McClellan's having a press conference today at 12:45 pm (Eastern)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

July 12, 2005 | Last Updated 11:43 a.m. (EDT)

Press Briefing by Scott McClellan

"Watch the Press Briefing LIVE with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Today's Press Briefing is scheduled to begin at 12:45 pm."

[wtmusic]

1. Rove to resign?

Isn't it unusual to have two in the space of two days?

[returnable]

6. They have them daily n/t

:hi:

[gkhouston]

7. I thought they had a gaggle most weekdays??

not sure it's always televised. Wonder if they're going to gang up on Rove again today or pick another topic to be evil about -- like DSM. :evilgrin:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. Yes, the conference itself is not an event, per se...

I posted this primarily because of what happened yesterday. They do have these every day (or close to it), but they're NEVER like yesterday's. I'm curious to see if the press corp will pick up where they left off.

:patriot:

[NewJeffCT]

2. they need to have weekend or prime time press conferences

I can't watch or listen at work.

Please post a summary for us hapless cube rats.

Thanks

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Let the ass whuppin' begin!!

Hope the press didn't lose their newly found guts.

Come on, let Helen Thomas speak!!!

[Goldmund]

4. LOL thanks for the heads-up

I'll be watching this motherfucker.

[AlCzervik]

5. oh goody, something amusing to watch while i walk on the treadmill

[Botany]

8. Puffy Mc Moon Face ...... talks

:popcorn:

:rofl:

:beer:


:party:


:bounce:

[Ready4Change]

10. Questions and spin should be interesting.

I'll need to prep lunch for this.

[wake.up.america]

51. This administration NEVER DOES ANYTHING WRONG....

Scottie is sweating bullets, saying absolutely nothing.

[ltfranklin]

11. Watch the Press Briefing LIVE?

Where? www.Whitehouse.gov doesn't have a link to a video-stream anywhere I could find, and CSpan doesn't seem to have anything scheduled. Where can you watch this LIVE?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

13. The White House stream comes up when the conference begins.

If you click on it before an event, you get nothing. You will be able to watch it on the White House site.

:toast:

[Roland99]

19. There's audio now.

People milling about.

[KelleyKramer]

12. Will it be on c-span??

Checked the schedule and dont see it listed anywhere.

[Catherine Vincent]

14. Thanks for the heads up.

I was going to eat my lunch outside but I'll stay right here at my desk to watch this.

[Goldmund]

15. So whassup?

I can't seem to find it anywhere... Are they late?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

16. They must be late

The announcement came from the White House Web Site, and it was posted there today, so they must be running late.

[Goldmund]

18. The stream just started!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. It's on the White House Web Site, Live, NOW. n/t

[Roland99]

20. "Two-Minute Warning" till the briefing.

[Broken Acorn]

21. This is better than any reality tv show

[Roland99]

22. ON NOW: Going to be about the "bi-partisan" meeting on SCOTUS

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

23. Little Scotty's tripping over his words...

...this should be good.

[powergirl]

24. HE'S GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON NON-ROVE ISSUES

He'll go on and on about Bush's "bipartisan" approach to SCOTUS, blah blah blah. :boring:

[Roland99]

25. Over 3.7 million jobs created in the last 25 months

Uhhh....where?

[Citizen Jane]

26. Also live on CSPAN-2

First Rove question just asked.

Another thread following conference right now in GD.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

27. Question #2: Karl Rove's security clearance

"Ongoing investigation. Help investigation move forward by not discussing an ongoing investigation."

[Roland99]

28. Count 'em...there's One! "ongoing investigation"...ooo...that's Two!

Oh...there's three...there's four.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

29. "First of all...uh...let me back up..."

"I don't want to get into commenting on things in the context of an ongoing investigation. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT."

[Roland99]

30. He's said "ongoing investigation" 4 times..."investigation" 6 more times

Scotty says Rove has *'s confidence.




And that's only in the first few questions.

Oh.."investigation that continues"..."prejudging the outcome of the investigation" (two more)

oh, there's yet two more...and another "ongoing investigation"

Another "investigation"

And another

And another

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

31. "Does the president retain confidence in Karl Rove SPECIFICALLY?"

"YES. They wouldn't be working at the White House if they DIDN'T have his confidence."

[AUYellowDog]

32. McClellan

"I plead the 5th; I plead the 5th; I plead the 5th." He's worse than Abramoff's stooges!

Brandon

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

33. "An investigation that continues"

I'm not going to do that from this podium. I remember the comments that were made. I remember individuals in this investigation expressing their preference personally to me to not discuss the investigation. I LOOK FORWARD to talking about some of these matters once the investigation is complete."

[Roland99]

34. Another "ongoing investigation" and four more "investigation" and a bonus:

"investigator"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

35. "What was Karl Rove trying to accomplish by having that conversation?"

"If I were to start to comment on news reports, I'd be pre-judging the outcome of the investigation."

[Roland99]

36. This is GREAT! The Press is NOT letting up!

Two more "investigation" and another "investigator"

[myrna minx]

37. Talking about the Republican talking points

given out to surrogates. Is the White House behind the talking points? The surrogates are receiving the talking points from someone.

[Roland99]

38. Scotty's starting to get peeved!

[myrna minx]

42. Helen Thomas: Has Karl apologized for putting you on the spot?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

39. "Scott, this is a statement you made, on the record, 21 months ago"

"Can you stand by the statement you made that Rove had nothing to do with it?"

McCLELLAN: "You heard my response yesterday."

[LeftNYC]

40. Is this Gregory again? nt.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

43. I think it was someone else. n/t

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

41. "Has Karl Rove become a liability to the president?"

"we're continuing to move forward on our agenda, and everybody who is working here is advancing the agenda, and that includes Karl IN A BIG WAY."

[Roland99]

44. "Everyone working here is helping to advance our agenda..."

"and that includes Karl"

[Cush]

45. "David, you've had your turn"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

46. Ducks David Gregory's "Do you think you went too far" question

"David, you've had your chance, and I'll try to come back to you."

[Roland99]

47. "move forward" for about the 5th time.

[myrna minx]

48. John: Its not my job to have a constructive dialog with you.

ZIng!

[Roland99]

49. Diversion to discuss North Korea. Was that a "go-to" reporter?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

50. "We can have a constructive dialogue here, I think, but...

...that's not the way to do it."

McClellan doesn't want to talk about "news reports," reporter says Rove's attorney confirmed the reports, Scotty gets teed off.

Starts calling on the foreign reporters...JUST LIKE HE DID YESTERDAY...because THEY don't ask Karl Rove questions.

[Roland99]

52. "we condemn in the strongest terms, this attack"

re: suicide bombing in Netanya, Israel.

[Roland99]

53. Who was that yelling out about "evade" this question?

[myrna minx]

54. Q: Do you have a credibility problem?

A: You all know me very well. :eyes:

[Richardo]

67. So that's a 'yes' then.

:eyes:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

55. "I think you all in this room know me very well...

...and you know the kind of person I am. I deal with you all in a very straightforward way"

(In response to a "the public is wondering if we can trust Scott McClellan" question)

[Roland99]

56. "straightforward" with his lies

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

57. "HOW LONG has the president known Karl Rove spoke to reporters?"

"That's part of an ongoing investigation and I'm not going to get into discussing it."

[myrna minx]

58. How long has the president known that the Karl rove spoke

to reporters 2 years ago?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

59. "Any individual working at the White House and doing their job...

...has the confidence of the president, and they wouldn't be working here if they didn't"

"Any time that you have an investigation of this nature, which is a criminal investigation, it's going to draw media attention. But we have an important job to do. We have AN AGENDA."

[Roland99]

60. "terrorists have chosen to make Iraq a central place in the war on terror"

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[wake.up.america]

63. Scottie is trying to justify the invasion of Iraq. yawn

We will prevail, we will take the fight to them. blah, blah.

[Roland99]

61. "They [terrorists] are on the defensive."

"we are fighting them abroad so we don't have to fight them over here."


I guess "over here" doesn't include Spain and England. So much for helping our allies.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

62. "THEY are now on the defensive, and we're gonna KEEP them on the defensive

Scotty talking about our great success in winning the war on terra.

[wake.up.america]

66. This amazingly stupid!

This guy should receive an A in being stupid

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

64. Scotty pimps war on terror, followed by another ROVE QUESTION.

"I might harm the investigation from moving forward. I know you have a gen-you-WINE interest in this investigation moving forward. I'm not going to comment. We want to know what the facts are."

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

65. It's over. "Thank you, I appreciate it." n/t