W's scripted last minute almost out of the press room fly by attack on Democrats

[themaguffin]

W’s scripted for TV soundbyte apparently was in fact classic W scripted bullshit…. Perfectly timed last question from a very friendly “reporter” so that there couldn’t be follow ups (so real reporters couldn’t ask him about hiding behing the military, using the military for political purposes or the republic party’s attacks on veteran’s etc.

Sorry if this was already, mentioned, but didn’t see it posted and heard Keith mention it last night.

[mod mom]

1. Has anyone determined who tossed the softball? Did rove's buddy Gannon come back

for an encore?

[jojo54]

3. I believe K.O. said something about it being a Faux reporter.

Anyone, correct me if I'm wrong.

[rodeodance]

5. see my post below.

[jojo54]

2. Agreed.

Saw that on K.O. also and I thought I was going to puke.

Welcome to DU.

[rodeodance]

4. see this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1866746&mesg_id=1866746

Fri Sep-21-07 06:30 AM
Original message
Who floated Bush the softball question on moveon.org? The new Jeff Gannon?
I'm with the DUers who have said this whole "press conference" was just a propaganda setup to reinforce the anti-moveon.org message. It's really amazing what a bunch of Orwellian pod people the Republicans are now. It seems Bush ducked the serious questions and was there really only to deliver his scripted response to this one question.

Who dealt the question? Anyone know? :shrug:

......
Q Mr. President, thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Big Stretch, he's back.

Q What is your reaction to the MoveOn.org ad that mocked General Petraeus as General "Betrayus," and said that he cooked the books on Iraq? And secondly, would you like to see Democrats, including presidential candidates, repudiate that ad?

THE PRESIDENT: I thought the ad was disgusting. I felt like the ad was an attack not only on General Petraeus, but on the U.S. military. And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Democrat Party spoke out strongly against that kind of ad. And that leads me to come to this conclusion: that most Democrats are afraid of irritating a left-wing group like MoveOn.org -- or more afraid of irritating them than they are of irritating the United States military. That was a sorry deal. It's one thing to attack me; it's another thing to attack somebody like General Petraeus.

All right. Leavitt is going to answer some questions if you have any for him. Make sure they're -- tone them down a little bit, this is his first time in here. Martha, you and Gregory be polite on him. Thank you for your time.

END 11:21 A.M. EDT

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070920-2.html

KO Says
it was a set-up with a guy from Faux
Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject According to Washington Post
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1866746#1866764
1866764, According to Washington Post
Posted by Va Lefty on Fri Sep-21-07 06:37 AM

It was "conservative journalist Bill Sammon of the Washington Examiner"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092002290.html
4th paragraph from bottom



Bush's News Conference Almost Makes News

By Dana Milbank
Friday, September 21, 2007; A02

Yesterday's news conference was just minutes old when President Bush made a startling announcement.

"Mandela's dead," he said.

There was a gasp in the White House briefing room at this news, which would no doubt surprise the 89-year-old Nelson Mandela himself.

Fortunately, the president quickly clarified that he was not speaking of the sainted South African but of his equivalents in Iraq. "Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas," he explained.

Mass exhalation.

[mod mom]

6. wow-thanks for the detailed info.

[mod mom]

7. author: At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election

:rofl:

[NoFederales]

11. Saddam and Mandelas???At first I thought this a joke--as in * is told

in a briefing that 3 Brazilians were killed in Iraq. The pResident agonizes with hands clasping his face, "How many is a brazillion?"

Seriously,was this another * mind fart or is there a reality connect with anything Saddam/Mandela?

NoFederales

[Demeter]

8. W Is Dancing As Fast As He Can

With his usual grace and poise.

[LeFleur1]

12. He Calls Himself the President of the USA

BUT...he has never risen above being a shill for the Republican party.
Most candidates who are nominated for President of the USA rise above their party affiliation and become the president of all of the people.
This man has never been able to do that. He just isn't capable of that, as he hasn't been capable of leading the country to honor.
He came in a shill for the Republican party and it's support of the idea of no government and he has remained a shill. Most of his activities involve raising money for the Republican party even though he is paid by ALL of the citizens of the USA. In the time he has been in office he has been successful in two areas. Tearing down our Constitution...which protects the citizens, and convincing some that his lies are truth.
His failures have become too numerous to mention.
Whoever becomes president next will either continue to devastate the America we know OR they will have an extremely difficult job trying to get our country back to what it should and could be. I believe it will take a very long time for our people to trust anyone in office again. The rent in our nation's fabric is wide and deep. I hope it is able to be healed.

[AndyTiedye]

14. And Our Media are ALSO Shills for the Republican Party

[godai]

9. And today, on CNN, a spot dissing MoveOn

This has all been carefully scripted by rove and co. One focus of the CNN spot is that Democrats, by not denouncing the ad, are saying that the TROOPS have betrayed us. What idiots buy this crap?

[Bitwit1234]

10. Bring it on

MoveOn says to bush bring it on.....Well the president doesn't read email sent to him but if the get enough with the same message it might be notices.

[e-mail] why don't we all send a message to him saying

MoveOn and it's millions of registered members say to you.....
Bring in on....and just remember we're all registered voters and we don't agree with the republicans who kiss your butt.

[valerief]

13. Has anyone asked him about OJ? It's apparently the most important thing in the newz. nt