hahahahaha.....NYT: bush* had rehearsed with an aide standing in

[diamond14]

they worked out all those 'mini-speeches' made by bush*...they knew all the questions ahead of time......


-snips-

There were few large surprises in the interview, which was taped on Saturday, and for which Mr. Bush had rehearsed with an aide standing in for his questioner, Mr. Russert. The president handled most questions calmly, but did seem slightly taken aback when asked whether United States troops had in fact been welcomed as "liberators" in Iraq, as some in his administration had predicted.



Even absent such certainty, he said, the stakes were so high that "it is essential that when we see a threat, we deal with those threats before they become imminent.

"It's too late if they become imminent."

Inaction in Iraq, he said, "would have emboldened Saddam Hussein. He could have developed a nuclear weapon over time."

Mr. Hussein wanted such a weapon, Mr. Tenet said in a speech last week, but was probably years from being able to develop one. Intelligence agencies "may have overestimated the progress" Iraq was making, Mr. Tenet said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/politics/08CND-BUSH.html?hp

[mr_hat]

1. SOP for most pols, no? n/t

[AndyTiedye]

10. It Used to Be Different

Real Presidents are not afraid to go on live TV.
Real Presidents don't have to approve the questions in advance.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. Meet the Press used to bill itself as

"an unrehearsed press conference".

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. So not only was it pre-taped

all the questions and answers were rehearsed in advance? How do you script: ah, dah, stong, I, leader, well, I, terra, war, ah, da, mmm....

Despite every advantage in the book, W still blew it.

[leftchick]

and "tuh" for the word "to"....

that fucking drives me nuts. The man is a complete idiot with not a care for ANYONE save himself.

[JPace]

3. I think this latest interview will get him nowhere

in poll numbers. He had a losing
State Of The Union Speech and he
is now on the defensive over his
past failing policies and without
a vision for the future to change
things.

He is toast.

[pinto]

12. I agree. I watched trying to find positions for his supporters to rally

'round and found few. nothing new, nothing clear, some waffling to say the least. And he was clearly in our debate now, not visa versa...

[buycitgo]

4. can't get in

did they explicitly say that he had the questions in advance?

find that hard to believe.....should be bigtime scandal, if true

as others have said, though, his aides shouldn't have too much trouble predicting most of the questions

[buycitgo]

6. "I know exactly where I want to lead this country"

then he STUMBLES all over it!

I wanna lead this world to more peacefffuhhfreedom

what a DICK!

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. No, MTP claims that they didn't give him the qts.

beforehand.

I would bet that the WH gave MTP the questions. Not the other way around.

[MissB]

8. There you go. (nt)

[diamond14]

11. LOL......this televised nervous lying will go down in history the same

as nixon's very famous "I am NOT a crook" speech....which was made shortly before nixon was pressured into resigning the Presidency....

[pinto]

5. they all rehearse, but that aside, the quotes NYT chose are telling, esp.

"I am a war president" (thought it was over) and the repeated use of "Hussein was a madman" (now there's up to the minute, cutting edge intel for you)...

sarcasm off.....

[buycitgo]

9. new thread says no cuts; no Qs provided in advance

any takers?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1098398

[buycitgo]

13. just found some rehearsal footage

[pinto]

14. love your hat............n/t

[JPace]

17. LOL......

I am speechless!

[chimpy the poopthrower]

15. Imminently imminent?

Even absent such certainty, he said, the stakes were so high that "it is essential that when we see a threat, we deal with those threats before they become imminent.

"It's too late if they become imminent."

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[JetJaguar]

18. Why that line is

practically practical
:)

[Snappy]

19. A rehearsed Infomercial.

Since I am not a masochist I didn't watch it. I did read the transcript. One word for this: FARCE.

[pinto]

20. good call, it was an infomercial. that's great.