Kos: Fake applause; speech numbers

ABC's Terry Moran just reported that the only time Bush got applause was in the middle of his speech when a White House advance team member started clapping all on their own in order to cajole the soldiers into clapping, which they dutifully did.
:rofl:

So even the applause was fake.

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References to "September 11?: 5

References to "weapons of mass destruction": 0

References to "freedom": 21

References to "exit strategy": 0

References to "Saddam Hussein": 2

References to "Osama Bin Laden": 2

References to "a mistake": 1 (setting a timetable for withdrawal)

References to "mission": 11

References to "mission accomplished": 0

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/6/28/212422/545

The ABC team was also barking about the 9/11 tie-in, stating how there was no proof Saddam was involved AND how the CIA has now labeled Iraq as a breeding ground for terra.

Sweet.

Damn, I missed the crocodile tears. :nopity:

but if the soldiers did not clap,, most tv viewers would have picked up on that.

My ex used to date Terry Moran. I feel special tonight.

it was audibly clear that the "applause" was less than enthusiastic! I thought it was wishful thinking on my part...then I watched my tivo and saw that I had, indeed, heard it right!

instructed not to clap because of the serious nature of the speech (sic) but MIRACLE OF MIRACLES...he did get applause nonetheless!!

They can always spin it some way, can't they?
Well, I think they're losing the race cuz people
ain't buying it

:bounce:

By my count (speech started at 8:00 pm)

9/11 Reference #1 at 8:02 p.m.
9/11 Reference #2 at 8:04 p.m.
9/11 Reference #3 at 8:09 p.m.
9/11 Reference #4 at 8:24 p.m.
<<note - phone rang around this time>>


BTW - Suprisingly, Bush referred to Osama Bin Laden by name...

Osama Reference #1 at 8:07 p.m.
Osama Reference #2 at 8:09 p.m.

1st spontaneous applause did not occur until 8:25 p.m.

Bush evokes 9/11 to bolster Iraq war

Julian Borger in Washington and Rory Carroll in Baghdad
Wednesday June 29, 2005
The Guardian

George Bush last night rallied Americans to the cause of the Iraq war, urging them not to forget the lessons of September 11" and arguing the fight was vital to future US security.
Addressing the nation from Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina, President Bush confronted head on America's growing pessimism and uncertainty over the war.

Again and again in his primetime speech, the president attempted to bind the Iraq counter-insurgency to the broader "war on terror" started the September 11 attacks, trying to rebuild a connection in the public mind that has given way to scepticism about the justification for the invasion.

"This war reached our shores on September 11 2001," Mr Bush said, pointing to links between Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian extremist thought be behind many of the suicide attacks in Iraq, and Osama bin Laden. "The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September ... if we abandon the Iraqi people to men like Zarqawi ... and if we yield the future of the Middle East to men like Bin Laden," the president said

more...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1517011,00.html

I would love to know, becasue that one burst of applause was very bizarre, and I didn't hear any of the guys join in.

I would like to think our soldiers froze the Shrub out, but I think they were told to keep it quiet.