(Bush Speech Live Thread) Bush to compare Iraqis to America's founders

CNN ^ | 12/12/05 | Unknown

[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.

[Just A Nobody]

I agree. I only turn on my TV if the President, Vice President or SoD Rumsfeld are speaking. ;*)

[Coop]

Okay, about 25 minutes until show time...

[cake_crumb]

Murtha doesn't know the situation in Iraq from a hole in the ground.

[MNJohnnie]

Thanks for the thread. Anyone give a play by play for us cube bound?

[Mo1]

And the Senate starts @2pm

Oh this should be interesting

[Coop]

It hasn't started yet.

[Semper Paratus]

When Iraq has their election will Newsweek finally give Iraq an 'up-arrow'?

[OXENinFLA]

I bet the dems first order of business is to bitch and moan about the white flag RNC ad.

[Mo1]

LOL ... ahhhhhhh the poor babies

[Mo1]

No

[cake_crumb]

"I bet the dems first order of business is to bitch and moan about the white flag RNC ad."

I hope they do!

[MNJohnnie]

This Administration knows far more about politics than you or I.

Kind of amazing how a certain handful of Freepers spend all their time lecturing the Administration on what to do here on Free Republic. How about all the "experts" spend their time writing their advice to the White House instead of posting it a few thousand times a day here on Free Republic? A letter to the White House MIGHT be read by someone who can ACTUALLY do something. Writing it here over and over and over and over and over and over is just wasting bandwith.

[Mo1]

BTW .. I heard on the radio on Friday that Murtha is in town also ... and will be giving the dems rebuttal to the President's speech

[Just A Nobody]

"Security operations in western Iraq have killed more than 750 insurgents and captured almost 2,000 in the past few weeks, a senior defense ministry official said Monday"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538809/posts

WooHoo - Kicking a$$ and taking names!

[MNJohnnie]

Hi Justa!

[RetiredArmy]

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...

War, too violent and out of control. Go figure. I thought, like it was a fun day at the beach or something.

[Coop]

Good stuff! Thanks for the link.

[Just A Nobody]

Hi there Johnnie. I was just going to ask you what you're doing in a cube? ;*(

How have you been? Anxious for the President to speak!!??

[Lemondropkid31]

I put on the cspan streaming and the telecommunications issues that they were showing was cut short. The fire alarm was going off LOL.

[SE Mom]

Thanks for ping:)