Bush speech today on cspan3

[MiniMe]

Pres. Bush delivers a speech on Iraq. His comments come after two days of Congres-
sional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker on conditions in the country. Then, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) & House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) respond to the President (12pm ET). edited to add: Bush speech at 11:30, Dem response at noon per cspan schedule.

Coverage starts at 11:30, I'm not sure if * speaks at 11:30 and Reid/Pelosi are on at noon or if * starts at noon.


Shall we take guesses on what he will say? Blah Blah Blah Surge is working. Blah Blah Blah must succeed in Iraq. Blah Blah General Petreaus Blah Blah. Blah Blah we will stay forever Blah Blah. Blah Blah Vote for McCain, he will continue my policies Blah Blah.

Did I leave anything out?

[Orrex]

1. You covered it pretty well.

I might add "the Surge is necessary to protect The American People."

I've heard variations on that one a lot lately.

[Muttocracy]

2. Bush at 11:30 according to c-span home page

http://c-span.org/

[MiniMe]

3. * Warning, coming up at 11:30 on cspan3

[Muttocracy]

4. kick

[w8liftinglady]

5. good lord...he's starting

[Muttocracy]

6. what the heck - early! rude

[H2O Man]

7. It's on MSNBC

He is in his tense & pressured mode.

[hatrack]

10. Condition Queeg?

Or is it just the usual snarky, snappish, snippy "how dare you question me" mode?

[H2O Man]

13. Queeg.

The most painful part is when he attempts to smile.

[bdamomma]

20. I would just love to see him throw a temper tantrum right now.

stupid man.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

8. he's wearing his blue "surge" suit

[Muttocracy]

9. hogwash - we're doing great, but Petraeus can take as long as he needs... nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Well, fill us in, there are many here that can't listen to him anymore

without genuine outrage and anger.

[Muttocracy]

12. I'm switching back to Jim Webb on SFRC

[Muttocracy]

21. Webb pushing BushCo lawyers on our authority to be there in the future

[Muttocracy]

26. Webb "What is a permanent base?" - answer, we don't have a definition!!!

[Muttocracy]

31. Webb - our agreement must reflect all the branches and parties of the US, not just parties in Iraq

[Ichingcarpenter]

44. Thanks for the info

I have my TV turned off this morning.

[Muttocracy]

45. more on another thread (posted link down below). nt

[MiniMe]

14. All of Middle East should support a stable democratic Iraq

Damn, I missed that one on my predictions.

[MiniMe]

15. Our all volunteer force is strong

Guess he hasn't heard that our military is broken

[bdamomma]

25. the stupid man, just ignores everything, he doesn't like

to hear bad news even though he has been generating alot of it. I just can't watch him or listen to him, I find him highly insulting to all of us.

[MiniMe]

16. Congress must pass a bill that supports troops and does not tie hands

of the commanders and set artificial timelines

[bdamomma]

30. doesn't he ever get tired of barking out orders, stupid man

maybe we should be barking out our orders to him.

[MiniMe]

17. Some argue that war is too expensive

Think of how much we paid in other wars


Yes, you asshole, but we didn't keep having tax cuts to go along with it.

[bdamomma]

18. will he be asking for more money as usual the arrogant SOB

[H2O Man]

19. Al Qaeda & Iran

are our nation's two great enemies in the new century.

[Muttocracy]

22. North Korea: "hey, what about us?"

[bdamomma]

38. no oil there in North Korea.

[bdamomma]

35. you know is anyone else getting tired of hearing all this Fear crap.

how about our economy which is tanking? what a stupid man!!:argh:

[H2O Man]

37. It is being

presented to the public in a coordinated way.

[MiniMe]

23. al Queda in Iran and al Queda in Pakistan

:wtf:

[Solly Mack]

24. a war criminal says what?

[Solly Mack]

27. Chicken shit...won't take questions

[H2O Man]

28. It seems likely

that there is going to be an increased focus on Iran this summer. Not good.

[MiniMe]

29. Open phones now. Reid/Pelosi on at Noon

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

43. some good calls

basically, bush is full of crap.

[lpbk2713]

32. Twelve month tours beginning August 1.

That means there will be a massive flood of deployments up to July 31.

This asshole talks like we don't know what a lying devious SOB he really is.

[MiniMe]

33. Yes, but I head that it doesn't apply to troops there now.

:grr:

[bdamomma]

36. yes, I heard the same thing, was it Keith who said it?

[MiniMe]

42. Very possible, I remember it being announced in a very sarcastic tone of voice

so I think you are right.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

46. That's a half truth. That's for military members who are not in theaters of war.

[annabanana]

34. Jackie Speier, the new (D) Rep in California takes her seat on CSpan 1

Giving her first statement on taking over the seat left vacant by the death of Tom Lantos last February.. She says the people in HER district want to get out of Iraq NOW, not later. They want help on Main St. to take precedence over help for Wall St.. . and generally was MUCH more fun to watch than that lame duck limp dick on the other channel.

[Muttocracy]

39. If anyone cares about senate hearings on Iraq today, here's my other post

where I talk to myself...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3137246&mesg_id=3137246

[MiniMe]

40. LOL

Is the Senate Foreign Relations committee meeting today?

[Muttocracy]

41. yep, on the Status of Forces and other agreements about the future in Iraq

[Norrin Radd]

47. All he ever talks about is Iraq. Never the USA.

[bdamomma]

48. it's all about the oil

not about our troops, or us or the people of Iraq. This man is a war criminal, and we should scream it out.