Bush strarts MTP w/ 'Intelligence....

[rasputin1952]

and sounds like an idiot. "Rogue nations etc.

[Dudley_DUright]

1. He admits that it looks like

"he is trying to avoid responsibility till after the election". Duh!

[rasputin1952]

3. Discussing jis Judgement calls...

asked about testifying before commission, Dodged answer

Now basically covering his butt anbout information/intelligence.

Wants truth to be known...all in context of war.

[Catshrink]

4. Yeah.. he's a wartime president.

wants us to know that. Boosting his stature? Right.

[MAlibdem]

84. If it's an agressive war

You are not a wartime President

Either you're an Enlightened Warlord (Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton)

or

an idiot Warlord (GWB first ever)

[displacedtexan]

2. Keep us posted!

Thanks!

[rasputin1952]

7. Asked about Osama...

"cold blooded killer", on the loose.

Won't comment on where he thinks Osama is.

holding bush to lethal weapons speech....
bush" I expectewd to find these weapons"....smae old crap...
dodging answer. Nothing has changed..going to 9/11 attack.

[Dudley_DUright]

5. Claims he wants the truth known about 9/11

and that he is given unprecedented cooperation with the 9/11 commission. Yes, unprecedentedly bad.

[displacedtexan]

10. Compared to previous presidents cooperating with a 911 commission?

:wtf:

unprecedented means it's never been done before.

what a 'moran.'

[fujiyama]

62. You know...

that other 9/11 commision that happen 10 years ago!

:crazy:

[spanone]

6. This man is a true mental midget

no offense to midgets

[Eurobabe]

8. bu$h is a master at

CIRCUMLOCUTION

[truth2power]

9. If he says "product" one more time....

damn corporate shill.

"We're on the hunt". Said that twice already. That f**king piece of whale-shit! I'm gonna hurl :puke:

[OKNancy]

14. I'm in my office and I can hear it, but what I really hear

is my husband talking back to the teevee;
"You idiot
Lies
Liar
Fuck you
Up yours, liar
you asshole....."

[watercolors]

25. lol

sounds like our household right now, husband is really saying the same thing!

[cybildisobedience]

82. sounds like...

the inside of my head!

[VolcanoJen]

85. LMAO, Nancy!!!!

:D :D :D

[Catshrink]

11. Hasn't answered the question about lying about WMD...

the man was a threat. blah blah

[rasputin1952]

12. Same old excuses of Saddam and WMD's...

he's tripping all over himself!

he is in a state of desperation! he is rqambling to the point of absurdity.

Russewrt: can you wage a war without 'ironclad evidence'


Busgh admits he said Saddam is threat to US!!!!

[rasputin1952]

16. Bush: "I went to UN, and this is what we know...

and 1441 clearly stated show or destroy...Now the world thought he was dangerous.

He is dodging everything and scooping out his gravwe with his mouth.

[kentuck]

71. Did the whole world think he was dangerous as you thought?

Mr Bush? If so, why didn't they support you in the invasion? Huh?

[Dudley_DUright]

20. LOL

He just admitted that he was repeating himself.

[spotbird]

13. "Containment doesn't work with a madman."

But it had for 12 years, huh?

[FlashHarry]

15. Is Russert a Pussycat or a Tiger?

Is he throwing softballs?

[rasputin1952]

18. Russert is asking tough questions, but felt covered.

n/t

[Mari333]

22. Russert is actually asking him more then I thought

and Bush is saying Intelligence was flawed, and humpphing and hawwing...he had used weapons against his own people blah blah blah
the one question I dont think Russert will ask is how Saddam got any weapons in the first place..ahem
nuclear weapons could have been developed!
cant rely upon a madman says Bush
blah blah blah

[Dudley_DUright]

30. True but very little in the way of follow up

He is letting Bush ramble and refuses to pin him down.

[Dudley_DUright]

17. Lies, Lies, Lies

"Show us your weapons. He (Saddam) defied the world." I guess that is why UN weapons inspectors were all over Iraq (not finding anything I might add).

[rasputin1952]

21. Bush looks like a cornered sheep...

he is getting worse as time goes on.

20 min's into this thing, and still nothing except the usual tripe...said 'madman 3 times in 4 seconds!

[spotbird]

19. 1441

"I tried to disarm him peacefully, the UN thought he was a threat. And we need to be sure the UN has credibility."

[glarius]

23. He's huffing & puffing & bluffing his way thru this interview

Tim is doing a good job, surprisingly....Bush snuck in a reference to 9/11 in connection with Saddam, again....

[truth2power]

24. "You can't rely on a madman

to make decisions in terms of war and peace." Bawhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, the irony..

I'm gonna go take some pepto-bismol :puke: :puke:

edit: fixed smilie

[rasputin1952]

26. N. Norea is diferent...

use diplomacy!

Russert: Did we miscalcul;ate hjow we were 'accepted' ijhn Iraq.

Bush satumbling...Freedom/Democracy rthetoric...this is getting UGLY!

[rasputin1952]

29. Russert: "What if Iraq wants a fundemntalist regime"...

bush says they don't...he has worked on this.

Says Iraq will be free society....road to democracy is bumpy...

Nation building question: bush calls it Washington trick type question.

[Dudley_DUright]

27. "I think we are welcomed in Iraq?????????"

I guess that why we continue to lose people almost every day.

[JCMach1]

79. I talked about the war with one of my students from Iraq today

He is Sunni and from Fallujah... He was there through December.

People there are terrified by the U.S. raids and they continue to react and attack back because of the bad behavior of our troops.

He says that people are also terrified and scared that Iraq is slipping into civil war.

[glarius]

28. Tim let him off the hook about not being welcomed in Iraq

making it look like there is just resistance from terrorists there.

[LittleApple81]

32. Even if Russert throws softballs, lets him off the hook, he looks

desperate. He even said he was a little nervous...The warmongers don't like nervous nellies...

[Robb]

31. Transcript up:

It's up here, so if anyone wants to read along. ;)

On edit: Bush said the word "war" 47 times.

Saddam: 22 times.
Economy: 12 times.
Freedom: 10 times.
"I look forward": 8 times.
Madman: 6 times.

[Dudley_DUright]

34. Thanks, very helpful

[molly]

41. OMG - reading the transcript is worse

I've got to watch it at 10:30 -

[spotbird]

33. * says there won't be an extremest government elected

in Iraq. We won't let them elect a government that is extremest.

[OKNancy]

35. No

exsssstemisssssssssscht

[FlashHarry]

54. Any government you want...

...as long as it's a puppet democracy.

[leftchick]

36. Luckovitch shows us better than anyone he is a LIAR!!!!!

[fujiyama]

66. i love the cartoon!

[rasputin1952]

37. Iraqi's moving to democracy after being enslaved by tyrant...

this is getting hard to watch,.

Russert: back to WMD's and Wolfowitz. before break

Was it worht 533 lives nad the woundings to remove Saddam.


Everyone who is willing to sacrifice their lives for this shoulld be praised.

he CANNOT discuss the parents of those that were lost!!!!!! He just lain doesn't care!

He IS HISTORY!!!!! He cannot address the casualties!!!!!

HOly Shit........thjis is incredible, bush is bordering on insane..he is going back to saddam beinfg evil...skipped over the casualties.

[rasputin1952]

40. Taking break at half time...

If you can see this later, do it!

[Jawja]

74. Yes,

he had a lot of trouble with that question. He could not give a straight answer on why he sent sons and daughters to get maimed or to die, because the truthful answer would be:

"your child sacrificed his/her life for oil and for my campaign contributers."

[mike1963]

38. "terra, terra, mass graves, bla bla bla..."

I do not dare write down what I'm thinking right now.
:grr:

[LittleApple81]

39. He looks SO NERVOUS... Rove made a mistake letting him do this. n/t

[molly]

42. Rove did us a favor!

[Mari333]

48. Bringing up AWOL!!!

Bush makes it look like hes being persecuted...
says he will allow everyone to open the files...says its all politics..says he served in the Guard and got honorable discharge
wow..this is stuff that would have never been brought up had Rove not been stoopid enough to do this
hahaha
says the Vietnam war was a political war...Like Iraq isnt????

[rasputin1952]

44. Bringing up AWOL

campaign is coming up, is response.

Flew 102's, don't denigrate NG.

Bush says he reported even though there is no evidence...gotta believe him because he got an Honorqable DC

[molly]

43. HaHa -

"I keep saying in my speeches, two thirds of known al Qaeda leaders have been captured or killed, and that's the truth."

and that's the truth - WTF is not the truth?

[nostamj]

83. "known al Qaeda leaders"

and we're supposed to believe he knows how many there are out there "hiding in their shadowy caves"...

oh it SOUNDS good, but it's pure BS. (with apologies to the bull)

[Catshrink]

45. Tim asked about AWOL

He's going on about he got an honorable discharge.... he did show up, he did fly F102.

Just show us the files, Chimp.

Tim is asking him about this... Chimp said they "scoured the records." Was that a Freudian slip?

Chimp said he'd authorize the release of all the records!

[molly]

90. Did anyone catch the part about

"Political season is here. I was I served in the National Guard. I flew F 102 aircraft. I got an honorable discharge. I've heard this I've heard this ever since I started running for office. I I put in my time, proudly so.

I would be careful to not denigrate the Guard."

Who has been denigrating the guard?

[truth2power]

46. Saying he did report to the guard

otherwise he wouldn't have been honorably discharged.

UNLESS YOU'RE POPPY PULLS SOME STRINGS YOU MISERABLE POS!!! Oh, gawd, my head hurts!!!

[Jawja]

77. There is now a SPIN

on the AWOL question. His response to those charges will be to warn his opponents about denegrating the National Guard, as if that service is not as important as regular military service.

In other words, anyone who questions HIS service in the guard is really questioning the service of EVERYONE who served in the guard.

[Enough is Enough]

94. You can still be honorably discharged

even if you don't complete your service term. I.E. Drug use. You are given an option of fighting the charges (chances of court martial and prison) or be Honorably discharged. I know this, because it happened to someone I know.

[SammyWinstonJack]

96. It happened to my nephew

He was AWOL, returned to his unit by the SP, was released from the Navy after 7yrs. He had been in alcohol rehab twice before. Has an honorable discharge.

[rasputin1952]

47. Dodging and weaving about service...

says he would have gone to 'Nam if called.

Nam was political war...HOLY SHIT, Iraq isn't?

[Catt04]

53. I heard that too

completely out of context....just threw that in there.

[rasputin1952]

49. Moving to economics...

this should be good!

"Recession started on my arrival, attacks affected economy, corp scandals affected economy....he reacted by cutting taxers, that led to recovery...WTF???

[Dudley_DUright]

51. He thinks the economy is coming around just right

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:
:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:
:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[truth2power]

50. Just a reminder for any lurkers here....

(sorry for the caps) THIS WAS TAPED YESTERDAY (Saturday) and edited for today's show.

And I did't see anything at the beginning that NBC disclosed this.

Why is it necessary that NBC deceive their viewers in this way??? Never mind....i know the answer.

[rasputin1952]

52. Bringing up GAO prospectus...

Russert: why would you allow 500 bil deficit and expect it to work?

[Catshrink]

55. Blaming Clinton..

I was waiting for that.

[rasputin1952]

57. Russert syaing that bush's supporters say he is biggest spender...

of all times.

Every president who has gone to war has raised taxes...bush's answer, cut taxes, because slow down in growth is non stimulation.

Bush is running on rich tax cuts.....and cares not for the nation.

He is in his element now....he is getting feisty because it talking taxes, something he is well rehearsed in.

Another break, commercial time.

SO far, bus looked really pressured. The tax question got him into his element, and if Russert is smart, he'll come back with serious questions about how the tax cuts are killing the treasury...we'll see

[leftchick]

56. "I'm looking out for the fellow who is looking for a job"!!!

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!! .... :puke:

[FlashHarry]

58. "I will not rest until every American is looking for work."

Didn't he say that a while back? It's brilliant, if he did. He's well on his way to fulfilling that prophesy.

[teach1st]

67. Well I make take a nap during the Super Bowl, but that's not resting NT

[FlashHarry]

78. I think the operative phrase is 'looking' for work.

Personally, I'd rather have work than look for it.

[Catt04]

59. Does this man know another pronoun other than "I"

I will not allow; I will not have any of it; I will not permit; I will not condone.

George, It's OUR country too.

[rasputin1952]

60. Uniter/Divider...

blames DC

[priller]

61. OMG what a lie!

If you look at the appropriations bills that were passed under my watch, in the last year of President Clinton, discretionary spending was up 15 percent, and ours have steadily declined.


What!!!! That's just an outright lie! Discretionary spending has increased under Bush at a much greater rate than under Clinton. Good God, Tim, follow up!

[spanone]

65. As president he feels he has the right to lie.

[leftchick]

69. I was waiting for the follow up too...

Did Tim follow up on ANY of the lies?!?

[rasputin1952]

63. Russert: "are yo prepared to lose"?

bush: "I'm not gonna lose".

Right.

bush says he won't change...taslking about being leader and where he want to lead country...

AND IT'S OVER!

[Dudley_DUright]

64. That was excruciatingly bad

I am seriously embarrassed that this idiot is masquerading as our president.

[rasputin1952]

72. Whew...I agree...

I went to the transcript that Robb had linked to w/MSNBC, and you do not get the "er's", "uh's", pauses, etc.

It is incredible that this guy can even think that he can be re-elected. He IS an idiot, these were some relatively tough questions considering that Russert is a GOP shill, albeit felt lined.

bush is the most embarrassinf individual that has even sat in the Oval Office.

Trying to type without typo's was hard as hell, LOL, I felt like bush's 'brain to mouth' there for a bit. Guess I got more typo's than bush got facts though.

O8)

[leftchick]

81. I HATE when he says "tuh"....

instead of "to".... He is a fucking, clueless, classless moran.... :grr:

[laruemtt]

99. yeah, great example for kids -

the ejeekashun preshudent

[Malva Zebrina]

68. confronted with Russerts 70 percent of people do not think they are united

question about being a uniter with about 70percent of the people saying he is not compares himself to Reagun. Bush says he is not going to change his philosophy or change what he believes in. Good!!! that is and always has been his blind, tough guy, arrogant huge mistake. Black hats vs white hats.

[Hubert Flottz]

70. The Intelligence failure is between Bush's ears!

A few 8 balls too many for the 8ball-in-Chimp and whammo city! Can you say fried mind? The more lies he tells the more he is sinking in his own EVIL Quackmire of Toxic BUshit! * I like it! * Abba-Dabba-Dabba Normal Brainless Power in EVIL Action! * Bring it OUT!

[melv]

73. referred to Saddam in the past tense?

Does he know something we don't. Did ol' saddam kick the bucket?


Russett took Bush to task, better than anyone has been allowed. Of course, we always want more....but I'll take today as a victory.

[BlueEyedSon]

75. Just starting here (10:30 Eastern), he has said nothing and looks real bad

I'm so embarassed for him & America

[rasputin1952]

76. This is painful to watch...

just hang in there, it gets worse. Wait till he gets to the casualty reports. That was horrendous.

O8)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

80. He is an embarrassment. Containment didn't work my ass.

it sure did. No WMDS.

[emc]

100. Wheres Bushes father ---

If you think he is an embarrassment to this country, how about his father----Jesus, ever man wants to be proud of his son---Why doesn't the old man rain this kid in----some one needs to take him out behind the woodshed....

Bush 41, was at least a professional---Ex CIA and from what I have read, professional -----Can you imagine bringing this jerk home to meet the parents, if he wasn't already married to pickles----this whole thing is sick----

[shivaji]

86. If * wins in 2004, what does it say about Kerry?

I will be convinced the people are blathering idiots if they
elect dumbya over Kerry, after watching MTP.

[molly]

92. He played to double digit IQ viewers -

he thinks everyone is an idiot - self reflection.

[Yavin4]

87. If This Country Puts This Man Back In Office

then we're doomed as a nation to complete utter failure.

[donco6]

88. Does he ever just make one point without ten rabbit trails?

I can't even follow his answers. He's wandering all over the place, desperately searching for the answer they coached him on. I think eventually he stumbles onto it, but there's a lot of blather and dither in between.

[nostamj]

89. every WORD about the economy is a LIE

jobs are growing?

JOBS will be the issue that brings this POS down.

having these blatant LIES on tape is a good thing.

put the facts up against these pathetic quotes.

[molly]

91. His demeanor reminded me of Nixon during his last days

he knows he's in big trouble.

[molly]

93. One more thing

At the beginning........

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind. Again, I wish it wasn't true, but it is true. And the American people need to know they got a president who sees the world the way it is. And I see dangers that exist, and it's important for us to deal with them.

At the end...........

"Who can properly use American power in a way to make the world a better place, and who understands that the true strength of this country is the hearts and souls of the American citizens, who understands times are changing and how best to have policy reflect those times.

And I look forward to a good campaign. I know exactly where I want to lead the country. I have shown the American people I can lead. I have shown the American people I can sit here in the Oval Office when times are tough and be steady and make good decisions, and I look forward to articulating what I want to do the next four years if I'm fortunate enough to be their president."

Truly scarey!!!!

[rasputin1952]

"Scary" indeed...

and I agree with your previous post: He looks like Nixon going down.

O8)

[rasputin1952]

95. deleted dupe, sorry

[Algorem]

97. Rusterd didn't mention O'neil or Plame?Part of the deal I suppose.

And why was Bush smiling,but with the corners of his mouth turned down?What does this mean in chimp faceology?

[Star]

98. Could somebody tell me what this means?

and why did Russert say it?

Russert: You were both in Skull and Bones, the secret society.

President Bush: It's so secret we can't talk about it.

Russert: What does that mean for America? The conspiracy theorists are going to go wild.

President Bush: I'm sure they are. I don’t know. I haven't seen the (unintel) yet. (Laughs)

Russert: Number 322.

President Bush: First of all, he's not the nominee, and I look forward

[Algorem]

101. This Esquire article from September '77 about Skull and Bones and 322:

http://www.freedomdomain.com/secretsocieties/skull02.html