Bush 7/30 News Conference Transcript

[Liberal_Andy]

Sorry if this is dupe.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2160-2003Jul30.html

[MrBenchley]

Reads like its out of the Onion....

"I remember on our TV screens--I'm not suggesting which network did this, but it said: ``March to war,'' every day from last summer until the spring: ``March to war, march to war, march.'' That's not a very conducive environment for people to take risks when they hear ``march to war'' all the time. "
So 242 Americans have died because the networks told him to go to war?

[MrBenchley]

Reads like its out of the Onion....

"I remember on our TV screens--I'm not suggesting which network did this, but it said: ``March to war,'' every day from last summer until the spring: ``March to war, march to war, march.'' That's not a very conducive environment for people to take risks when they hear ``march to war'' all the time. "
So 242 Americans have died because the networks told him to go to war?

[MrBenchley]

1. Reads like its out of the Onion....

"I remember on our TV screens--I'm not suggesting which network did this, but it said: ``March to war,'' every day from last summer until the spring: ``March to war, march to war, march.'' That's not a very conducive environment for people to take risks when they hear ``march to war'' all the time. "
So 242 Americans have died because the networks told him to go to war?

[linazelle]

2. The following quote brought up a mental picture for me

"We're dismantling the operating decision-makers.

We've got more to do. And the American people need to know we're not stopping. We've got better intelligence gathering, better intelligence sharing. And we're on the hunt. And we will stay on the hunt.

The threat that you asked about reminds us that we need to be on the hunt because the war on terror goes on."


Can't you just picture Rove coaching him for this?

"OK...when they ask about Al Qaeda think 'HUNT!!'"...
"Just keep focusing on the word 'hunt' and flesh out everything else around that thought."

It's so obvious.