Bush's Tuesday night address to have him surrounded by troops.

[Pirate Smile]

That is what they just said on CNN.

Another photo-op broadcast on all the networks during Prime Time. Will there be a banner saying Mission Not Accomplished? I doubt it.

Bush to address Americans from Fort Bragg

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will deliver a major address to U.S. troops and the nation about Iraq on Tuesday night from the U.S. military base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the White House said.

-snip-
McClellan said the speech would be delivered at 8 p.m., and that the White House has asked U.S. television networks to air the address live.

Bush is expected to use the prime time speech to outline his strategy in Iraq amid increasing public doubts about the war.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050624/pl_nm/iraq_bush_speech_dc_4

[DeepModem Mom]

1. I hope this backfires big-time; I hope the press does its job for once...

and places this speech in the context of falling poll numbers for both W and the war, and the desperation the speech comes out of. And pointing out the use of our troops as political props, I suppose, would be far too much to ask.

[MidwestTransplant]

5. I think it will. Getting the troops to hoot an hollar will just make it

look staged. Then he will seem even more out of touch.

[Pirate Smile]

6. I'm so sick of him using our troops as props while behind the scenes

they undercut them in a million ways. It is just disgusting.

Will he get to wear a dress up costume to look like a "real" soldier? Just the jacket, the entire flight suit?

[Skittles]

2. he sends them off to die based on a pack of lies

using them as a photo-op is second nature

[Kraklen]

3. I'm reminded of that Christopher Walken movie.

[Lerkfish]

14. you're going to have to be more specific...

I can think of several that fit the bill..

The monster within
Prophecy
Suicide Kings
Communion
Biloxi Blues


:)

[Kraklen]

19. Prophecy, I guess.

The one where the politician grabs a baby and uses it as a human shield.

[Lerkfish]

21. you mean "Dead Zone"?

the politician is Martin Sheen, right?

if so, that's dead zone.

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[Lerkfish]

37. nope, that's Dead Zone....

wasn't Walken's kid, it was the son of a rich guy he was tutoring. since his accident with a milk truck, where he was in a coma for several years, he woke up but in need of physical rehabilitation. While in the hospital, he discovered his ability to see the future by touching someone.
when he saw the kid drown during a hockey game BUT convinces the kid not to go, therefore he knows he can influence the future.
Then he shakes Greg Stillson's hand during a rally (coincidentally his former girlfriend and her husband are campaigning for Stillson), he sees the future of the end of all humanity because of this one politician.

It's based on a Stephen King novel, and it does make several plot changes. for example, in the book, its not a hockey game but a high school graduation at a fancy restaurant that burns down, killing everyone inside.

Prophecy (which I have not seen so I'm sketchy on) is about a being (Walken) who might be demon or angel who is trying to prevent/start armageddon and the endtimes.

[Lerkfish]

41. odd. why was this deleted?

as I recall there was nothing remotely objectionable about it. the poster was merely describing a scene from "Dead Zone" and confused about the title..

:shrug:

[AzDar]

22. " The Dead Zone"....I think about it ALL the time these days...Stephen

King was spot-on when he wrote this one; he also came out VERY strongly against Bush in the last "election".

[Larkspur]

4. So he's going to waste an hour regurgitating

"Freedom is on the march" and there are no timelines for withdrawal?

What a waste of air time! I hope it backfires on him BIG TIME.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

7. WHORE! WHORE! WHORE!!!!!!!!!!

Will they also show the flag-draped coffins of the returning slaughtered?

I'll be busy having a seizure and won't be able to watch.


:grr:

[rkc3]

Who gets to give the rebuttal from the Democratic side?

I really don't care who it is as long as they bring a pair with them and slap bush in the face with them. It would be nice to point out how this is no more than a stunt to prop up his numbers and put lipstick on a pig.

[LSparkle]

8. Can he FORCE networks to carry this?

What about the "magic of the marketplace"? What's on Tuesday night at 8PM? Might the networks find that programming more interesting to the public (and therefore more profitable for them) than yet more mind-numbing drivel from this guy? Considering that the cable "news" networks cover his every fart during the day, his commandeering of network primetime is starting to feel like "State-sponsored media".

[Chichiri]

16. Yes, I believe he can

Since the FCC is of the opinion that the government, not the public, owns the airwaves.

[barb162]

17. the networks love him; they're in it together, they wash each other's

hands

[LynnTheDem]

9. Apx. one-third of all enlisted troops are republicans.

And as enlisteds are apx 85% of the entire US military, it's no problem finding republican troops to stand with bush for bush's political photo-ops.

Unfortunately, rightwing soldiers are just as dumb, ignorant and plain stupid as rightwing civilians.

[DemBeans]

10. he just makes my fucking skin crawl

This deplorable little coward, who would have wet his pants if he'd gotten within a thousand miles of Vietnam, tries to leech off the courage and sacrifice of our troops in some sick attempt at transference.

I'm SICK of this. It's a shame we can't form a human chain around Ft. Bragg to keep this bastard from ever, ever, ever again exploiting their bravery and trying to make it his own. What a goddamn phony.

[earthboundmisfit]

11. I think it would be better if the address was made from Walter Reed.

Have the injured soldiers that have returned from hell (and are getting benefits cut, by the way) as a backdrop.

[Pirate Smile]

27. or Arlington National Cemetery.

[stanwyck]

12. More appropriate to have troops

currently serving in Iraq behind him.
Now that would be a real photo op.

[Lerkfish]

13. don't worry, he'll be distracting us from the new Abu ghraib photos by...

...by creating a naked human pyramid of soldiers and then jumping on top, yelling "I intend to diassemble this pyramid, one by one and using my mandate to deflower all of you! Now watch this drive"

[barb162]

15. another way of wrapping himself in the flag

I would love it if the troops booed him on national TV. Let's face it, he's screwing them royally on benefits, pay, medical treatment, besides, of course, sending them to Iraq to get killed.

[FlemingsGhost]

18. What does it mean to "frag" someone?

That's a military term, right?

[Bouncy Ball]

20. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!! I think this will be GREAT!!!! It'll just remind people of his little "mission accomplished" (LOL) talk surrounded by members of the US Navy. And THAT is not something he wants to be reminding people of!

Also, bush is such a horrific public speaker (hell, he's a horrific speaker, period) he sounds like he hasn't even mastered his native language. Which means we are gauranteed several fuck-ups in his speech. Maybe even some great ones like how "we never stop thinking about how to harm our people."

:rofl:

Really, he should give these speeches more often. I say have him in front of the cameras every fucking day.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. I'm sure he'll be plenty pumped with all those soldiers to back

him. :puke: He'll feel embolden by their presence. :puke: And the Corporate News readers will tell us what a great and popular war pResident he is and what a strong and decisive leader he is. :puke: I won't be watching the smirking coward hide behind the troops he sent to die for his lies and greed.

[Bouncy Ball]

36. You think he won't fuck up more than once?

No way. He fucks up every time he opens his mouth. That alone will be rich.

[Kurovski]

23. Surronded by troops and the darkening storm

of his administration's own insanity.

[newportdadde]

24. I'm all for it. When he gives a speech his poll numbers drop lower.

Go for it W. Crack into the 30%'s.

[librechik]

25. It's a speech, not a press conference

he talk, we listen, not talk. We all deserve to be spanked, since such a HUGE majority of us think he's doing a shitty job abd therefore we don't "get it."

What else?

[ComerPerro]

26. Wonder if he will be in Military dress?

[Generator]

28. Let me sum up so nobody needs to watch on Tuesday

"Freedom is on the march. It's hard werk. It doesn't happen overnight. We are at war because of 9/11. 9/11 changed everything. This war came to us because of 9/11. 9/11 is the reason for everything. Did I mention 9/11? We are making good progress."

Or as I like to call it make up shit, call it roses, and blame everything on 9/11.

[Kolesar]

29. "Sergeant, go around and collect all rounds"

"...within 2000 meters of this location."

[geniph]

31. Wonder if he'll wear his Johnny Jump-Up flight suit,

complete with padded codpiece, again?

:puke:

I still haven't gotten over his little sashay across the carrier's flight deck in that frigging Village People getup. Damfool claims to have been a pilot - jerk, the real pilots knew enough to unfasten the straps of their flight harnesses, not prance about with the straps going up their butt so that they walked like they had a broomstick where no broomstick should ever go.

[Jose Diablo]

38. Naw, he will be in his black uniform n/t

[EC]

33. The only reasons he does this is because they have

to be respectful and the bases are closed. The backdrop of adoring soldiers may not work anymore, it may make people even angrier....

[Lecky]

34. Are they going to be our real troops or paid actors?

I have a hard time believing anyone in the military is gung-ho about Iraq.

[Pathwalker]

35. Does this mean something will happen before then?

I'm getting worried here!

[catmandu57]

39. I wonder if this will be snarlin dick's

way of creating a new emergency. If someone lobbed an actual grenade or two, what better time to declare a national emergency and martial law?

[Rex]

40. "Hi folks, we gotta start up the draft again."

"I'm a winner!"

[applegrove]

42. He cannot stand alone. Always has to be some trusted authority nearby.

He is half a man.

[undeterred]

43. They make him feel really safe.

And they have no choice but to cheer for him. At least movie extras would get paid decently.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. oh so Hitlerian

did I say that? I will NOT apologize either...

Of course I could have said oh how NIxonian, remember Nixon did surround himself with troops too in the end