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President Bush was asleep, came out in hallway, signed Schiavo bill and went back to bed
Drudge Report ^ | March 21, 2005

Posted on 03/21/2005 3:03:37 PM PST by RWR8189

Q Can you go over what went on last night, in terms of the President signing the bill and how it went down?

MR. McCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE: Sure. I guess the bill -- the House passed it shortly after midnight, and then the President signed it at 1:11 a.m., in the morning. The Staff Secretary, Brett Kavanaugh, walked the legislation over to the residence for the President to sign. He came outside his bedroom and signed it in the residence.

Q Had he been asleep?

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, he was woken up after it was passed, when it was ready to be signed.

Q I heard you describe it earlier, he came out of his bedroom and literally signed it standing up in the hall; is that how it went/

MR. McCLELLAN: That's correct, yes. He was just standing in the hall in the residence an signed the legislation then.

Q Was he wearing --

Q Is it safe to assume he wasn't wearing a suit and tie at the time? (Laughter.)

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not going into that much detail. Yes, he cleaned up, put on his suit -- (laughter.)

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billsigning; bush43; palmsunday; psalmsunday; schiavo; shiavo; terri; terrisbill; terrischiavo; terrislaw; terrysbill; terryslaw
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1 posted on 03/21/2005 3:03:42 PM PST by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

Thanks GOD, for a real President.


3 posted on 03/21/2005 3:06:30 PM PST by Uncle George
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To: T.Smith

'Can we rename this now practically worthless site "shiavorepublic"?'

HUH???


4 posted on 03/21/2005 3:06:47 PM PST by PilloryHillary (Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?)
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To: T.Smith

Idiot


5 posted on 03/21/2005 3:06:59 PM PST by steve86
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To: PilloryHillary

While I wouldn't resort to calling it a worthless site yet, I believe the gentleman was referring to the fact that for the past week, there has been a large number of threads on FreeRepublic dealing with Terri Schiavo.


6 posted on 03/21/2005 3:08:05 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: T.Smith

Maybe you would prefer DU?


7 posted on 03/21/2005 3:08:45 PM PST by MJY1288 (The Democrats are the party for the death of the innocent and life for the wicked)
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To: PilloryHillary
That's all anybody here wants to talk about. How about a separate section of the site so that more of us can talk about NEWS without wading through pages of Shiavo talk?
8 posted on 03/21/2005 3:08:46 PM PST by T.Smith
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To: T.Smith

Granted, we've done a lot of talking about the Schiavo case, but the truth is that she's the elephant's nose under the tent. Liberals want death on demand, nothing less. Has to be stopped somehow.


9 posted on 03/21/2005 3:09:03 PM PST by hershey
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To: RWR8189

Senators Kennedy, Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Feinstein do not get up in the night, sign no bill, remain asleep. Film at eleven.


10 posted on 03/21/2005 3:09:07 PM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: BearWash

Sweet, my very first deleted post. Seemed pretty harmless to me.


11 posted on 03/21/2005 3:10:24 PM PST by T.Smith
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To: MeekOneGOP

Ping Thank you


12 posted on 03/21/2005 3:10:26 PM PST by anonymoussierra (Lux Mea Christus!!!"Totus tuus" Quo Vadis Domine?Thank you)
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To: T.Smith

That wouldn't be a bad idea, have a dedicated forum for Schiavo.. It really is overcrowding the news.


13 posted on 03/21/2005 3:10:45 PM PST by G32
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To: hershey

Liberals also want the courts to have the last word on everything. That concept is itself a contradiction of the Founder's intent. T. Jefferson wrote eloquently on that subject.


14 posted on 03/21/2005 3:11:42 PM PST by wiley
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To: T.Smith

Well, since little else newsworthy appears to be happening, and a woman is dying cruelly by the hour, how about we talk about the CURRENT NEWS? Eh?


15 posted on 03/21/2005 3:12:14 PM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: RWR8189

THE 1990s VERSION



Q Can you go over what went on last night, in terms of the President signing the bill and how it went down?

WHITE HOUSE: Sure. I guess the bill -- the House passed it shortly after midnight, and then the President vetoed it at 1:11 a.m., in the morning. The Staff Secretary walked the legislation over to the residence for the President to veto. He came outside his bedroom and tore it up in the residence.

Q: Had he been asleep?

A: Yes. (wink wink) He was interrupted, I mean, woken up after it was passed, when it was ready to be signed.

Q: I heard you describe it earlier, he came out of his bedroom and literally vetoed it standing up in the hall; is that how it went?

A: That's correct, yes. He was just standing in the hall in the residence and stamped the veto on the legislation, using Ms. Lewenski's back for a surface.

Q Was he wearing --

Q Is it safe to assume he wasn't wearing a suit and tie at the time? (Laughter.)

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not going into that much detail. Yes, he cleaned up, no suit, just a tie and socks. -- (laughter.)


16 posted on 03/21/2005 3:12:20 PM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on.....)
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Congress has special session, passes law over a weekend, president gets up to sign it, judge thumbs his nose and says, "I won't hear it until 3" and then "I won't rule on it yet"....

Not enough news? A woman with fewer rights than that scum Couhey who admitted to killing Jessica Lunsford, is not represented by counsel, her husband has many reasons to want her dead, her family (mother, father , sister, brother) pleading with the world to intervene...

Shakespeare couldn't have written this. And you're bored? Want to get back to talking about taxes?

One thing I've learned in the past week on FR--there's more to being a conservative than taxes.

17 posted on 03/21/2005 3:12:38 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: RWR8189
the President signed it at 1:11 a.m., in the morning.

As opposed to 1:11 a.m. in the afternoon?

18 posted on 03/21/2005 3:13:33 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: T.Smith

'That's all anybody here wants to talk about. How about a separate section of the site so that more of us can talk about NEWS without wading through pages of Shiavo talk?'

Whenever there is an important story happening, there are numerous threads on the same subject. It is possible to browse the site without 'wading through pages of Shiavo talk' & it doesn't take much effort. Obviously, the owner of this site has no problem with all of the Shaivo threads, or they would be pulled. Last time I checked, this story was NEWS.


19 posted on 03/21/2005 3:13:58 PM PST by PilloryHillary (Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?)
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To: Sender

She died 15 years ago.


20 posted on 03/21/2005 3:14:04 PM PST by T.Smith
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