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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:34 AM
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WH Daily Briefing scheduled for 12:30 (edt), not on yet (12:33)
www.whitehouse.gov has the link

I've got audio so far, but no pic yet
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:34 AM
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1. video is up on www.whitehouse.gov (12:34) but no briefing yet
Just the laughing and clowning around
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:35 AM
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2. Will also be covered on cspan 1
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:37 AM
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3. We, um, hafta save marriages from the chilren, um, er
"The chilren must have parents and I unnerstand that. The chilren must be of different sexes in this country because homsexshuls are not the foundation of this country and homsexshul chilren can be grown up and then if they wanna git married then that would be stopped by my legslayshun."

(just to save you the bother of listening to this witless dweeb)
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:38 AM
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4. Hey, you're right, he's covering gay marriage
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:39 AM
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5. Prez is restating his known position on this marriage thing
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:40 AM
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6. Where's Les?
He must be positively giddy about this topic!
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:41 AM
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7. Hasn't been called on...yet!
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:43 AM
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9. ROFL! 'I'll get to ya Lester'
:rofl:
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:43 AM
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8. They're asking is this just election year politics? And snow is
saying, nah, that's not really a big driver. It's just an important issue to some people.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:44 AM
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10. Can these creatures be any more predictable?
Good grief.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:45 AM
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13. "Most of us are married"
NEWSFLASH!!! :eyes:

Funny how they'll all be divorced if this Amendment doesn't pass!
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:44 AM
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11. Helen: the war on iraq is escalating, and bushy spent 2 days on
gay marriage...

A. you're acting like he's spending every moment on it, when he's doing other stuff too

Q. this affects very few people, and the war effects everyone

A. you're acting like he can only do one thing at a time

Q. the war is escalating

A. the people in iraq are committed to building a free and peaceful iraq
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Debau2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:44 AM
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12. Go Helen!
She asked why Bush is so concerned with gay marriage amendment while other more pressing issues face us, such as the WAR!
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:45 AM
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14. Q. what's the threat of gay marriage exactly?
A. it's not a threat, we're just trying to clarify the definition
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:46 AM
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15. Hmmm...I guess DOMA just wasn't cleeaaaarr enough.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:47 AM
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16. Q. you're portraying * as being a passive participant in gay marriage
Wasn't he hyping it during the 2000 campaign?

A. well he's not passive exactly. he's restating his position
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:49 AM
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17. Q. why isn't * using more political capital on this? he made a big
deal out of this in 2004, and....

A. it's a damned if you do/damned if you don't situation
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:49 AM
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18. REFRAME ALERT!!!
It's "Traditional Marriage"
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:50 AM
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19. Q. You said * would leave iraq if asked, and if we did, would the
country split into 3?

A. we're not going to pack up and leave until we're done

Q. what if they asked us to leave

A. well that's a big if
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:52 AM
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20. Q. civil rights re: this amendment. won't this be a civil rights
violation against gays if this goes thru?

A. huh? you mean it would be illegal to be gay?

Q. would gays be able to file civil rights law suits if this passes and they can't marry?

A. hmm, well, that's a very contentious legal issue I can't solve up here
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:54 AM
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23. Oh, but the Courts will have to decide
*whiplash*
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:00 PM
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28. WTF?
huh? you mean it would be illegal to be gay?

Did Snow really say this? Man, this group is indeed clueless! Or stupid! Or both...!!!
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:53 AM
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21. Q. on your first day I asked you if the prez was pitting blacks
against other people of color with his guest worker program

A. no, he's not
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:54 AM
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22. Tony's fork tongue: Activist Court's re-defining marriage
BUT, Courts will have to decide whether it is a violation of their civil rights. :wtf:
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:55 AM
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24. Les--two questions. exodus int'l news release (former homo's)
they are saying they are guests of the president at the WH today. Were any homosexual groups invited?

A. not that I'm aware of.

Q. this WH is obsessed with the press, according to the NYT. will you admit to this obsession?

A. it's more of a love affair, les
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:55 AM
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25. Oh Les, you disappoint me
Lame. So very lame.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:57 AM
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26. Q. What's he doing on wednesday?
A. a catholic charities thing re: assimilation
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 11:58 AM
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27. Q. so the prez is taking his show on the road, but the real work is
back here at the capitol. what's he planning on doing?

A. he's actively involved. by going around the country he has an oppty to illustrate and dramatize what is going on. and gives him a chance to converse with the people back home
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:01 PM
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29. Oh no! He hit the "Gannon button"
unidentified reporter quotes Busby.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:05 PM
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30. And he's gone!
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