Bush to hold press conference this morning.
By on Aug 9th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Bush to hold press conference this morning.
The AP reports, “President Bush, clearing the decks before his August vacation, called a news conference for Thursday. The president was expected to face questions about the war in Iraq, now in its fifth year, political unrest in nuclear-armed Pakistan, an ally in the war on terrorism, and the deteriorating state of bridges in the United States, dramatized by last week’s collapse of the span over the Mississippi River at Minneapolis.” It is schedule to take place at 10:30 am EST.
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Perhaps he’ll tell us if he’s grilling hamburgers or steaks tonight.
August 9th, 2007 at 9:50 amBush hates America. It is really that simple.
August 9th, 2007 at 9:51 amBush hates America. It is really that simple.
Comment by underdog — August 9, 2007 @ 9:51 am
I think he rather loves America. The one in his mind, where he’s the über-deciderer in charge, everyone else bows down to his whims and wishes, and where he can finally say “see, Poppy? Not _everything_ I touch turns into crap”.
August 9th, 2007 at 9:56 amHe’s holding a news conference just to prove that he is in “recess” not on vacation.
I’m impressed.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:04 amI noticed that shortly after the bridge collapse, the governor of Minnesota and some other Republicans there had said they were open to the idea of a gas tax, which was something they had shot down in the past. I think they just got the word from Rove: “Ick-snay on the ax-tay.” Now they’re claiming they can find the money elsewhere. Sure, just cut off healthcare for a few tens of thousands more working Minnesotans. That ought to do it.
Bush will probably use the press conference to state his opposition to any gas tax increase. It might eat into oil company profits.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:06 amim sure he’ll be asked some really tough questions, ya thing bush sr’s heart will still weigh heavy?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:09 amPress conference at 10:30? Oh darn, I’m gonna miss it cuz I have to clean out the cat’s litter box. Come to think of it, what’s the difference?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:12 amIt might eat into oil company profits.
Comment by chimpeach — August 9, 2007 @ 10:06 am
No they’ll just raise prices again. And the corporate whore GOP lovers will say “SEE FREE MARKETS WORK”
August 9th, 2007 at 10:15 am“hey guys…. as the decider, I’ve ….er….decided.. to go on vacation”…
“and you guys over there in Iraq, ….er….. smoke em if ya got em, .. heh heh….”
August 9th, 2007 at 10:16 amBush holds press conference to announce new initiative to recruit Canadian gynecologists to practice their love with American women.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:19 amHe’s going to announce that he’s over come the attack of Lyme disease. Then he’s going to announce a nuclear attack on Lyme Connecticut.
-GSD
August 9th, 2007 at 10:21 amNow they’re claiming they can find the money elsewhere. Sure, just cut off healthcare for a few tens of thousands more working Minnesotans. That ought to do it.
You might want to brush up on your latest Minnesota polls concerning the bridge/gas tax; most everybody opposes the idea, including larger numbers of dems than repubs.
You pinheads are always screaming about polls, so feel free to peruse these too.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:22 amand the deteriorating state of bridges in the United States, dramatized by last week’s collapse of the span over the Mississippi River at Minneapolis.
Except that now the NTSB is investigating potential design flaws in the steel gussets which supported the main bridge structure, flaws which even daily inspections would never have found.
You cranks need to stop ingesting every conspiracy that shows its head, youre going farther and farther over the deep end.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:24 amWalleye, don’t you have some terrorists to be frightened of.
Get back under the bed, Bush will be on tv soon to pat your bottom and tell you everything is OK.
-GSD
August 9th, 2007 at 10:28 amWhat’s that supposed to mean?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:29 amHe has yet to mention the subprime mess, the credit crunch and the falling stock market. 2 million Americans are losing their homes, why should he care?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:29 amYou cranks need to stop ingesting every conspiracy that shows its head, youre going farther and farther over the deep end.
Comment by Walleye Cheeks — August 9, 2007 @ 10:24 am
So then you’re all for that private contractor who built the defective parts to pay for rebuilding it, as well as being open to law suits from the families and businesses who’ve been affected by this?
And you sheep need to stop thinking there’s a terrorist under every rock, well unless you count the GOP like we do!
August 9th, 2007 at 10:30 amI think he rather loves America. The one in his mind, where he’s the über-deciderer in charge, everyone else bows down to his whims and wishes, and where he can finally say “see, Poppy? Not _everything_ I touch turns into crapâ€.
Sorry, kids…that horse has long left the barn.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:30 amI am sure he will mention with glee that the Democrats are spineless scum and gave him more authority to spy on Americans than he even dreamed of from a Republican controlled congress.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:31 amTime for a new President! Time for a new Vice President! Time for a new Attorney General! Time for Impeachment!
August 9th, 2007 at 10:33 amHey, maybe he’s going to announce he’s taking a permanent vacation.
That’d be nice.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:34 amThe first words out of his mouth was a lie. Oy, what was I thinking?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:36 amBush’s brain has been on vacation since the OD on Cocaine in ‘68.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:37 amWhy didn’t the reporter ask him why he claimed EP in the death of Tillman??
August 9th, 2007 at 10:44 amWho the f%ck cares what lies he’s going to tell today?!
August 9th, 2007 at 10:44 amGDumbya is a deer caught in the headlights.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:46 amomment by Walleye Cheek — August 9, 2007 @ 10:22 am
guaranteed those poll results are from before the collapse, stupid.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:47 amBush’s brain has been on vacation since the OD on Cocaine in ‘68.
Comment by Zimzone — August 9, 2007 @ 10:37 am
Very kind of you to assume he was born with a brain. I see no evidence.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:48 amhe just said that he would strike inside Pakistan if he had credible intelligence……
August 9th, 2007 at 10:51 amDid he just say that “I believe people will make decisions based on facts”?
What on earth would lead him to believe that others would do that of which he is completely incapable?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:53 amhe just said that he would strike inside Pakistan if he had credible intelligence……
Comment by loretta — August 9, 2007 @ 10:51 am
So we’ll never be invading Pakistan, then, cause that’s never gonna happen to George Bin George.
Oh wait – you mean like “CIA” type of intelligence, not mental capacity – my bad!
August 9th, 2007 at 10:54 amhe just said “empathy” like he knows what it means. And what’s with the overuse of “robust” by all of these nuts lately? Don’t tell me KKKarl has burned through the entire thesaurus.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:54 amBush has always operated on “I believe” rather than “I know” or “I think”. A burned-out brain like his can have no knowledge.
August 9th, 2007 at 10:55 amthreatening Iran again over weapons–ironic, when we’ve just “lost” 190,000 automatic weapons there…..
August 9th, 2007 at 10:57 amthreatening Iran again over weapons–ironic, when we’ve just “lost†190,000 automatic weapons there…..
Comment by loretta — August 9, 2007 @ 10:57 am
And we didn’t even get any hostages freed this time around. Where’s Ollie North when you need him?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:58 amWho cares what Bush intends to spew. He needs to resign and go into exile with his dad to Paraguay.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:00 amthis is the new attorney general recess appointment f-u-congress press conference.
agag is no more?
August 9th, 2007 at 11:04 amwe should be so lucky–
August 9th, 2007 at 11:18 amoh it was his im a puss and wont answer any questions to my delusional ranting and raving press conference.sheesh
August 9th, 2007 at 11:19 amI feel like I’m watching a bizarro world version of “Network”.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:20 amHey while Bushit is on vacation, can we make recess Presidential/Vice Presidential and Attorney General appointments? It’d be great if he came back and found the locks to the White House changed and armed guards waiting to take him, Dick & Gonzo into custody.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:23 amThey should just put up a tape recorder of all the current talking points, and save everyone the trouble.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:24 am#13 Pickerel Buttocks
You cranks need to stop ingesting every conspiracy that shows its head, youre going farther and farther over the deep end.
I haven’t heard any conspiracy theories, but you must be tuned in to them. Tell us one.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:24 amWow. He sure was testy. When it comes to answering any tough questions that he can’t answer, he falls back on the ole fear mongering meme.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:25 amChimpy the Alcoholic will now tell America all about “My Pet Goat” III
August 9th, 2007 at 11:25 amspeaking of crap news…
August 9th, 2007 at 11:35 amThat lyme disease report was a crock. Ticks are after warm blood, why would they bite that reptillian sack of shit?
August 9th, 2007 at 11:37 amPost conference, Tweedy praises Bush ad-nauseum.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:40 amThis week, two of the least trusted men in America extended their dubious records of accomplishment. Last night in San Francisco, the steroids-scandal tainted Barry Bonds added to his record home run total by swatting his 757th round-tripper. And this morning in Washington, George W. Bush held a rare press conference before commencing his annual August vacation, a recess which will pad his dismal presidential record for most days off.
For the details, see:
August 9th, 2007 at 11:54 am“Bush, Bonds Extend Dubious Records.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – A week after a deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis, President Bush dismissed Thursday raising the federal gasoline tax to repair the nation’s bridges at least until Congress changes the way it spends highway money.
Told ya so.
Funny, he didn’t seem to mind so much when it was the GOP spending money on bridges to nowhere. Where was the veto pen then?
August 9th, 2007 at 12:01 pmOn the controversy of former NFL player Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan , Bush said “the best way to honor that commitment of his is to find the truth.”
He said he expects the military “to get to the bottom” of why Tillman’s death was initially explained as the result of enemy fire.
How are they going to do that when you’ve invoked executive privilege to block the investigation?
August 9th, 2007 at 12:04 pmBush’s answer to the deteriorating U.S. infrastructure?? Tax cuts for businesses!! Hooray! Let someone else pay for it (aka “your grandkids”).
I guess this explains Bush’s RECORD SETTING DEFICITS.
August 9th, 2007 at 12:07 pmFollow this link
August 9th, 2007 at 12:07 pmhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20095291/
How are they going to do that when you’ve invoked executive privilege to block the investigation?
Comment by chimpeach — August 9, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Bush is basically saying, “we’re going to find some scapegoat, blame him for the erroneous initial explanation, and fire him — then this will all go away and you won’t bug us anymore about it”
In this way, Bush hopes to distract the public from what it REALLY wants to know. And that is, if Tillman was killed accidentally by friendly fire by his own people mistaking him for the enemy, why did he have three bullet holes in his forehead fired close together at close range? And why was his uniform, his gear, and his diary burned? That’s the “bottom” we want to get to.
August 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pmI change channels as quickly as possible when his picture is on – I can’t stand to look at him.
August 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pmCrap, I wanted to paste a little bit of that article, and it appears that TP is blocking any pasted content. Nice trick.
August 9th, 2007 at 12:09 pmKeep up the great work President Bush!!!
August 9th, 2007 at 12:30 pmHabalaarz: “Keep up the great work President Bush!!!”
Aside from avoiding another in-country attack after the first, just as Clinton did, can you list some of his “great work?” What, in your mind, have been his greatest accomplishments?
August 9th, 2007 at 12:53 pmSo as Bush is having his press conference, I’m cleaning the cat’s litter box… I scoop out a coagulated blob and it’s the exact shape of the United States! woooweeeooo…
August 9th, 2007 at 1:22 pmGreat. The Bush cultist says “keep up the great work, President Bush,” but he can’t seem to come up with any of Bush’s greatest accomplishments. That just about says it all – mindless obedience to power.
August 9th, 2007 at 2:02 pmThis president is accountable to the American people. He can no longer ignore the will of the American people. This is a democracy. He must explain why he continues to defend a policy that has failed in Iraq. He must explain why he continues to ask for more time knowing that the surge has failed.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:54 pm