Tomorrow: Iraq Live Blogging and ThinkProgress 2.0
By on Jun 27th, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Tomorrow: Iraq Live Blogging and ThinkProgress 2.0
Big day on the blog tomorrow: President Bush is giving a major Iraq speech at 8:30 PM ET, and ThinkProgress will be pushing back with real-time research-intensive rapid response. (For a preview, check out our coverage of January’s State of the Union.)
Plus, we’ll be launching our newly-redesigned ThinkProgress 2.0. Be sure to stop by.
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Cool. I was hoping you’d do this. You guys are the experts.
June 27th, 2005 at 6:07 pmBut… I like the way Think Progress looks. It’s so easy to read.
June 27th, 2005 at 6:25 pmLove Think Progress – its a daily update for me on whats going on in the US – I think your format is the easiest to read thats for sure – and the content makes my day (though most times I wonder what the US is doing!!!) I hope US sanity comes back to the government – its good to see a strength coming back to the opposition party. In Oz ours is still out to lunch – our “little bush” is still running the country with no limits next week they like the Republicans run both houses of parliament – and are pushing for their conservative agenda’s. *sigh*
June 27th, 2005 at 8:00 pmIt’ll still be easy to read, Nate, promise. Easier than it is now in fact. We’ve kept the categories, revamped the color scheme a bit, and generally cleaned up the site. Not a radical change, but I think you’ll REALLY like it.
June 27th, 2005 at 8:15 pmAgreed about the site design. Think Progress is one of the best-looking and most easily read sites around. I love it. Keep up the good work.
June 27th, 2005 at 8:43 pmI’m in total agreement with everybody. The reason I blog here is because of the way its set up.
So your saying the circus will be in town tomorrow at 8:30pm ET?
June 27th, 2005 at 9:56 pmThat should be fun, everybody loves the circus.
if bush comes out tomorrow night and says, i welcomethis kind of examination … well, i’m not a crook, i think i’ll do a flip.
June 28th, 2005 at 12:10 amThe US is against the ropes in Iraq, and it won’t be any better in the future. It is time to withdraw.
The insurgents are infiltrating in high numbers and won’t be throwing in the towel any too soon.
The handwriting is on the wall. Unless the US forces want to take it further on the chin, it’s over.
June 28th, 2005 at 12:45 amBest outcome? A Democratic president comes into power in 2008 and immediately installs an international peace~keeping body in Iraq that enjoys wide support among “former” allies and the UN. American troops draw down gradually, first by retreating into the fortress “bases” built by the Bushies in 2007. Insurgency loses steam gradually as local control gets more and more inclusive. You really hate to be in a position to “root” for failure, but these guys dug this hole and will be digging graves for the rest of their incumbency, that seems certain. With the mood of this country and the track record of these evangelical nitwits, the 2006 elections should favor progress as well…
June 28th, 2005 at 9:11 amYou could probably start writing your rapid responses now. I can tell you right now what he’s gonna say –
“We are continuing to train Iraqi forces, 200,000 have been trained, insurgency will peak before the upcoming December elections, Americans wanna see forces back home, I wanna see them come home, but can’t set a timetable for withdrawal , need long-term committment in Iraq because we were attacked on 9/11, blah, blah”
June 28th, 2005 at 9:57 amDarth, you forgot: It’s a tough job and hard work. Bush makes me sick.
Theresa
June 28th, 2005 at 10:00 amAnd Bush said, “I think about Iraq everyday”. He’s so brainless. Thumbs up on the site, I enjoy coming here too.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:54 amFriends – Please hit C-Span with a barrage of requests to cover these two events
1. ***********************
IRAQ WAR VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES, OTHERS PROTEST BUSH APPEARANCE AT FT. BRAGG and SAY:
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS – BRING THEM HOME NOW
AND TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN THEY GET HERE!
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – On Tuesday, June 28th, President Bush will be appearing at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to try to resuscitate the flagging support for the war in Iraq. Iraq War Veterans, military families, veterans of previous wars, and others who oppose the war in Iraq will be in Fayetteville to protest President Bush’s captive-audience photo opportunity and challenge the false picture of the war being portrayed by the White House. The Bush visit comes in the wake of a local (Fayetteville) newspaper poll showing that over forty percent of local residents are not in favor of the war, while national polls show that 52% of the US population want troops withdrawn and 60% believe the war in Iraq is not worth fighting….
The following events will take place in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Tuesday, June 28th:
1 PM – Press conference at Quaker House, 223 Hillside Avenue, Fayetteville
Veterans, including Iraq Veterans, and military family members will make statements and be available for interview. Press conference will be MC’d by Stan Goff, retired Special Forces veteran, and father of an active duty soldier on his second deployment to Iraq. Speakers list still under construction – speaker bios and text will be available at the
press conference.
2PM-4 PM – Poster and sign-making at Quaker House, media invited to observe. We will be updating a display bearing the names of all US service men and women killed in Iraq, plus memorials to the thousands of unnamed Iraqi victims.
5 PM -9 PM– Peace vigil with Veterans, including Iraq War Veterans, military families and others reading of the names of the US Iraq war dead at the Market House, Hay and Green Streets, downtown.
2. *************************************
DOWNING STREET MEMO HITS THE HOUSE FLOOR
Please join the ‘Out of Iraq’ Caucus this Tuesday, June 28th for a Special Order hour on the Downing Street Minutes. The Democratic hour for these remarks is scheduled for the second hour of the Special Orders, which will commence immediately after votes for the day have ended
Over the past month, 128 Members of Congress, along with some 560,000 citizens have sent letters to the President demanding a response to reports of a pre-war deal between Great Britain and the United States and to evidence that pre-war intelligence was intentionally manipulated. All of these letters have gone unanswered.
Given the importance of these matters, we believe it is incumbent upon Congress to discuss these issues in a public and forthright manner. We hope you will join us in this hour of Special Orders.
To reserve time during the Special Order, please contact Stacey Dansky or Adam Cohen of the Judiciary Committee staff at 225-6906. Thank you.
Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr.
Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Maxine Waters
Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Barbara Lee
Member, Committee on International Relations
*************************
June 28th, 2005 at 11:37 amBush will also say, “I know some folks oppose fighting against terrorists. Some would like to forget about 9/11. Some folks would prefer Saddam still be in power. The great thing about America is we can have a difference of opinion.”
I’d like to give Karl Rove some “therapy” — some boot therapy right where the sunshine laws don’t shine. He didn’t prepare for war after 9/11. He prepared for re-election.
June 28th, 2005 at 11:49 amWhy doesn’t Bushie come to Chicago for this big speach?
June 28th, 2005 at 12:03 pmChicken……..
Planning to watch President Bush’s Iraq address tonight?
Use the “Guide to the Bush Iraq Speech” to help determine if the President is full of new plans, or just full of it.
June 28th, 2005 at 12:34 pmI will watch and listen to king George as usual, but know in advance there will be more of the same staged lies. It must be hard for a reformed drunk, wraped in our flag and thumping the Bible to read the speaches someone else writes. As you all know the rich man must adhear to his radical right republican backers. I like to vent all my screaming at the TV when he is on. I do wonder how long it will take to get this bunch held for treason and war crimes.. Any guesses.?
June 28th, 2005 at 2:04 pmAnybody got ideas for a Bush speech drinking game?
June 28th, 2005 at 5:14 pmAll of the above—-
I was in shock the first time I heard “we” were considering attacking Iraq. To myself I thought, why are we entering a hornets nest?
When I saw the terrible bombing I was sickened. I am afraid we have killed thousands of innocent people of all kinds. If so called patriots, Christians, etc. think this is “of God”, they are in for a big surprise.
I was angry, sad, sickened by the day the Twin Towers were hit, but the subsequent action taken by the current administration is in no way the proper response.
I am so disappointed that so many Americians have supported this type of hateful action. We will never win this unjust war.
It is a war of money. Money for private concerns and their shareholders. If there is a hell, tis sure a place for them.
L. Higgins
June 28th, 2005 at 6:13 pmI’d love to wake up some morning and find out that this was all just a bad dream, but that only happens on TV right? Damn…
Thankfully those of us who aren’t “sheep” have outstanding web site like Think Progress (and others) to help expose all the mis-information, outright lies, and hypocrisy spread in part by the MSM and yes Presidential press conferences.
While I’m at it, how about a big round of applause for all the politicians like John Conyers, Jr. who are actually doing what they were elected to do (not to mention doing what’s RIGHT) instead of taking the easy path.
June 28th, 2005 at 7:31 pmI still do not understand why impeachment procedings are not being discussed where it counts, in Congress.
June 29th, 2005 at 12:28 pmwhere is your hometown? i think i know you
January 31st, 2007 at 10:07 am