Please keep us cube rats informed about the press conference.

[MikeG]

[ballcap1776]

1. I prefer the term

Corporate prairie dog. :-P

[skylarmae]

2. Oh wait, here it is, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah.........

and more Blah, Blah, .... and on and on.

[displacedtexan]

3. Press pod people are taking their seats now.

They know they have the power to make or break this story.

We'll just have to wait and see how the press handles it.

[JuniorPlankton]

4. what story?

What's going on?

[Mizmoon]

5. The pentagon is supposedly going to bring out

the soldier that took all 380 tons of explosives.

Only took the guy 5 days to remember it. Ha!

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Since it's a press conference I hope the reporters hammer him on it. n/t

[Clinton Crusader]

6. MSNBC showing IAEA seals still on buildings as soldiers arrive...

No presser yet...

:kick:

[Clinton Crusader]

8. Here we go...

:kick:

[Mizmoon]

9. ugh ... what's happening?!?

Tell us please please please ...

[Hello_Kitty]

10. Soldier claiming that there were weapons 'all over the place'

So even if what this freeper mouthpiece is saying is true, this means that we went to war with Iraq under the impression that it would be a cakewalk with little resistance. If there were weapons all over the place that clearly wasn't the case and they lied to the American people. Or they didn't really know what was out there and are thus, supremely incompetent. Anyway you look at it they suck. I hope that's how the public sees it.

[Clinton Crusader]

11. 'apparentmovement when Hussein was in control'

Talking about what they've DESTROYED

:kick:

[Mizmoon]

12. is it a "low level" soldier?

An average "grunt"?

[Clinton Crusader]

22. fuck no. MAJOR Pearson

:kick:

[RafterMan]

30. Colonel Pearson

by tomorrow

On second thought...Private Pearson?

[BeyondGeography]

13. They're trying to softpedal this story

Pentagon spokesman is going on and on about all the ammunition they've destroyed. Al Qa Qaa represents "1/1000th of what we have destroyed..."

[nolabels]

46. Well there then, that was an understatement, wasn't it ?

:shrug:

[annabanana]

14. this mouthpiece is babbling!

It reminds me of "it's an exploration, You don't know what you'll find... will the stars twinkle"

[Clinton Crusader]

15. in the last day or so...

we learned the facility was heavily secured, US met by Iraqi forces (????).

Bottom line of this so far is US moved them

:kick:

[Clinton Crusader]

16. there'll be more come out about this....

1/1000th of the weaponry (geez louise)

Soldier on now.

[annabanana]

17. yeah..they're making it up as fast as they can.....

give 'em a break for crying out loud

[MikeG]

18. Its on CSpan2

[gauguin57]

19. Are they saying anything about the discrepancy in dates?

He says he destroyed weapons April 13, the video showed weapons there on April 18?

[Clinton Crusader]

21. not yet. he's showing on a map where he was

:kick:

[Clinton Crusader]

20. He saw NBC report on missing stuff and

last night got a call from Pentagon, to tell them what he knew.

24th ordinance co., assist brigade clearing captured enemy ammunition. Showing the area he cleared on map.

:kick:

[Clinton Crusader]

23. did he say it was all destroyed in JUNE??

His unit removed 250 tons.....

:kick:

[displacedtexan]

25. He said that facility was consumed by fire in June, 2003.

Will they ask about the rest of the tons of explosive crap?

[Uzybone]

24. you are not missing much

in fact the Major said nothing apart from saying he THINKS they removed some ammo.

[displacedtexan]

29. If it takes the Pentagon a week to answer a simple question...

they obviously either don't have a clue or they don't give a damn about what's going on over there.

[annabanana]

26. that's it?.........the babbler is back on........

lets see if the date is questioned.......

[Emboldened Chimp]

27. I can't stop fucking laughing...this is SO PATHETIC

This is the worst spin job I have EVER seen....

[Clinton Crusader]

28. in a wrap up..

COnfusion about report, need to clarify, no one's fault (rolls eyes), again about what they've destroyed, Major Pearson unit and other units destroyed ammo, priorities--take down Hussein, minimize casualties and find ammo.

:kick:

[chuckhoward]

32. Ammo???

...and not explosives??? WTF? The explosives were discovered missing on May 27, 2003. A fire in June would be irrelevant. 250 tons??? If that's 250 tons of explosives, then 120 tons are still unaccounted for.

[dennis4868]

53. When did the soldier remove....

the explosives? April 13? Remember the MINNESOTA VIDEO is from April 18.

[displacedtexan]

34. Press sniffing blood in the water.

Want the Major to answer their questions, not DiRita!

[Clinton Crusader]

36. RIGHT! haha!!

'that's not what the major said'
:kick:

[Born_A_Truman]

38. Didn't see any IAEA seals and wasn't looking for them

Duh!

[BeyondGeography]

31. Question time; what kind of weapons were actually removed?

They can't actually say!

[Clinton Crusader]

33. babbler cutting off press questions...

this is fucking SAD.

Asking about video!
:kick:

[displacedtexan]

44. If this weren't so sad, I'd laugh out loud!

Barbara Starr (aka Tootsie) is redeeming herself after many years of whoring for the rightwing Pentagon!

[annabanana]

35. I'm beginning to feel sorry for this soldier

the 'spinmeister' keeps interrupting him.
They are using this poor straightforward guy..... He's telling what he saw and the babbler is trying to make it more than it is.........

[BeyondGeography]

47. How could they let this poor guy hang out there like that?

He's just a Major, for crying out loud.

[noamnety]

37. When he goes off story

The other guy (sorry, I tuned in late) cuts in to interrupt and follow the talking point.

Reporter: Did you see the video?
Officer: No, I did not-
Other dude: He saw the photos. He did.

etc.

[troublemaker]

they are not getting away with it - the press understands it's bogus

[troublemaker]

45. press incredulity as to why this major hasn't been shown the video

[derbstyron]

39. Go media whores!!!

I smell blood in the water!!

[Born_A_Truman]

48. Didn't see the video

They didn't even show him the video!

[BeyondGeography]

40. Do you remember seeing the IAEA seal?

Soldier: No!

Pentagon flack: "Some of these are good questions that WE'RE still trying to understand...."

This press conference was a bad idea (great for US though).

[Hamlette]

41. this poor soilder

I think they are offering him up

He didn't see the IAEA seals.

The press is asking hard questions.

Keep saying "we're trying to understand this now"

Has anyone seen this Pentagon spokesman before? Never seen him.

[RafterMan]

42. The good part is

the press doesn't seem to be doing their usual swallowing act

[Clinton Crusader]

43. oh shit, now they dont know what the IAEA said! LMAO!

Oh just fuck off, this is pathetic! Is it the Russians? Insurgents? US soldiers? Jimmy Hoffa? Aliens???

:kick:

[displacedtexan]

50. Larry DiRita looks scared.

As well he should.

He's flying blind.

[Born_A_Truman]

56. Pentagon guy gets it: Press wants facts!

Admits Pentagon doesn't know!

This is scary. What if there were WMD's?

[nolabels]

68. Don't worry, Batman will save us from the Aliens

:thumbsup:

[Hamlette]

49. says he had 9 vehicles and the weapons were boxed up in wooden boxes

who boxed it up? He's done the math, that's odd. He knows how many tons per truck.

We did it in about a day. This was not that significan of an operation. Not many civilians in the area "and if there were" they were respectful of us (soilders).

This story might fall apart. They seems to be saying if the insurgents had stolen it, we would have noticed but the military didn't notice that this major did it.

[Clinton Crusader]

51. wasnt that significant of an operation?? hello???

he didnt say that, did he say that???

he's saying he moved 250 tons. Press asking was that THE IAEA material?

He doesnt know!

Babbler jumps in again!

Tearing up Im laughing so hard...
:kick:

[noamnety]

52. just getting worse

Now they admit they have no clue if the ammo he removed is or isn't the ammo that was missing, or if it's unrelated.

They don't seem to know anything. Why are we having a press conference?

[Goldmund]

54. Even the Freeps are realizing this is a disaster:

"Reporters are ripping-out the throats of Pentagon spokesman, Army Major on scene. There is not even a pretense of fairness from the press. They are tearing-into the spokesmen purely to help Kerry. Major reports that his unit removed about 200 tons of HE. Reporters are harshly demanding proof that any of this was part of the "missing explosives." DOD guy notes that there may be no more than 3 tons missing. Reporters, in turn, rip into both men, claiming that none of this explosive the Major removed is any of the "400 missing tons."
This news conference is turning into another bad day for Bush. Major says he is not qualified to say whether the ammo he removed is HMX or RDX. Why did they bring him to the conference in the first place? This is ugly and gives Kerry more film to use against Bush. WFT?"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1261444/posts?q=1&&page=701

[Clinton Crusader]

59. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:
:kick:

[central scrutinizer]

67. "WFT"?

ROFMALO!!!!OLL!!! IOMH!!!

[Oreo]

55. Just started watching CSPAN2 streaming

You guys had this thing nailed. What a weasel. Let the soldier answer the questions.

[Clinton Crusader]

57. BINGO! He saw no seals, video shows SEALS!

OMG, they're gonna regret doing this, it's a sad, half assed attempt..


:kick:

[kypp]

58. He was there April 13, video taken April 18!!!

[displacedtexan]

63. DiRita admits, "We have no scenario!" BWAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!!

Barb Starr really got him off guard there!

No one asked about the Russians or the French!

[noamnety]

60. Is it normal military procedure

To move explosives without knowing what they are?

[deutsey]

61. Send update to Al Franken

His Dittohead friend is referring to press conference and Al isn't aware of what he's talking about.

[BeyondGeography]

62. Barbara Starr nailing Rumsfeld

for saying 24 hours ago that he believed the material had already been removed.

Pent-a-flack says he "hasn't seen the transcript" of what Rumsfeld said (even though he was there when he said it).

If this were a fight, they'd stop it.

In fact, they just did.

[Clinton Crusader]

64. Lets' see the MSNBC spin...

Go Sam Shane! Soldier was there 4/13, video shows seals intact 4/18!!!!!!



:kick:

[Catfight]

69. FAUX viewers wait for any thoughts until the spin comes out to tell them

what to believe. How pathetic and American, I blame our education system for allowing dumbasses to live in America.

[Clinton Crusader]

65. IAEA aint buyin' it! MSNBC

Not the same explosives! Didnt address the IAEA explosives. LOVE IT!

Verdict in. Bullshit presser, they have no fucking IDEA where this stuff is and they're on their fourth explanation!

ding ding ding! And the winner by TKO is the press.

:kick:

[BeyondGeography]

66. Barbara Starr: This story gets more confusing day-by-day

Now talking with Wolf.

Said Major isn't able to tell us if any of the material seized was the IAEA material that was under seal.