According to CNN, Bush's speech tonight is scheduled to last 15 minutes...

[Adsos Letter]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/bush.bailout/index.html

15 minutes to address the American people about something being sold as of apocalyptic magnitude...

I spent more time explaining to my kids why it's wrong to pull the cat's tail...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That's 15 minutes that we'll never get back...

[Jackpine Radical]

34. That's only if you give him the 15 min in the first place.

I figure to spend about 30 sec catching up on the whole thing here soon as it's over.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. That's all he needs to declare a state of emergency

I know I may be off, but this is not an outlier

[polmaven]

32. Yeah...that has got me a little nervous too.

I have said for 2 years that it would not surprise me in the LEAST if this alleged president attempted to declare a national emergency, with martial law in force, and canceled the election.

When I first heard he will "address the nation" tonight, about the gravity of this time...a chill ran down my spine.

[lapfog_1]

3. Doesn't take long to issue a state of emergency

suspend the constitution (what's left of it) and "delay" the Presidential elections.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. 12 of them "um" and "ers."

:eyes:

[billyoc]

5. Well, to be fair, you KNOW why it's wrong to pull the cat's tail.

:rofl:

[lpbk2713]

6. LOL .... the pic in the CNN link shows Shit-for-Brains with a gin blossom!

[Adsos Letter]

7. Yup...that's one for the "Hall of Presidential Portraits"...

I can only hope they do an accurate portrait of him... :D

[tridim]

9. Wow, he looks like hell..

Even more so than usual. Look at those eyes!

[Adsos Letter]

12. He looks to me like a man who just wants it all to go away...

Fucking things up has some pretty severe consequences...I guess he thought he could dodge 'em...goes along with the rest of his alcoholic magical thinking.

[lpbk2713]

16. Mommy and Daddy told him Prezidentin' would be easy.

Tough shit for him. It just didn't work out that way.

[Adsos Letter]

17. True enough....

I expect the remainder of his days will be spent tightly wrapped around the booze bottle...

[lpbk2713]

36. Absolutely right.... The notorious BushCo legacy we've heard so much about.

[Dogtown]

10. Apparently that photo's been pulled

or you're pulling our leg?

[Adsos Letter]

15. Photo is still there at the link in the OP...President Gin Blossom...

[Dogtown]

22. I didn't see it, but maybe missed it

Not calling you out, was thinking they realized the political blunder.

Let's see if I can correct my stupid...

EDIT: All I'm seeing is an extreme close-up of Gin-blossom's broken capillaries. Don't fret it, though, I'm probabliy just effing things up somehow; been a long goddam day.

[Adsos Letter]

25. No, no, no, ...no calling your action stupid...

and I knew you weren't calling me out...the picture just takes a minute to load... we are all one family here... :D :hi:

[blue sky at night]

8. wont be there........

turn off the radio or whatever whenever I hear the slushy s's start up. Fucking cowardly bastard.

[Adsos Letter]

21. Yup...it's really, really hard to listen to our Presidential Clown...

when real, solid, adult leadership might actually move us in the right direction...which is bound to be difficult enough at this point.

[santamargarita]

11. John McCoward wants to suspend his campaign and now...

...the Fascist Pig wants to tell us something like...I don't know...the election is suspended

[doc03]

13. I'll bet Bush makes a statement

asking for everyone to be bi-partisan and get this ripoff done. He may not mention McCain by name but I bet he somehow gets a compliment in about how some people are able to put politics aside to do what's right for the country.

[MadrasT]

14. State of Emergency. NSPD-51.

He could do it in 2 minutes. :tinfoilhat:

[helderheid]

18. Don't tuch the butt

[lpbk2713]

19. "My fellow Americans ....

... this afternoon I sold what's left of the United States to China. Thank you and good night."



Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[PeaceNikki]

20. NPR said that he'll be explaining this mess to us small people in words we can understand

:eyes:

I took that to mean that he will be blaming the Democrats.

[Adsos Letter]

23. No doubt about where he will lay the blame...

Living in a cabin with a well, garden, and internet access, out in the wilds of Canada is looking better every minute...

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Somebody ELSE is writing this for him

no way he gets it

[beac]

24. And I'm sure you'll take longer explain to your kids why it's wrong for the President to try and

pull the country's leg, too! :)

[Adsos Letter]

28. LOL!...

One daughter is 26, and the other is 18, the cat-tail lessons took place years ago.

Neither one needs my guidance in recognizing the moral bankruptcy of the clowns in charge these days... :D

Although, perhaps if his mom and dad had explained the reason you don't pull a cat's tail to George, in terms of compassion as well as real consequences, he would have grown to be a decent person.

[beac]

30. Hell, Babs probably taught him how to DROWN kittens.

Eeeeeeeevil, that one.

[guitar man]

26. that's probably about as long as he can go

until he needs another drink these days.

[Adsos Letter]

29. Yup...

alcoholic delerium tremors can be a real conversation-stopper on live TV...

[guitar man]

35. watch him sweat and shake

I bet he looks like a wreck tonight

[Contrary1]

27. 13 minutes for terror, 2 on the economy. Sounds about right. n/t

[Fleshdancer]

31. Does that mean I get 45 min of Rachel Maddow????

because I really need a Maddow fix tonight given the events that happened earlier today. :bounce: