Breaking on MSNBC - Talks with Maliki postponed until tomorrow

[Sydnie]

blivet** was supposed to already be behind closed doors with Maliki, but the WH is announcing that the talks have been put off until tomorrow.

No link yet. Perhaps the Iraq leader is a bit put off by the leaking of that memo questioning his ability to lead? ;)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15946832/ <--- previous story before they were canceled.

[Virginia Dare]

1. Chimp must have to sleep it off for a while...n/t

[Sydnie]

2. From the Yahoo story that's up now

White House counselor Dan Bartlett denied that the move was a snub by al-Maliki or was related to the leak of a White House memo questioning the prime minister's capacity for controlling violence in Iraq.

"Absolutely not," Bartlett said." He said the king and the prime minister had met before Bush arrived from a NATO summit in Latvia. "It negated the purpose for a meeting of the three of them," Bartlett said.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bush

[aquart]

3. Bush was UNNECESSARY?

Because that's what Bartlett just implied.

[Sydnie]

6. Sure sounds like they are moving on with out him doesn't it?

Seems they don't need no stinkin' President to do what they think needs to be done in Iraq anymore. Serves him right!

[xultar]

7. Absofuckinglootely.

[radfringe]

4. It negated the purpose for a meeting of the three of them

:rofl: sounds like the king and prime minister were getting the "adult" talk done before the tumbleweed-kid arrived...

shhhhh...not in front of the B-O-Y....

[xultar]

9. Buhwawa.! "...shhhhh...not in front of the B-O-Y.... " CLASSIC!

[hwmnbn]

5. "negated the purpose for a meeting.....

of the three of them"

translation: The chimp is irrelevant. He has nothing to say, nothing to contribute, so why waste the time? :rofl:

[xultar]

11. So, Lil Boots is goin to Jordan for take-out!

[Botany]

8. So bush flew to Jordan to meet with the head of Iraq but because ..

.... the King of Jordan had already met with the head of Iraq .....
"It negated the purpose for a meeting .....' :rofl:

Please and the check is in the mail, I promise to call you later,
and this has nothing to do with money.

[Sydnie]

12. "Sure, I'll respect you in the morning ....

Now, take off your pants"! :rofl:

[Binka]

13. Respect You In The Morning? I Don't Respect You Now. Is More Like It!

[Sydnie]

14. ain't that the truth

GREAT to see you Binka! :hug:

[Binka]

22. Thanks Lovey

Been a rough go for me since my sister died. It has been harder than my mothers passing as we were only 13 months apart. Irish twins they called us! She is at rest in the Pacific Ocean so I know she is at peace. Nice to see you too Syd.

[Botany]

18. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

I love it when women play hard to get ... :rofl:

But back to President McFuck-up the President of Iraq and the King
of Jordan have told him to cool his heals and they will see him
when they see fit? After he flies to Jordan?

This is the ultimate in your face move .... poor bushy will
be stewing in his own juices for 24 hours.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. That reads to me as if bush were brushed aside like a cockroach

Not that I can't relate, I'd love to bypass this entire administration if I could. However, I do wonder how the wee little shrub is taking this? I imagine a tantrum complete with foot stomping and fist banging.

[npincus]

10. very interesting....

[malaise]

15. Al Maliki will not be attending tonight's dinner

hosted by the Jordan's king either. I wonder if his head will be served up on a dish.

[Sydnie]

21. But they are expected to have "robust talks" in the morning

I can see a lot of "you guys need to just stop this shit, and it will be all over" happening tomorrow morning, along with a lot of " Screw you George Bush".

Yep, that seems robust enough to me.

[radfringe]

23. "more of a social meeting"

<i>Bartlett said that Wednesday night's three-way meeting had always been planned as "more of a social meeting"...</I>

ohhhh, so it was suppose to be tea and crumpets?

<i>"This memo reads to me more like a memo to Prime Minister al-Maliki than to President Bush," said Alterman, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It has his entire to-do list as well as a list of what he'll get if he agrees."</I>

and afterwards al-Maliki will get a "to-do" list? If it's a "memo to al-Maliki" why wasn't it addressed and sent to al-Maliki?

[AndyA]

17. Bush's importance is huge only in his own mind.

The rest of the world apparently doesn't need him, apparently. Nice.

Oh well, Bush is responsible for this mess. Perhaps they figured it would be best to cut him out, since he's the one who screwed everything up so royally in the first place.

[Brazenly Liberal]

19. Is it just me

or does this presidency look more like it was scripted by Rodney Dangerfield every day?

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Yikes...I think Maliki is in danger of being Ngo Dinh Diem'ed

I'd move to the south of France pronto if I was him.