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President to speak at 1:45 p.m. (Re: Prisoners in CIA prisons)
National Review ^ | 09.06.2006 | National Review

Posted on 09/06/2006 8:35:48 AM PDT by July 4th

Edited on 09/06/2006 9:26:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

1:45 [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

The White House is asking networks to break into soaps for the president later today. Stay tuned.

Posted at 11:09 AM

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; bushbash; ciaprisons; detainees; gitmo; gwot; nationalreview; obldeathwatch
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To: Minus_The_Bear

You should listened to Rush on what caused this shift.


841 posted on 09/06/2006 11:56:49 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic lies/wet dreams posing as news.)
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To: STARWISE

That's funny. Everybody from Rush to the MSM sees a political speech. Let's see what Savage thinks later.


842 posted on 09/06/2006 11:57:26 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Mo1
Jim DeMint said this debate by the Dems is a performance

Durbin up saying it is not a performance .. now Durbin is trying to defend their actions about patriot Act

Durbin says DeMint is trying to rewrite what really happened
843 posted on 09/06/2006 11:57:37 AM PDT by Mo1 (Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
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To: jackv

I'm sorely electronically challenged so I admire you for being about to *tape* something! lol


844 posted on 09/06/2006 11:57:42 AM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: Grampa Dave

You should listened to Rush on what caused this shift.



What did Rush say?


845 posted on 09/06/2006 11:58:36 AM PDT by amutr22 (Remember....Friend's Don't Let Friends Vote Democrat!)
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To: Txsleuth
What do you mean he is good at "lowering the bar"??

It is something he has discussed himself. Politics is a game of managed expectations. When you set the bar high (John Kerry is a master at this idiocy) and promise to do everything from winning the war in a day to curing Superman, you set the bar so high you are going to fail. Everyone gets mad at you and you loose.

However, if you are quiet and allow the poll numbers to drop, mispronounce nuclear so people think you're an illiterate boob...the expectations are that you are completely incompetent. That allows you to leave people pleasantly surprised and thrilled with your accomplishments.

It basically comes down to a game of never promise too much. Promise little and deliver more. And the President is an absolute genius at this. Breathtakingly good. It is actually a strategy that I have started to use professionally with terrific results.

846 posted on 09/06/2006 11:58:53 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: RightWhale

The wheat just got separated from the chaff.


847 posted on 09/06/2006 11:58:54 AM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: tina07

No UBL is NOT DEAD. Ask the boots on the ground on the hunt 24/7 for him. They've found lots of evidence, he's alive and very healthy.


848 posted on 09/06/2006 11:59:00 AM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: RightWhale

Savage is insane.


849 posted on 09/06/2006 11:59:05 AM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: Centurion2000
I'm quite familiar with what a declaration of war is. But thanks for the misguided condescension.

And yeah, I really think you did miss out on that, and a whole lot more.

850 posted on 09/06/2006 11:59:41 AM PDT by Coop (...one of the best things we can do for the troops is to boot Cut'n'run Murtha!! -- JimRob)
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To: dubie
which everyone agreed was the central front in the War on Terror

Hate to disagree with you there Senator, but that is NOT what OBL said.

851 posted on 09/06/2006 12:00:02 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: mystery-ak
I saw Lugar and Sessions in the audience...maybe they will get this going.

Senator Sessions is one of only three that I would trust with this! Love that guy!

852 posted on 09/06/2006 12:00:04 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: RightWhale
"It's about selling the war in spite of the activities of the antiwar activists. Without the Bill being passed by Congress, and what are the odds? none of this amounts to anything but political rhetoric." Wars ARE political, or didn't you know that (I suspect from your posts in this thread that there is much you don't know). A successful outcome of this or any war in a democracy is incumbent on the publics support. Since the left has bee working hand in hand with the terrorists to destroy this resolve and since our very existence depends on our winning, the president is doing precisely what he should be doing.

By framing the request for legislation as he has done he has put the left squarely in the spotlight. They will either give him what he wants which strengthens our hand immeasurably in dealing with the savages, in which case America wins. Or, they will refuse to give him what he wants and by doing so re enforce the belief they fear more for the rights of terrorists then they do the safety of our citizens. Let me be more graphic in the hopes you may understand what the president has done. He has put the Democrats in the middle of a lake filled with gasoline and has tossed them a ball of fire. They can either catch the ball (pass the legislation) and get burned by it from the moonbat left, or they can drop it into the lake of gasoline(block the legislation) where the resulting explosion of negative public opinion will blow them to smithereens.

Karl Rove has bent the libs over and shafted them with the same pole with which they fly their anti American, pro terrorist flag.

853 posted on 09/06/2006 12:00:12 PM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: RightWhale
Let's see what Savage thinks later.

The usual ... waaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!! Mememememememeeeeeee!!!!! Waaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

854 posted on 09/06/2006 12:00:46 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

I know...


855 posted on 09/06/2006 12:00:58 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: top 2 toe red

Will pass along thanks. Thanks for the support.


856 posted on 09/06/2006 12:01:01 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

Thanks!

Too bad he wasnt one of them being transferred.

What a great speech by The President.

If I was wearing a military uniform I would be very grateful
he is making their rules of engagement more clear too.


857 posted on 09/06/2006 12:01:03 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: Centurion2000; Coop
Get back to me when you understand what a United States Congressional Declaration of War is.
Believe me I did not miss that.

War was declared on us by the terrorists .. But the Congress never "officially" declared war .. the Dems did not want to give the President the full powers

858 posted on 09/06/2006 12:01:17 PM PDT by Mo1 (Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
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To: Centurion2000

Before the entry into Iraq I suggested a Declaration of War should be forthcoming. That would have eliminated most of the political problems now. Not that it matters now, but for future reference they really ought to consider a Declaration of War any time they go to war just in case the war goes on long enough to affect an election cycle.


859 posted on 09/06/2006 12:01:39 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: shield

Yes, I agree. Snow has been terrific. And the elite know it. My guess is so do Rove and the President.


860 posted on 09/06/2006 12:02:51 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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