[the following is from the segment on Shep's show]
Hot at the Pentagon for what happened just before taping of the video. Senior official is livid over the handling of the troops just before the airing of the video conference.
Military brass saying soldiers as props and that it was scripted and rehearsed.
However White House and Pentagon say it was NOT rehearsed. Pentagon official drilled them for 45 minutes prior to the airing and in her own words drilled on the likely questions and scripted responses. But the small bit they played I did not get that from the footage.
Apparent coaching outrageous, folks at the White House walking around shaking their heads thinking how badly it went.
I am sure this was well intended to boost the morale of the troops. But as some have said (from a previous thread)it did not come off very well, the delays and such.
Evidently FOX is also using the term "hand picked soldiers", as well.
That's generally all any President ever sees.
I think this tells us that unless something happens to change the situation...
That President Bush should just stay at the White House behind closed doors....because it is obvious that now, not on the libs, dems, and media are gonna nit-pick him apart...
so are conservatives and people that normally at least have shown respect for the office he holds if nothing else.
It seems that Shep got so many accolades for showing up the POTUS while standing on that freeway in New Orleans...that he now has license to belittle him and tear apart everything he does now...
I guess these people do NOT care that as they tear this fine man DOWN....they are also ruining the respect of the office of the CIC and the POTUS for all of the world to see, and mimic.
During "Desert Shield" the press was usually sent to the "CAT" Company ..... hand picked .... very ....
Perhaps this is the liberal media's way of creating a story to use this weekend to bury coverage of the voting in Iraq. They'd WAY rather bash Bush than champion the victory of the Iraqi people.
Even if they were coached, so what? Personally I'm not going to lose sleep over it, as I expect this kind of garbage from the media these days. They're the minority voice of this country, nobody buys into their spin, they cater to the party that survives on conjecture and right-wing conspiracies. We should stop acting like they're an unstoppable force that cannot be reckoned with, and stop getting our dander up over nothing.
Thanks for the ping!
I doubt they put words in their mouths. The President is just off stride right now -- he's trying to choose words so carefully everything sounds scripted. And he doesn't read scripts well. I wish they'd bring Karen Hughes back in. It was a well oiled machine before she left. She's poised to come back, but she's not back yet.