Heads up:Scotty WH Daily Briefing scheduled for 1:15 pm EDT

[soothsayer]

[rustydog]

1. I would love to hear a reporter ask Scotty:

Since you are now quoting polls as the will of Americans wishes, what is Bush's thoughts of over 60 percent of americans calling for his impeachment over the spying issue?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. Ooooooh! Good one!

Now that would rock!

[elehhhhna]

3. excellent.

[Sydnie]

4. Please take notes for me

I have to leave for work and can't stay for this one. sorry I will miss out on the daily squirm!

[stop the bleeding]

5. waiting and ready.....

:popcorn:

[Spazito]

6. I am learning to love watching Snotty Scottie dance, weave

and bob, I guess I need a life, rofl!

[carolinalady]

7. bet the mining co ceo holds his press conference at the same

time. Msm has been waiting on that one for over 2 hours. Scottie's must be pretty good today.

[carolinalady]

8. no link to listen on wh page n/t

[chat_noir]

9. kick - in the hopes that we don't have 3 threads on it

[soothsayer]

13. whoops, we've got two! if you count this one, and this one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x49510

[BR_Parkway]

10. Is CSpan going to broadcast? Im home today with no soundcard

[hang a left]

11. Is it going to be on cspan???

Anyone know.

[CabalPowered]

12. According to the schedule, yes on CSPAN 1

But not live yet at the WH

[hang a left]

14. Thanks :) nt

[Spazito]

15. Geez, has Snotty EVER been on time???

He is always at least 15 minutes late!

Ahhh, as usual, he is on time if 15 minutes late is 'on time'.

[karlrschneider]

16. Just started

...

[soothsayer]

17. It's on! On cspan tv! Helen asking about the dropping of a bomb

on a home killing a family with children.

[w8liftinglady]

20. lol...you post,I'll embellish ;)

[w8liftinglady]

24. His face turned visably redder w/Abramoff questions.

[soothsayer]

21. A. the military goes out of the way to avoid civilian casualties. It's

being looked into.

Q. how can you justify killing children?

A. Look what happened in iraq last month. An eleection, democracy. I object to your characterization of the military this way. blah

[w8liftinglady]

18. Helen Thomas asking about bomb dropped in Iraq today

[hang a left]

19. Scotty already getting hot under the collar

[chat_noir]

22. hehehehe

[Skidmore]

23. Scottie's thinks yelling something means that it makes a lie

more truthful, just like his boss. Ever notice the bigger the lie, the higher the decibels with this bunch.

[w8liftinglady]

26. what a bunch of double-speak

[w8liftinglady]

31. DOESN'T RECALL MEETING HIM?????

was he THAT shitfaced?

[hang a left]

25. Raised 100,000 raised for Bush campaign

** only returning 6000

[hang a left]

29. Did ** ever meet Abramoff.

"** Does not know him"

[soothsayer]

27. Q. In light of abramhoff, what's the WH doing in terms of lobbying

reform?

A. Lobbying reform? Abramhoff is going to be punished, pleaded guilty, lets let the investigation proceed.

Q. Is the prez worried there's a culture of political favors?

A. I don't htink you can characterize it based on this, we don't have all the info, etc.

Q. Abramhoff gave * 100k, you're only giving back 6k, what's the deal?

A. might want to talk to the RNC about that.

Q. So he's not giving back the rest?

A. If you're saying there's other wrongdoing, maybe you should tell me or tell the RNC

[chat_noir]

28. why only $6,000 of $100,000 given back by bush not answered

[SillyGoose]

30. This effing Scottie pisses me off when he continually interrupts

when they are asking questions. Its damn rude.

:mad:

[annabanana]

32. pres doesn't remember meeting Abram..

[myrna minx]

37. Just like Kenny-boy Lay was an Ann Richards supporter.

Riiiiiiggghhht. :eyes:

[annabanana]

33. "certainly doesn't know him"

[soothsayer]

34. Q. so A is a "Pioneer"---are you sure * hasn't met him?

A. He doesn't recall meeting him.

Q. Since you take photos, do you maybe have one?

A. I haven't thought about that. I'll take it into considerartion.

[Moochy]

40. and a little smirk too

he was annoyed by that second question, for sure.. his mouth curled up on the right.

[hang a left]

35. Indian guy up....

need translator

[Skidmore]

41. That guy was good! He raised a good question and

Scottie danced. Is lobbying legalized bribery?

[annabanana]

36. it's a wonder Spinning Scotty doesn't fall over...

[annabanana]

I wish someone would ask about confl of int re Fisher...

[hang a left]

38. Scotty: bla bla bla bla bla

[soothsayer]

39. Q. (Indian guy) So would you call lobbying legal corruption?

A. Well there are laws in place

Q. So do you think Osama Bin Laden

A. Who?

Q. Osama Bin Laden, do you think he's in pakistan or iraq or where

A. If we knew where he was, we'd bring him to justice.

[Norquist Nemesis]

42. Who?

Q. So do you think Osama Bin Laden

A. Who?

:rofl:

[soothsayer]

44. That killed me! Hope it makes the Daily Show!

[myrna minx]

51. I thought of Homer Simpson:

Instead of oooohhh Side SHOW Bob...its ohhhh Osama BIN Laden.

Who? Gawd. That was probably the most honest utterance from that podium in a loooong while.

[Spazito]

43. Snotty is giving new definition to the term 'whirling dervish'

as defined as 'an accident waiting to happen'. Spinning is an understatement, lol.

[soothsayer]

45. He's more of a whining Dervish

[Spazito]

47. LOL, too TRUE!

I will use that descriptor from now on!

[hatrack]

I was thinking "whirling turdish"

But that's just my opinion . . . :evilgrin:

[Spazito]

83. LOL, I like that one too! Damn...

now I am as confused as Snotty!

[annabanana]

46. softball re mining disaster...

[annabanana]

48. lo-o-o-o-ong answer

[Norquist Nemesis]

49. Was that Les? Did he call for a prayer, too? n/t

[soothsayer]

50. Miner questions. Our hearts and prayers go out ot the families

etc.

[Skidmore]

52. Does anyone actually believe these people pray???

[soothsayer]

53. Q. miner family members said * sent letters to the CEO of the mines

Is this so and can we learn what he said?

A. First I've heard of this.

[annabanana]

54. "pension reform"

on the agenda "continues to be a priority"

[soothsayer]

55. Q. You said if abramhoff had been to the WH it would only have

been a couple of times including holiday parties. how long will it take you to find out for sure?

A. not long. might have been some staff level meetings.

Q> What about meeting near his ranch?

A. I'll look into that.

[annabanana]

56. abramoff again

how long will it take to track down the info about how often he'd been to WH?
- not long -
did he go to crawford?
- i'll check'
he used to boast about pioneer status gives access?
-absolutely not

[w8liftinglady]

60. GRILL HIM! ...

[annabanana]

57. we're doing everyting right - heh

[annabanana]

58. DEMS GOT MONEY TOO - the press said so..

[mod mom]

65. I like how he said "gave money to Democrats and Republicans alike"

Unbelievable! What a LIAR!!!!

[helderheid]

59. Bi-partisan my ass

[soothsayer]

61. Q. So abramhoff sez that he was a pionner because it bought him

influence in the WH. Is that the point of the Pioneer program?

A. absolutely not! Money with strings attached doens't make it in the door

Q. So is he going to give back the $100k?

A. If you have information that money was illegal you should bring it up to the RNC

[annabanana]

62. is there an internal review?

not that i know of

[Spazito]

63. Love it, the media isn't letting him off the hook re Abramoff and

bush but I wish they would also call him on the 'equally dem and repub' crap.

[annabanana]

64. any reiteration of ethical guidlines?

"alway have always will" bs

[underpants]

66. "Administration has always stressed adherence to high ethical standards"

oh did you know that press reports have pointed out that Dems took money from Abramoff and/or his clients too?

[Norquist Nemesis]

73. Sure! That's why the Prez ordered ethics refresher classes!

:rofl:

[carolinalady]

67. q: why would he be involved in staff meetings?

a: checking into that but as you know we don't discuss staff meetings here.

[soothsayer]

68. Q. Any update on the patriot act? RE: the eavesdropping, we're

hearing that it may have taken place earlier than the authorities allowed

A. Absolutely not, that was a different program under different authorities, blah blah

[w8liftinglady]

69. Oh,hell-Cheney's speaking today,too?

[w8liftinglady]

72. DEMOCRATS playing politics with patriot act-

[soothsayer]

70. Dems are playing politics with this legislation, blah blah blah

[sabra]

71. September 11th - Bingo!

[annabanana]

74. patriot act essential for security - push push renewal

[soothsayer]

75. Q. what word does the prez get from leadership in both houses

about what's going to happen?

A. a minority of dems delaying this. must act to get this done. house out of session until 1/31, this expires Feb 3, so we must act to get this passed

[annabanana]

76. a couple of obstructionist dems

a minority of dems...
right

[Norquist Nemesis]

79. Must be Hagel and Murkowski!

Because it surely couldn't be Republicans. :sarcasm:

[chat_noir]

77. Dems against Patriot Act because beholden to special interests???

parroting bush

what special interests, you scmucks?!

[w8liftinglady]

81. so,were craig,hagel,sununu,and murkowski(all reps)

playing politics

[annabanana]

78. safavian question

did wh investigate what he did while he was there at OMB

[annabanana]

80. when did pres issue directive for spying?

"shortly after 9/11"

[soothsayer]

82. q. can you confirm that the nsa eavesdropping did not begin until

after the executive directive was issued and what date was that?

A. prez has said it was in the weeks after sept 11, and it's involving comms with known al qaeda members and terraist orgs.

Q. in the month of september?

A. in the weeks after. talking about this has harmed our national security (decibels going up again!)

[annabanana]

84. scotie stressing how NARROW it is - not answering timing ques.

will not give date to above question

[soothsayer]

85. Q. Is it incorrect to say that the NSA had started this before the

exec directive?

A. well, there are other existing authorities in place

SO HOW COME NO ONE ASKS "THEN WHY DID HE NEED A NEW ONE?"

[Norquist Nemesis]

87. Someone should ask if Bush thinks Democrats are a threat

to national security.

[soothsayer]

86. Q. now that this program is known around the world, has he

decided to scrap it or change it?

A. prez will use every tool necessary blah blah blah

[Norquist Nemesis]

88. "Every tool" = More Payola for the Media n/t

[Skidmore]

89. Scottie looks like he's got a bad case of

hemorrhoids about now.

[soothsayer]

90. Q. it's still not clear to me what are the consequences in the WH

if you violate your ethics guidelines?

A. we look at it case by case and take appropriate action?

Q. what are the appropriate actions? it's been 2 years since valerie plame and

A. you're asking about an ongoing investigation

Q. so why has the prez taken no action against those who have acted unethically?

A. you're wrong. Paula is just trying to grandstand on this issue as she has previously

[Beelzebud]

91. "She just wants to grand-stand on this issue like she always does"

FUCK YOU SCOTT...

What a fucking asshole. I hate this motherfucker so much...

[otohara]

93. Who Was He Referring To?

[soothsayer]

95. reporter named paula daring to ask about ethics and Plame

Q. what are the appropriate actions? it's been 2 years since valerie plame and

A. you're asking about an ongoing investigation

Q. so why has the prez taken no action against those who have acted unethically?

A. you're wrong. Paula is just trying to grandstand on this issue as she has previously

[w8liftinglady]

98. paula cruickshank Washington Times

[soothsayer]

92. And he's gone!

[stop the bleeding]

97. I was a "lunch meeting" for work and missed the entire thing

I did browse the thread, was there anything impordant that my librul ass missed besides the Abramoff questioning.

A brief overview would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

[soothsayer]

99. Not really, but Scotty got really loud several times (= lying, nervous)

Was rude to Helen of course and another female reporter (Pamela the grandstander). Might be worth browsing the transcript. Actually, it's worth seeing Scotty say "Who?" when someone mentions Osama. Hysterically funny!

[stop the bleeding]

100. thank you - hopefully I will be available on Thursday for the next Snotty

dance session

[Spazito]

101. Here goes my summary

Abramoff: pres doesn't know him, may have met him a few times, has highest ethics, bla bla bla

Spying on Americans: terra, terra, terra

The bombing of Iraqi family: don't have the facts, still investigating, bla bla bla

Patriot Act: Bad, bad dems, bad, bad, dems

The press was very good tho, didn't let Snotty off the hook and he left in one hell of a hurry.

[stop the bleeding]

106. thank you - I love the simple terms you put it in, did you take this from

*'s reading list? :rofl:

[Spazito]

107. LOL! Yep, am channeling his PDBs! n/t

[Spazito]

94. Ohhhhh, excellent question by John?

re why the need for the Patriot Act if bush has the right under the Constitution! Snotty was definitely stunned by that one, imo.

[myrna minx]

96. That is an excellent question. n/t

[Spazito]

103. Man, Snotty scuttled off with lightning speed after John's question

I suspect he has to go get his talking points to deal with that question, will be interesting to see what they come up with.

[myrna minx]

105. Heh-"I cannot comment on an ongoing press conference." n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

102. Did he answer it? n/t

[Spazito]

104. No, he scuttled off right after, he really didn't have even the

beginnings of a talking meme on that one, it was VERY interesting, imo!