Posted on 11/11/2005 7:26:50 AM PST by Stars&StripesNE
Edited on 11/11/2005 11:16:38 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
President Bush is making a speech at noon. Fox is reporting he will address the criticism aimed at him by the democrats in the past two weeks.
Mod note: Click here for transcript thread.
I am very interested to hear this live but cannot find any links for a live feed.
Will this be covered by C-Span?
Anyone who can offer a link for a live feed would be my hero for the afternoon.
Thanks!
That's a good speech. He'll have to modify a couple of words. I don't think "crap" is Presidential, but other than that..Awesome!
He'd better take on 25 congressmen on their ANWR position too if he wants to demonstrate leadership.
November 10, 2005
Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley
... I point out that some of the critics today believed, themselves, in 2002 that Saddam Hussein had weapon of mass destruction, they stated that belief, and they voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq because they believed Saddam Hussein posed a dangerous threat to the American people. For those critics to ignore their own past statements, exposes the hollowness of their current attacks.
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Q Steve, A, is the President going to talk about this tomorrow, the whole question of the criticism he's been taking in recent weeks on Iraq? And, B, you said -- you used the word "hollow" before. Are you suggesting politics is at play here?
MR. HADLEY: I think people have to look at the record, look at how we got the intelligence, and look the judgments of the -- the statements that people made at the time on that intelligence. And that's to -- needs to inform the judgment we make about some of the things we're hearing said now.
Q Is the President going to talk about it tomorrow?
MR. HADLEY: He may talk about it. The thrust of the speech tomorrow is to continue to talk to the American people about the war on terror, the nature of the enemy, what is at stake, the importance that we see it through to success, and the contribution that Iraq and Afghanistan, and what we're doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, can make to winning the war on terror and advancing the cause of democracy and freedom, which, as you know, the President believes is the long-term direction we have to head to deal with this problem.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051110-7.html
Fox is about to show it live.
Fox is showing the President to speak shortly...he's standing by the podium; says it will be a Veterans Day Speech
Thanks for the heads up guys...the link wasn't there earlier.
Peace after war!
Well "crap" isn't, you're right.
Which is probably why I'm not President!!
I read your home page. I have many comments but will refrain. Okay, just one ... run for the House!
yw
He can and will do both.
Sadly, he won't be at the Tomb today. He's sending the VP.
I respectfully disagree with you.
If the president does this right, he will do more for the troops, their morale, and American support back at home than he possibly could do laying a wreath.
WHY ARE THEY ANNOUNCING THIS??? JUST DO IT, DAMMIT. Now instead of being pleasantly surprised by Bush going on the attack, the people and press will have big expectations and instead have to suffer through Bush's typical "uhhhs", and a performance that doesn't live up to hype. If you want to attack, just do it, don't hype it up beforehand.
I sure miss the other WH Press guy...forget his name...young, tall, lean, balding fella...now he was very good!!!
Will this be covered by C-Span?
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I phoned their main DC number and a pleasant woman explained to me that the speech will be played in its entirety "sometime" today.
She had the chutzpah to "explain" to me that because CSPAN was going to cover the Vietnam Veterans Memorial event at 12:50et - and they "would not want to cut away from the President's speech if he spoke for more than an hour" they chose to not show it live!
Stay the course. Stay the course. Stay the course.
Ari Fleischer. I miss him badly, too!
He won't need the medias help
I'm sure he'd rather be honoring the Unknowns.
If he wanted to be there, he'd be there.
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