Text of (P)resident Bush's speech

or this "government",instead of my administration or this administration. It's still the same government dipstick, it's the administartion that is temporary. The quote "a country that hides something is afraid of getting caught" had me rolling of the couch. The psychedelic necktie was hurting my eyes. The fact that we went to war in Iraq, killing 680 soldiers and thousands of civilians to punish Saddam for "funding suiciders" in Israel will be a revelation for many.

> The psychedelic necktie was hurting my eyes.

Oh, completely! I was sitting there wondering if The Daily Show wouldn't put some Christmas lights on it, too.

I wish I could intelligently reply on anything that was said...but, well the President had a difficult time saying anything intelligent

The necktie though....I was mesmerized.

kept shifting directions depending on which side of the microphone he was standing

when he stood to the right of the microphone -- the pattern moved from lower right to upper left, when he moved to the left side of the microphone the pattern moved lower left to upper right

as my partner put it -- "Look honey, even his tie is flip-flopping"

Some thoughts on tonight's press conference... I just hope the media doesn't continue to give this guy a free pass after this pitiful performance, spewing old sound bites and misinformation, stumbling and bumbling speech, and lack of responsiveness.

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What about Afghanistan and Al Qaeda? No mention about Al Qaeda and the status of Afghanistan (other than as part of a laundry list of other places in which our military has been involved). Where does the US stand in the capture (or mortal end) of the 22 terrorists on the "Most Wanted Terrorists" list? Where does Afghanistan stand on the road to democracy and security? Is the Taliban regaining control? Does the central government have any authority beyond Kabul? What is the situation faced by women and girls in Afghanistan, today?

Bush states, "...a desperate enemy is a dangerous enemy..." Yes, Bush is getting more desperate -- and more dangerous.

Bush stated "...terrorists ...lost an ally in Baghdad." -- Al Qaeda had no links or allegiances with Baghdad; in fact, Baghdad and Saddam Hussain were considered enemies of Al Qaeda.

In an attempt to draw a link between the Iraqi resistance and terrorism, Bush went through a laundry list of terrorist actions from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, to Bali, to Madrid, to Israel and all the way back to the Lebanon barracks. What he fails to do is distringuish between terrorist attacks on civilian populations in sovereign nations and attacks against occupying military forces (as in Israel, Lebanon and Iraq).

Dear Dog...! During the followup press questioning, Bush continues to
deceive the American people, saying, "nobody in our government, at least, and I don't think the prior government, could have envisioned flying airplanes into buildings..." (though, after a delay, he adds as a CYA qualifier, "... on such a massive scale.") Yet just a short while later in the press conference questioning, Bush comments on pre-9/11 terrorist threats related to Genoa -- which was specifically related to the threat of airplanes being flown into the Genoa conference building, and of which both he and Condoleezza Rice must have been well aware.

Bush stated, "The legacy that our troops are going to leave behind is a legacy of lasting importance, as far as I'm concerned." Continuing, "It's a legacy that, um... that really is based on our deep belief that people want to be free, and that free societies are peaceful societies." But what *IS* that legacy? How exactly will our military intervention and occupation provide any valuable lessons to the Middle East on how to peacefully progress towards their particular takes on freedom and democracy?

Ok, I can't take any more. Iraq was NOT linked to Al Qaeda prior to our destabilizing the country, and now we've created yet another culture dish for the virus of terrorism. If "now is the time to talk about the war on terror", as Bush stated, then why aren't we talking about Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Pakistan's madrassas and Saudi Arabia; rather than Bush's growing quagmire in Iraq?

It is too bad, but the only legacy being left behind are tombstones and graveyards. And hatred.

btw,...all's I got was a non-discriminate page. Could you post something more specific/concrete? No offense. :D

... so your mileage may vary.

The uh and duh's were taken out. They cleaned it up and corrected his gaffs. That is not a transcript.

Most excellent!!!

:toast:

Is there another link to this story? The NYT will not recognize my login

I like to do research, and post on a number of large & small message boards. People at those places often take what I find, and spread it further...

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I think they missed the crayola etchings. I cannot believe he can actually complete a sentence without..uhhhhhh, well, uhhhhhmmmmmm. I don't make mistakes, I am a cowboy, I wear depends for the nightly insurgence. Blah, blah. Someone please tell me this is a freaking twilight zone episode. He makes me sick.

I remember hearing say something to the order of "No one in my administration could have imagined that airplanes would be used as bombs" or something close to that (the old Condi line).

I can't find it by searching the text, though. Has it been sanitized or have I been insanitized?

"But there was nobody in our government, at least, and I don't think the prior government that could envision flying airplanes into buildings on such a massive scale. "

Proof that he just strings together sound bytes, discredited or not.

There were some real gems in the Q/A section...

"... those in prisons... black males"

"Democracy?!?! that's not what I want... that's not what I see..."

"I'm so SICK-"

and many others that can be slipped and edited into what
would be what * REALLY wanted to say...

Above quotes aren't precise... but you might remember the
examples i site.