Posted on 12/12/2005 6:09:11 AM PST by Coop
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is using a visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution, as a reminder before the Iraqi elections that the path to American democracy was not always easy either.
Pennsylvania also is the home state of a leading Iraq war critic, Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who planned to speak on Bush's heels and repeat his call to bring the troops home from a fight he says has become too violent and out of control...
Iraqis are preparing to vote under tight security to elect a 275-member parliament that will run the country for the next four years. The election will be the first under the new constitution ratified in an October 15 referendum and will complete the steps toward democratization following the ouster of Saddam Hussein's government.
Monday's Iraq speech is Bush's third, part of a campaign to win support for the mission, with most Americans saying in polls that they disapprove of his handling of the war. The speech is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. ET.
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I wouldn't put it past Murtha, the pompous ass! Iraq is Bush's biggest success, so I hope he keeps sticking it to the DNC.
Surely you jest....you KNOW he will....LOL. Thanks for the ping.
I believe I've mentioned to you before that the President had to freaking NEGOTIATE with the networks to carry his major address to the nation on June 28th.
To: Howlin
CNN: Major mainstream media "hemming and hawing" as to whether or not they will cover the President's speech tonight.
22 posted on 06/28/2005 4:03:25 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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Find my seat *bump*
Murtha, who planned to speak on Bush's heels and repeat his call to bring the troops home
When did the practice begin of having a spokesman for the opposition party respond after a Presidential speech?
The terrorists remind me of Teddy Kennedy
I've asked that same question in the past. I was told the practice began around January 2001.
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I believe I heard Fox report that Murtha will deliver the "response" to the President's speech.
EGGSactly!
The opposition party response to political speeches predates 2001.
It started as an opposition response to the State of the Union and soon applied to any/all prime time Presidential speeches.
IIRC, the opposition response has been status quo for several decades. I think it became routine practice in the 70's or 80's.
Also, people can get the speech of the new media outlets like the internet. In the past speaking during prime times would have been usefull, but in todays world not as effective.
Tom Oliphant was on Imus this morning dismissing this speech as boring, saying we had already lost interest in Bush speaking about the war again, and noting Bush did the same thing last year and bored us to death.
I imagine he's bored because the job approval numbers are moving in the "wrong" direction. :-)
Thanks TomGuy! In reality I was just kidding...although, I really was told that it is a recent phenomenon.
Amen to what you said. Slow and steady and then for the State of the Union, how about some shock and awe!
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