Official Post Speech Spin Thread?

[Armstead]

Any comments from the Presstitudes about the speech?

[Armstead]

1. David Grergory doing a good job of deconstructing speech

Saying it is a political speech, and the difficulty of Bush in convincing the nation.

Also said speech is basically nothing new.

[goclark]

4. I'll believe David Gregory! nt

[Armstead]

5. Jeff Greenfield cites 52 year old grandfather being called up

"Things like that tend to undercut the most carefully crafted speech."

[berner59]

6. Greenfield on CNN not buying speech...

Said that when Bush said he'll send more troops if Generals ask for them was a lie since most Generals know Rummy won't allow that and their jobs are in danger if they ask...wow...

[pdxmom]

2. David Gregory is outright saying this is a spin job. Nothing new.

Basically says he's desperately trying to grasp at straws.

[mtnester]

3. New bingo word - Saddamists

[Tamarin]

11. and, Rejectionists. n/t

[mtnester]

19. Yep...insurgent regulated to oblivion from the Newspeak dictionary

oh wait, that is the word they will substitute for protester, so wait for it to re-appear with a new definition

[mtnester]

7. So, now what do we do about Joe Lieberman?

Does he need some "direction" from the DNC or not? Do we flood his office with "thanks alot Joe" email?

[Armstead]

8. Tweetster asking if Bush's planned Iraqi aid bill as a "mousetrap"

for the Dems.

[Armstead]

10. Ben Nelson speaking for the Dems on CNN

Gee maybe they ought to get Chaffee to speak for the GOP to make it balanced.

[babylonsister]

9. Gregory: He's not operating from a position of strength.

Support for war has fallen, thus this bogus bullshit speech. (Edit to add, that last was my opinion)

[berner59]

13. Fox staying clear of post speech spin...

They are talking Tim McGraw... Guess no one has anything good to say??

[babylonsister]

21. Wow. I wonder why? nt

[Armstead]

12. Miles O'Brien says some Democrats want to "cut and run"

Whotta whore.

[Armstead]

17. WaPo's Dana Priest

"Speech will probably make a little difference. But stories about Iraqis who want Americans to withdraw counteract that."

(Slightly paraphrased.)

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Senator Ben Nelson (D.) is positive about the speech on CNN --

He was the first non-CNN person to come on the air. He has no criticism whatsoever about Shrub, the speech, or the Iraq war effort.

[hatrack]

15. Just put an "R" after your name, Ben, and have done with it

Who gives a shit - he votes with the Pukes about 85% of the time anyway.

[DeepModem Mom]

18. Damn CNN for choosing him. He was just asked...

if there was anything he wanted to hear that he didn't hear, and he said something about "metrics."

[pdxmom]

16. Miles O'Brian and Greenfield both are trying to push him. Asking

him some semi-tough questions, and Miles was cutting him off from speechifying.

[DeepModem Mom]

20. Exactly. They thought a Democrat would give them some interesting...

comments, some response from the opposition party.