Scotty WH Daily Press Briefing to begin at 12:15 eastern!

[soothsayer]

An actual heads up on www.whitehouse.gov

[Kadie]

1. kick

[soothsayer]

2. Link is up!

Just that horrid high pitched tone now (12:15)

[soothsayer]

3. stupid placeholder says it's scheduled to begin at 12:00, lol

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Will anyone have the balls to ask him about what Novak said?

:bounce: Helen??? David Gregory??? :bounce:

[Seedersandleechers]

5. Please update-I can't ever get that video to play

[soothsayer]

7. nothing yet. try cspan for their video feed?

[soothsayer]

6. Oh, yes, someone will, but he already said

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1408997

W.House takes issue with Novak on CIA leak claim

Dec 15, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House took issue on Thursday with a claim by syndicated columnist Robert Novak that President George W. Bush knows who the source is who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

"I don't know what he's basing it on," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan, declining to comment further.

Novak said Tuesday the public and the news media should be asking Bush about the source rather than reporters who received the information.

"I'm confident the president knows who the source is," Novak told a luncheon in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to the Raleigh News & Observer. "I'd be amazed if he doesn't."

[stop the bleeding]

8. mine won't connect anyone else's connected yet?

[Spazito]

9. Nope, nothing yet, Snotty Scottie is late as usual it seems n/t

[soothsayer]

10. you mean that high pitched whine isn't him?

[Spazito]

11. ROFL, hmmm, you may be right, it hard to tell which whine is him

but we can be sure there WILL be whine!

[Jeanette in FL]

12. CNN carrying it now

Scotty just introduced Chertoff.

[soothsayer]

13. can't see it online, but am watching cnn now. Katrina rebuilding.

Don Powell, gulf coast rebuilding director.

completion date of june 1 next year.

fix breeches
fix the way it's built
make 'em taller
armor with concrete and stone
close 3 interior canals
provide state of the art pumping systems

[jaxx]

18. Ain't it a hoot?

The big election today and they are tooting their fog horns on NO. Gawd they are getting to be so predictable in their constant spin.

[stop the bleeding]

14. THIS SUX - everyday the damn WH feed does not work

WTF

[soothsayer]

16. either it's on purpose, or more of their sheer incompetence

[soothsayer]

15. nagin on now. thanking everyone.

[stop the bleeding]

17. thanx for the updates

[Spazito]

20. Okay, did I miss something like Nagin actually accepting a REAL

cheque that would make today's promises any more realistic than the broken promises from previous news conferences? Hasn't Nagin thanked them before only to find out that promises made by the bush admin don't amount to a hill of REAL beans?

[Bumblebee]

19. NY Times has a live feed -- go to their home page, right side

http://www.nytimes.com/

LIVE VIDEO
White House Briefing
A $3.1 billion plan

[stop the bleeding]

21. thank you --- just in time for Snotty

[Spazito]

22. It is also on CSPAN3 now

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[soothsayer]

23. talking about how good the patriot act is and how vital it is to

reauthorize now. provisions expire at end of month (yay!) but as pretzeldent said, terra-ist threats never expire

[soothsayer]

24. we don't torture. torture is already banned. are having good

discussions with mccain, working closely, make sure we have a legal framework in place to address detentions and interrogations to make sure we have the tools necessary to deal with terra

[soothsayer]

25. Q about some pentagon activity re: calling peaceful antiwar

protestors as a threat. is this right?

a. don't know all the facts, i'm looking into it, pentagon looking into it, will address, talk to them

[soothsayer]

26. q. prez told brit hume tom delay is not guilty, and THAT is an on-

going investigation, so what does he think of scooter?

A. our policy is not to respond

[Spazito]

27. Good, nailed on bush commenting on Delay yet refusing to

comment on Libby investigation! Love it!

[stop the bleeding]

29. what a dick snotty is n/t

[Spazito]

30. LOL, yep, he knows they have bush dead to rights about the

hypocrisy so he is doing the snotty thing he does. The press are NOT letting him go on this, WTG guys!

GO DAVID!! Gregory is hammering away!

[soothsayer]

28. we have a policy in place regarding the FITZGERALD investigation

now

[stop the bleeding]

31. We're supposed to buy that? -- awesome!!!

[soothsayer]

32. A. prez was answering a question directly re: delay. q. isn't it

wrong for a prez to pre-judge a criminal matter?

A. well fitz investigation possibly involves wh staff

Q. how come he can weigh in on some and not others?

A. how can you say there are differences between the two? there are no differences? he's happy to weigh in with a political ally who he needs to get work done

[soothsayer]

33. q. novak says to ask prezzy who leaked, so was it ethical to

change the grounds re: dismissal over anyone who leaked?

A. our policy has not changed on this

[Spazito]

34. Damn, Scottie you forgot the key talking points!

Saddamists, remember Saddamists! roflmao

[soothsayer]

35. q. re: troop levels. a. re: democracy, elections in iraq, and then

we can expect the terra-ists will spread fear and violence and they can't defeat us, can only shake our will, but they won't. iraqi people defeat them every tiime they go to the polls. troop levels will go down a bit after the elections. we'll look to our commanders for decisions. not politicians in DC. victory is making sure iraq is not threatened by terra and saddam loyalists, that iraq can defend itself, and terra-ist proof

[soothsayer]

36. progress being made on all those fronts. going to the polls helps

iraq defeat the terra-ists, get stronger, defend itself, or something

[soothsayer]

37. And he's gone!

[stop the bleeding]

38. that was fast n/t