[Alberta's Child]

I heard a short item on the radio this morning about this, and according to Ari Fleischer the White House did not issue a request to the networks to pre-empt their regular schedules.

It really sounded like Fleischer was doing a bit of backpedaling here -- apparently this address by the President is not going to contain any breaking announcements or any major policy decisions.

[cyncooper]

It really sounded like Fleischer was doing a bit of backpedaling here --

When did Fleischer characterize it any differently?

[tracer]

The only plausible explanation is that a thick cloud cover blocked the light of the full moon last Saturday, so there's nothing to discuss for now.... 8)

[roses of sharon]

When Ari first announced the speach, he also said they would not ask for time from the networks. That was last week.

No backpedaling. I heard it.