Bush Speaks Tonight From Fort Bragg- Oooh-Rah!

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President Bush is scheduled to address us this evening from Fort Bragg, NC. With the military backdrop and soldiers surrounding him, I can hardly wait to hear what he has to say.

I'm opening this thread to discuss what he is expected to say, and afterwards, what he actually said.

Since we have a few hours until the pundits start telling us what to think and expect, we can talk about this while we wait...

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Think we'll get any of the above questions answered tonight?

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good night to rent a movie IMHO

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The Betting Lines are in

OVER/UNDER - 10
How many times will GW say.."THIS IS HARD WORK"

OVER/UNDER - 4

Number of times GW refers to EVIL DOERS

OVER/UNDER - 6

Number of times GW says .."STAY THE COURSE"

OVER/UNDER - 3

Number of times GW says "STAY TIOLL THE JOB IS DONE"

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Wish I was a betting woman. Very Happy

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Ever wonder why he says, "This is hard work" so often? You know the co-workers who always tell you how hard they're working? They tend not to be the biggest producers, but they sure want you to think so!

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What about the phrase "those that hate freedom."

In any event I am with BVT, only I am going to read a nice big juicy Johanna Lindsey novel instead.

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I hope we can expect to hear nothing from either of you regarding Bush's speech tomorrow then.

I am interested to see what he has to say.

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It can be safely assumed that the speech is a PR effort to rekindle support for Operation Iraqi Freedom on the first anniversary of the "handoff" to our Iraqis.

Reagan was able to pull off these non-newsworthy appearances, but Bush, much as he'd like to, can't match the showmanship...

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it's interesting that bush rarely, if ever, just sits at the oval office desk and speaks to the nation.

i expect it will be another big karl rove production. tons of flags, adoring troops, huge outbreaks of appreciative applause (right on cue). if it's anything like the previous photo-ops you'll hear the cheerleaders giving cue-up claps and punctuated "yeah!"s and whooops.

probably tivo it and watch it with the missus. she gets great amusement from watching me yell at the t.v.
Very Happy

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With all the bashing our troops are taking from the elite crowd, it will be a good moral booster for the troops to see the Cmdr in Chief.

I may joke about "overs and unders" but it is important for the troops and the nation. This is a critical point in the process and I will be interested to hear what he will say.

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McGentrix wrote:

I hope we can expect to hear nothing from either of you regarding Bush's speech tomorrow then.

I am interested to see what he has to say.

Ever hear of transcripts, much more reliable.

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woiyo wrote:

With all the bashing our troops are taking from the elite crowd, it will be a good moral booster for the troops to see the Cmdr in Chief.

I may joke about "overs and unders" but it is important for the troops and the nation. This is a critical point in the process and I will be interested to hear what he will say.

i keep hearing and reading this, but i never really seem to hear anyone bash the troops. nobody i know does.

i know and hear plenty of people bash bush, but that's not bashing the troops.

don't you think that a better moral booster would be getting the troops the stuff they need and having enough guys to get the job done properly so they can get the hell out of the stinkin' desert ?

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I am sure the troops would agree that a realistic exit strategy would sure be nice to hear.

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McGentrix wrote:

I hope we can expect to hear nothing from either of you regarding Bush's speech tomorrow then.

I am interested to see what he has to say.

Abandon hope Captain Underpants, or stop provoking me. You're a slow learner. Laughing

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ebrown_p wrote:

I am sure the troops would agree that a realistic exit strategy would sure be nice to hear.

I'm not expecting to hear an exit strategy any time soon. After all we still have troops in Germany and S. Korea. Those wars were over 50 years ago.

We still have troops in Bosnia and that was in the late 90's. Is it only ok to have troops were you approve?

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Who is bashing the troops? I have relatives in Iraq (medical, non-military) and they tell me the troops are bashing Bush. They don't say it to the cameras out of respect for the office, but behind the scenes there is a lot of anger and resentment about being thrown over there without good cause.

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Green Witch wrote:

...but behind the scenes there is a lot of anger and resentment about being thrown over there without good cause.

Whether it was a correct judgement or not, the "cause," as has been often stated by Bush, was deep concern about what would happen should Hussein be secretly continuing with WMD development. Even if you don't agree with Bush's calculus on the subject, it was out of concern for our safety.

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Brandon9000 wrote:

Green Witch wrote:
...but behind the scenes there is a lot of anger and resentment about being thrown over there without good cause.

Whether it was a correct judgement or not, the "cause," as has been often stated by Bush, was deep concern about what would happen should Hussein be secretly continuing with WMD development. Even if you don't agree with Bush's calculus on the subject, it was out of concern for our safety.

Nup. I suspect the troops have worked out the REAL reason they're there and they don't like it.

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So is anyone looking for Osama bin Laden these days?

The leader of the guys that actually attacked the U.S., remember him?

Any mention of the OBL search in the speech tonight?

Nothing in the transcripts.

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blueveinedthrobber wrote:

McGentrix wrote:
I hope we can expect to hear nothing from either of you regarding Bush's speech tomorrow then.

I am interested to see what he has to say.

Abandon hope Captain Underpants, or stop provoking me. You're a slow learner.

Grow up.

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