bluestateguy
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:02 PM
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Why do they do this? Why does the WH release excerpts of the speech before its given? |
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They did this shit under Bush and Clinton too.
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Frustratedlady
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:04 PM
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1. Thank you for posting that question. I thought I was alone... |
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in wishing they wouldn't do that. I don't want the newscasters to release bits and pieces. Let Obama deliver the speech, fresh and only as he can do so.
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:41 PM
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It's like being told the end of a really suspenseful movie as you sit down to watch it - crass and borish!
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:07 PM
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:08 PM
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3. I just read the whole thing: |
Cirque du So-What
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:08 PM
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4. It's like going to court |
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The defense & the prosecution must give each other a list of witnesses who will be called to testify in order that there won't be any nasty surprises. Actually, it's nothing like that, but it's what came to mind when I saw the question in the OP.
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:08 PM
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5. Perhaps so the media can get their questions ready for afterwards? |
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I mean, it would be so difficult for them to have to listen and then respond, right? (that last bit was sarcasm)
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:18 PM
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6. I can see the Super Bowl-caliber hype approaching -- BofA, Citicorp, Pfizer, etc., signs |
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lining the congressional walls...
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The Second Stone
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:21 PM
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7. The reporters have to write and speak their stories |
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and this gives them the opportunity to phone it in on the portions the WH wants to focus on.
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:29 PM
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8. Why is there a response to the SOTU? It's not Constitutional and is a recent |
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Edited on Tue Jan-25-11 08:29 PM by Lint Head
phenomena.
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NYC Liberal
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:45 PM
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11. Why isn't it Constitutional? It's been going on since Nixon |
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:43 PM
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10. because if they dont, it is all over the news misrepresented, misinterpreted and LIES..... |
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i imagine they feel they have to in order to get any kind of fairness in media
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