LIVE THREAD: President Bush Addresses Nation

http://freerepublic.com ^ | March 14, 2003

[Howlin]

President Bush to address nation from Rose Garden at 10:00 a.m. EST.

[Lou L]

Could someone please summarize what's been said???

[Preachers Kid]

All over. No questions taken. The DOW went from -18.00 to +37.00.
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It was all about a Prime Minister in Palestine.

[Keith]

THis was calculated to get the final few votes needed to get the nine...

[mhking]

thanks but some of us are behind Gov't firewalls so anyone who wants to provide a text commentary, thanks very much.

Don't feel bad - I'm in the same boat...

[AmericanInTokyo]

what a confusing thread. a lot of junk

[mabelkitty]

Love the picture!

Can you see/hear Bush?

[Jewels1091]

I guess they have appointed one all ready to start it out, before elections, I can't remember his name, but they said that he is someone they can work with.

[glock rocks]

gone. QRT

[Trust but Verify]

Very curious timing for this. Out of nowhere, to be precise. Hmmm....

[kjam22]

No doubt.

[Catspaw]

You betcha....the Quartet consists of the US, the EU, the UN and Russia.

[section9]

No, he's clearing the decks for Iraq. He's throwing a bone to the Egyptians, the Jordanians, and the Saudis, who wanted this in return for their support.

He has made a public declaration indicating that the U.S. will back an ME peace process. This was a quid pro quo to the Saudis and the other "moderate" (now there's a laugh) states that there would be American involvement after Iraq. This is yet another diplomatic "i" dotted and "t" crossed.

Time to drop the puck, folks.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[MizSterious]

A "roadmap for peace"--no specifics yet--or did I miss something?

[Keith]

Powell was standing behind him...Condi joined the two as they went back into the Oval Office...

[babaloo]

I believe you are correct with your analysis. Otherwise there would have been no reason to do this today. Timing is very important now.

[Dog Gone]

If that's all it takes to get the 9 votes, they're pretty cheap. This wasn't exactly a dramatic announcement.

[jgrubbs]

I heard something about a palesitian prime minister. He used the word peace alot, and now he's done speaking.

A 5 minute speech?

I guess that was just a mic check for his big announcement on Monday.

[iceskater]

I hope you're right. This waiting is making me crazy.

[hawkaw]

No, he's clearing the decks for Iraq. He's throwing a bone to the Egyptians, the Jordanians, and the Saudis, who wanted this in return for their support.

I completely agree.

hawk

[mhking]

What exactly did he say? Did he mention the Azores trip? Did he up the ante? Did he mention Turkey? Did he diss france? What's the deal?