4/13/04 Press Conference ****Transcript****

[Melinda]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-13-bush-text_x.htm

[Melinda]

1. I've seen numerous requests on numerous threads, so......... *KICK*

[AZCat]

2. Yes... Thank you. Now: Download, print, analyze, hurl (repeat) n/t

[Heddi]

3. one of the best exchanges

(aside from the 'brown people' reference and the comment about he wouldn't like it if he was occupied, too..)

QUESTION: Mr. President, why are you and the vice president insisting on appearing together before the 9-11 commission? And, Mr. President, who will we be handing the Iraqi government over to on June 30th?

BUSH: We'll find that out soon. That's what Mr. Brahimi is doing. He's figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over.

And, secondly, because the 9-11 commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting. And I look forward to meeting with them and answering their questions.

QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) I was asking why you're appearing together, rather than separately, which was their request.

BUSH: Because it's a good chance for both of us to answer questions that the 9-11 commission is looking forward to asking us. And I'm looking forward to answering them

[MissB]

4. Where did he admit it was scripted? Can someone point me to the

approximate point? I had to step away for a bit and missed it.

Thanks!

[TOhioLiberal]

6. here it is...

<snip>

QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President.

In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa.

You've looked back before 9-11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have learned from it?

President Bush: I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.

<snip>

:puke: worthy

[MissB]

7. Thank you! (nt)

[SidDithers]

5. Secretary of State Powell and Secretary of State Rumsfeld...

from the transcript linked above.

What a moran.

Sid

[jackstraw45]

9. Yeah, I liked that one...

wonder if the White House will cleanse that little boo-boo?

[gate of the sun]

8. do you suppose we will be designing the "new Iraqi" democratic flag?

well, what can I say Iam extremely upset watching this idiot address our nation, refusing to answer questions and sounding like an unapologetic ill informed moran. I don't mean that in a trite manner. I am serious. I am also scared. When Bush said he was he was annointed by the almighty to bring freedom to the world.....(I noticed this wasn't in the transcript. I'm pretty sure I heard what I heard what's the deal? he didn't say annointed) but I was thinking of Pnac and PPi this stuff suggest endless war to me? how about the rest of you?

It's a sad day for our country, our troops, for the Iraqi's and possibly other country's as well.

[dusty64]

10. I couldn't bare to watch

or listen. :kick:

[Iceburg]

11. I could get past the third sentence "...violence is being instakatid"

I see the transcriber has given has brushed over the real language spoken by the 4-syllable-impaired moron.
If that speech doesn't give the "resistance" encouragement I don't know what will.