mr. Jinx]

1. "Everyone got the script? Good."

[cosmicdot]

2. audience member: what are these 16 words ...

... you keep citing which aren't in the CIA-approved, Security-Council-approved, 360-degree Cabinet member-approved copy in our hands, and why do you keep saying them?

[Caution]

3. How bout this?

"Who thinks we can get away with this line: 'Clinton's penis has been seen roaming around Iraq leaving nothing but chaos in it's wake'" - Bush
"Yeah yeah that's great" - Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, Wolfowitz
"Ummm...I'll let you have the one about the uranium, but you simply can't put that one in" - Tenet

[RobertSeattle]

4. Excellent Job President Baxter...

...Um, I mean Bush

BTW - Notice everyone has what looks two pages of the script - could one be the truth and the other the fiction?

[kmla]

5. Stop me if you've heard this one!

"I just flew in from Camp David, and boy, are my arms tired!"

"That Karl Rove. He's so fat, when he sits around the house, he sits AROUND the house!"

"It's not really a lie. Call it "a truth deficit".

"Did have Rush look at this before the speech? He is the "truth detector", ain't he?"

"Ah, let's leave that Niger-uranium thing in. Nobody will even notice."

But most probable:

"Are you sure we can blame this on Bill Clinton? Good - let's leave it in."

:eyes: :eyes:

[underpants]

6. Oh that was a good lie Mr. President

What do you think?

I think it was a good lie, yeah sure.

[myomy]

7. Uh, Sir, maybe you shouldn’t lean on the podium like it’s a bar.

(Maybe more tutors are needed).

[skip fox]

8. W. is saying, between pages of the speech, "Oh hell, let's

put that Africa reference back in. I know Tenet will get mad
again, but what the heck is it to him. If someone calls us on
it, I'll take the heat. No problem."

[cosmicdot]

9. W: what'cha mean JFK never had to rehearse like this?

"LBJ" ... no ... "Carter" ... never ... "Clinton" ...

were you like brain dead in the 90s ... like, no!

... "huh" ...

why do you think they call this the Ronald Reagan Reading Room

... "huh ... do you think anyone expects I'm just a media creation" ...

just read the script ... we'd like to get out of here by midnight ... goes to bed by 9, yeah, right