MSNBC: Ari Fleischer Daily Presser Cancelled, Bush Health Care Speech for Today Cancelled

MSNBC | March 6, 2003

[Dont Mention the War]

MSNBC reporting that Ari Fleischer has lidded his daily press gaggle, and that the President has cancelled some speech or meeting about health care he was supposed to have this afternoon.

Something BIG is going on in La Casa Blanca today!

[Thane_Banquo]

Huh. I think something is rotten in the state of Iraq.

[ewing]

Wow, I guess Sunday was too late for my prediction.. No sense in giving them 72 hours to comply if Powell has rock solid evidence that they are building more Al Samouds in violation of Resolution 1441.

[RooRoobird14]

The Sodomite of Iraq had better don his Ultra Depends-- he's going to need them.

[gramho12]

Even after all this time, that picture of the WTC is like a knife to the heart.

NEVER FORGET!!!

[Beck_isright]

Time to restock on beer and popcorn!

[1Old Pro]

Tonight the President will explain to the press that we are giving Saddam two weeks to show us everything including the stuff we KNOW he has based on intelligence.

He will also say that we will move forward multilaterally with all our allies WITHOUT another U.N. vote.

It's in the East Room so the idiot reporters can ask the same question a thousand times and it will finally sink in that we're about ready to roll even though they won't believe it because they think the peacenicks are in charge of national security.

[Dont Mention the War]

Keeping an eye on my personal world clock.

How do you have your clock configured?

[Xenalyte]

This is vey series. I'll be in the shower, so ping me if anything happens while I'm gone.

Better hurry up in there . . . this is gonna be HUGH!

[Sabertooth]

I believe the UN will still get a chance to vote on the second resolution. Now that we've gone down that road for six months, I'd like their irrelevance to be on the table. Going into Iraq today let's them off the hook.

[The Mayor]

Tonight Bush will hopefully say,

Today we started the Liberation of the people of Iraq!

Let's Roll and God Bless our Troops!!

[Shaka]

Popcorn? Check. Pitcher of tea? Check. Remote? Check.

This going to be Hugh!! HUGH! I tell ya!

Lets go...

[Xenalyte]

Ping - something's about to hit the fan.

[unspun]

"This just in..."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) will hold a news conference on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. EST, the White House announced.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) said Bush would have an opening statement about successes in the war against terrorism and the importance of disarming Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

U.S. and Pakistani authorities are questioning Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al Qaeda's operations chief, who was captured in Pakistan during the weekend. His arrest is considered a major victory for Bush, who has been accused of ignoring the war on terror because of his preoccupation with Iraq (news - web sites).

With the United States seemingly on the brink of an invasion, Fleischer made clear the news conference was not for any critical announcements about the Iraq crisis.

"This is a news conference. This is not a scheduled announcement of anything," Fleischer said.

Fleischer told reporters that Bush had not made up his mind to use military force to rid Baghdad of its alleged weapons of mass destruction and depose Saddam.

"In the event that the president decides to use force, the president always thinks its important to communicate, but the president has not made any decisions about that matter," he said.

[WarmLiquidGhoo]

Hey you guys...keep it down...Saddam might hear! We don't want to give our war plans away!

[glennaro]

"AMF": Well said, my friend.

(As Rush says, "A little Spanish lingo, there.")

[2timothy3.16]

Hey thanks, it is jst getting dark in baghdad, sleep tight iraq.

[MindBender26]

OBL in custody?

....or as the Brits would say, "Mr. Bin Laaaaden is assiting the Queen's representatives with their enquieries."

[bonesmccoy]

dittos.
this is a great opportunity to put a wooden dagger through the vampire that the UN has become.

The UN was a great concept but it basically sucks the blood out of advancing nations in order to give hand outs to people who are anti-freedom.

Why else should a nation like Syria be given the legitimacy of being on a committee like the Security Council?

[Mark Felton]

OIL FIELDS BLOWING UP!

TEHRAN, March 6, 2003. /from RIA Novosti correspondent Nikolai Terekhov/. - Iraq has dropped bombs hitting 2,500 oil fields that cover a vast area.

According to the IRNA agency, the bombing near Sharjeh resulted in the explosion of an oil refinery near Kirkuk.

Some oil-bearing wells were mined with antitank mines.

The Iraqi Army units are ditching around near Baghdad and Kirkuk round the clock to resist the US Army.

[mass55th]

Perhaps Bush just wants to have the time to prepare for tonight's press conference.