When is the Big Speech by W(hatmeworry)?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

And have any networks agreed to air it?

[npincus]

1. making speeches is HARD WORK

so is reading TelePrompters and cue cards

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. He's not going to be reading it.

It's going to be an impromptu hour-long fireside chat
with the American peoples.

[izzie]

4. I was sure it would be from the WH and the 'flag' room.

Any one taking bet on how many flags he gets up behind him? What about a black face? Or some one from NYC and the WTC.

[liberalmuse]

5. Fireside chat?

Who does he think he is, FDR?

[npincus]

7. get the F outta here! Is this for real? A monologue? don't tell me

he won't be reading off BIG, GIANT signs!

So, you think this WON'T be suicidal????

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. Not a monologue. Rex or whatever

his dog's name is will be there apparently.
Just a casual relaxed talk to the camera as
he wanders through the White House clarifying
things that people might be wondering about.
Nothing special, just an hour of relaxed rapping
from the President.

[npincus]

10. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew... who's gonna air that shit!

While Iraq is burning we have to hear a bunch of horseshit like this? I think people want SUBSTANCE not HORSESHIT.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Well, I think it might be fascinating.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't like him any better
than you but I wouldn't mind getting to know the
W a little better via a rambling travelogue kind
of address as he shows off the White House. They're
comparing it to a combination of a FDR type fireside chat
on the war and Jackie Kennedy's friendly tour of the major
historical furniture & knickknacks in the White House.

[npincus]

16. It is designed to resotre W's "likeability" and erase the smirking images

from last week's debate. This kind of shit may work for some easily persuadable morons and this election is too tight to chance it. This is a BAD thing for us- that's my opinion. It is also designed to pre-empt any train-wreck performance at this Friday's debate- or at least make folks sympathetic to the poor boob, and make Kerry 'mean' for attacking him. Bad, Bad, Bad. I haven't seen or heard any mention of it yet- and it is uspposed to be tonight, right? I hope not.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

17. Last I heard it was going to be kind of an open house

where reporters could come and go, snacks, soda pop,
and so forth. The reason theyre doing it like that is
that way it's just a White House tour and if he happens
to give a stray view on terrorists it doesnt count as
giving him special air-time, although I believe the equal
time thing is kaput, no? So people wont try to demand
giving Kerry time too. In any case, look for a relaxed
setting with the twins running in and out on their way
to tennis, drinks, etc., and kind of a My Three Sons atmosphere
like Fred McMurray. He is at his best off the cuff with
guys around just goofing off, so the Secret Service and
Jeb will probably be popping in and out, and he'll slip
in a loose opinion on Zahrquawi here and there. People
will be able to tune in when they want for as long as
they want. Relaxed and casual is the key words. Nothing
special, nothing to get excited about.

[colonel odis]

19. sounds like one of those old network holiday specials, where

judy garland's sitting around with her kids decorating the tree, drunk as dog shit.

"ohhh lookeeeee! itsh mel f*cking torme! heya melllll! lesh shing!"

[A-Schwarzenegger]

21. Yes, something like that.

Of course, there will be no alcohol or drugs around
or consumed by anybody in the White House. It will be
relaxed but not that sort, and there will be the W's
speech going on in the mist of festivities, kind of like
the "speech" the father of a large clan gives at the head
of the table before he carve the bird.

[foo_bar]

22. Happy Life Day, Bea Arthur!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. Iraq War Holiday Special!

[foo_bar]

24. my sources say no

Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Logan Airport in Boston this week when she tried to board a Cape Air flight with a pocketknife in her handbag.

"She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there,' " a fellow passenger said. "She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists.' "

After the blade was confiscated, Arthur took a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists," before throwing it at them.

As she boarded the plane, she told the TSA employees, "We're all doomed."

A spokeswoman for Cape Air says, "Miss Arthur was cracking jokes and was a real character."

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/9498532.htm

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. Your sources could be wrong.

That happened in August, so she's probably released
or escaped by now. She would fit right in with the Bush
Family Christwar Holiday Casual Get-Together White Hour Tour
Speech. When the hell is that thing?

[npincus]

26. I checked Georgewbush.com- no mention of this event at all.

It really hurt my eyes, going to that site. I think it gave me cataracts.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

27. The speech is on right now.

[npincus]

28. thank G-d my 2-year old is watching Miffy (the cute little bunny)

please fill me in when the horror is done- thank you

[liberalmuse]

3. He HAS to make this speech.

He blew it so badly last week that he has to try and redeem himself through a tightly controlled, scripted speech. The guy just isn't good off the cuff. This is another sign the Bushies are getting desparate. I just hope Kerry jumps on this and demands airtime, too.

[Shopaholic]

6. The GOP also wants to get the discussion off the Democrats

and back onto the them. So that's one more reason to attempt to control the news cycle for another 24 hours, by making this "major" speech.

[Cha]

14. It's a "not fair" speech! Kerry should get

REBUTTAL TIME!

[Dogmudgeon]

9. A back-door stump speech, maybe?

From the description I got on NPR, it's supposed to be a folksy li'l ol' chat where Unca Dubya tells us boys and girls just how important it is that he wins re-election. Because if we elect John Kerry, the Terrists will win.

Talk about "cheating" -- I'd like to see John Kerry get that kind of broadcast time to pimp his program after getting his ass kicked in a fair-fight debate on national TV.

Oh, wait a minute -- John Kerry didn't get his ass kicked in a fair-fight debate on national TV. That would be ... Bush.

How can so many people still be convinced that George Bush is God's holy vessel here on Planet Earth?

--bkl

[npincus]

11. and onother thing... If Shrub gets an hour commercial, then KERRY has to

get one! F*cking CNN CUT OFF Kerry's press conference yesterday- neither MSNBC nor FAUX even bothered with it at all, and CHIMP GETS ONE HOUR???

FUCK THAT!

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. And of course Kerry will be there for a rebuttal???

:shrug: Of course not....what was I thinking?? :hi:

[liberal_in_GA]

15. What has the Kerry camp said?

And should we start an email campaign about how positively desperate and pathetic Shrub is?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

18. No word on when yet?

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. All I know is that they better not interrupt CSI!

:hi: