Deegan said:
If you're trying to prove Bush is not very good at public speeches, you win, but that's not at issue here. The issue was, is the staging of this inappropriate, I don't think so, I would like to hear why you think it is?
I think rehearsing how to pass the mike is fine, telling people where to look in the camera or when to listen makes sense.
However if you watched the entire piece, or if you read the entire transcript published in this thread you'll see that this event was staged & scripted, at least in terms of the questions (not the answers).
The proof is in the transcript of the rehearsal and the actual event. The woman playing Bush asked the exact question(s) that he asked. She asked them better because he stuttered and yammered his way through them, but they were identical questions. Therefore if the military personnel chosen to participate already knew the questions in advance then the entire event was staged, a set up, not genuine.
I want to repeat that the answers given were genuine, not scripted out. But I also know they were softball questions that each one of them had time to prepare an answer for. That is not how the event was promoted or portrayed, and that is why, IMHO, it's raised such a bruhaha.
Let's recall a genuine event last year when Ahole Rummy went to Iraq and was "embarrassed" by questions from personnel re the lack of proper body armor and overall armor? The guy who asked that question was given the question by a reporter because it was an issue that mattered to the soldiers sitting there. Did you see Rummy's face and answer when faced with a legitimate non-ass kissing question?
This event was guaranteed to not have one instance of anything contrary to the Bush cabal party line. The soldiers picked believe in their President and their mission, which is admirable. What is not admirable is that they were used by Bush et al to promote the concepts that Bush wants to promote re the war.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to see an actual Q&A "British House of Commons" style on a regular basis where real questions are asked and where real, unscripted answers are given (by Bush I mean, not by the military participants)? It will never happen with Bush as President because he is intellectually incapable of such a procedure, he won't allow himself to be exposed for what he truly is.
You know this war is a nightmare for most Americans. Each day more and more of us from ALL parties join the anti-war movement. When I read some of the BS here that is all Liberal bashing, especially as it relates to this war, I am amazed. Why? Well since 58% of Americans now oppose the war I think it's quite safe to write that Liberals (sadly) do not make up 58% of the populace. I would think that even the most ignorant amongst us must know therefore that the anti-war crowd is made up of Americans of all political persuasions? Yet some of you write post after post after post stating that the anti-war anti-Bush movement contains only Liberals.
I don't believe that Bush represents the Republican party anymore. How could he? He's a spend and spend and kill politician who has created more pork and more cronies than anyone I can think of since LBJ.
It really takes a lot to be considered a worse and more evil President than Richard M. Nixon, but good old Georgie has won a spot in that elite circle of nightmare Presidents who threaten our country's very fiber and existence.
Nixon lied and covered-up what amounted to white collar crimes. Bush and his bastard clan lied and have killed almost 2000 Americans, injured close to 20,000 more, killed 10's of thousands of Iraqis and maimed who knows how many more all based on lies.
The paper argument that Bush went with the intelligence at the time, or that Clinton agreed with the intelligence is part of the cover up. Clinton never planned on invading and conquering Iraq, nor did anyone else except Georgie and his posse. As I wrote yesterday, Harry Truman's most famous quote is "The Buck Stops Here". Too bad Bush is too much of a sniveling swine to accept this most sacred responsibility. He's such a lowlife that he refuses to own up to his decisions, he PASSES THE BUCK, he doesn't STOP THE BUCK.
