BUSH TO SPEAK ABOUT 9/11 COMMISSION 4:45 ET

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[Dr. Eckleburg]

President Bush is expected to make statements regarding the 9/11 Commission from the White House today at 4:45 ET.

[windchime]

They thought they were still dealing with the America Bin Laden talked about in this interview in 1998.  The dems and the media continue to endorse his message.

Excerpt:

 Interview Osama Bin Laden    (May 1998)    by John Miller,  reporter ABC

As I said, our boys were shocked by the low morale of the American soldier and they realized that the American soldier was just a paper tiger. He was unable to endure the strikes that were dealt to his army, so he fled, and America had to stop all its bragging and all that noise it was making in the press after the Gulf War ............................Proud of this destruction, America assumed the titles of world leader and master of the new world order. After a few blows, it forgot all about those titles and rushed out of Somalia in shame and disgrace, dragging the bodies of its soldiers. America stopped calling itself world leader and master of the new world order, and its politicians realized that those titles were too big for them and that they were unworthy of them. I was in Sudan when this happened. I was very happy to learn of that great defeat that America suffered, so was every Muslim. ...

[Wait4Truth]

Thanks, Howlin! Love her descriptions of Clarke! Wish this interview had actually taken place, don't you? LOL!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I agree. I will add someone else said on FR today they thought that Kerry was using this as an excuse to go get more Botox injections.

[My2Cents]

Condi Rice....our "Weapon of Mass Instruction."

[Graymatter]

The president looks like he just got this message from HRC:

"Sooner or later the Democrats will be back in power. Now or later, Kerry or...someone else...and when we are, the first order of business will be to prosecute you. And we don't care what for."

I do believe they will not be satisfied merely by replacing him with a Democrat. The animosity is too personal, too specific. They want to take him down and lock him up. A Dem administration would spend more time hounding George Bush than hunting terrorists.

[tirednvirginia]

So Bush and Cheney are appearing together before the commission? That's because they are a team. I am sure Clinton and Gore won't be appearing together.

[Wolfstar]

Exactly! Osama bin Laden told us why 9/11 happened. We need look no further than Bill Clinton's monumentally weak, negligent foreign policy and response to terror attacks against American interests on his watch. All the rest with this commission is stuff and nonsense.

[Wolfstar]

Thanks, Howlin. I've been out of touch the last couple of weeks because I moved on the 27th. So I missed her interview and will read the transcript thoroughly. Am returning to the political wars now that I'm settled in my new place.

[Howlin]

Um, that link is to a parody!

[facedown]

And a hilarious one at that!

[Wolfstar]

Oh, sorry. I printed it out to read later, so hadn't looked at it yet. Thanks for letting me know.

[FRgal4u]

Really, if you think outside the conventional media hype, this Clarke thing has two significant "unexpected" benefits, largely due to the very divided electorate this year.

The first is the obvious - Kerry's media oxygen is all but consumed by the fires between the Whitehouse and Clarke..Kerry is the odd man out, his messages, rebuttals not getting through.

Second - this one is about the 9/11 commission. If the commission is seen as fair, balanced and give a hostile "verdict" against the Bush adm. in alte July, it would be very damaging to the Bush reelection campaign. But now, after the Clarke thing, the whole commission is seen as partisan, political, and thus lack real clout in whatever it says in July. In a real sense, it is unfortunate to see the comission descend into the political sewer, but by viewing as partisan and political, any charges come out from the commission will be discounted by the voters. This can't be all bad considering the timing when the final report of the commission will issue.

jmho.

The dims overplayed their cards this time. Net net, surprising, the Clarke firestorm may well turn out to be a positive for the Bush campaign.

[My2Cents]

[My2Cents]

Reporter: "Why'd you wait so long?"

Response I would liked to have heard: "Figure it out yourself, dipweed."

[My2Cents]

Timmy Russert is now slamming this whole thing and said that the reason why the WH is doing this because of PR

The whole reason for the flippin' Commission is PR!!!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I can't say I disagree one bit. Very good observations yet again. Going beyond the media hype is exactly what I've been doing, since I've taken the liberty of actually watching these hearings unfiltered through C-SPAN, avoiding the watered down treatment I would get if I were to rely on evening news sound bites. Everything you say is exactly how I've been seeing play out thus far. It wasn't until this morning that it suddenly dawned on me, through the focus of Clarke, the WH, and these 9/11 commission hearing, Kerry has been missing from the media limelight.

[My2Cents]

all I can say is God help the Dems

My sources tell me that God is in no mood to help the Dems.

[My2Cents]

if the Bush administration had had cabinet meetings every single day *****LIKE THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION DID****

Cabinet meetings! HAR-HAR-HAR!!..."And, you, Gail Norton, what does Interior have to say about any terrorist threats?..."

At least Bush had daily briefings from the CIA (which Clinton didn't).

[Darlin']

Bill Press doesn't have a clue about the number of meetings the Bush administation had on terrorism pre or post 9-11. Neither does Clarke since he refused to attend the meetings Condi conducted.

[My2Cents]

Re: 126...Email MSNBC and let them know we are on to their deceit and spin.