Lil' Scottie comin' up LIVE in a few

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Right now there's a darkened screen with background chatter, which means this should be happening soon.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.v.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

[MADem]

1. I see a brother at the podium

They oughta make him the Press Sec--we might hear some truth!

He is doing sound checks!!!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. A reporter just told one of the crew he's "doin' a heck of a job..."

:evilgrin:

The guy grinned and said "Thank you, coming from you that really means a lot..."

[Rose Siding]

3. How can you tell? Do they publish a schedule?

The presser threads always take me by surprise, but today I was looking on the WH site and didn't see a schedule.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. They usually run the following on the W.H. front page:

Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
Press BriefingWatch the Press Briefing LIVE with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Click here to watch.

[Rose Siding]

6. Ok, thanks

:hi:

[soothsayer]

25. I swear I looked there at noon and didn't see it, now at 1 it's over

ARe they trying to hide, hee hee!

I missed it, so I guess it's a good tactic.

[otohara]

5. Dali Lama to Meet w/ Bush Again

what a waste of Dali Lama, why does he keep doing it?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. "Chalabi welcomed at the highest levels..."

Scotty: "We believe it's important to work closely with the Iraqi people and their leaders"...

Reporter: Here is a fella the Pentagon embraced, and a year later couldn't get far enough away from...

Scotty: It's not up to us to pick the leaders of Iraq...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. Boy, does he look beaten down. n/t

MKJ

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. "Was Chalabi right or wrong?"

McClellan: "The president thinks it was right to remove Saddam Hussein's regeime from power and that's exactly what he did"

[otohara]

10. Re: Chalibi Meeting w/ Cheney

saying Iraq is a sovereign nation, leaders can meet with whom-ever...funny they didn't consider Iraq sovereign nation before invasion

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

11. HAHAHAHA...David Gregory saying Scotty's in denial...

about gwb's dismal polling numbers. MKJ

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

13. Scottie's DANCING...DANCE, little Scottie..DANCE!

:evilgrin:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

12. "The President looks forward to campaigning for those who...

...share his compassionate conservative agenda and want to keep America strong and safe..."

"Polls are snapshots in time. The president is a strong leader who addresses big challenges."

REPORTER: The president is not a drag on the Republican party?

McClellan: It's WAY too early to get into the 2006 elections.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. Will the president require reinvestment of oil co's profits?

A: The president will URGE the co's to reinvest their profits.

MKJ

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

15. "We have to continue to offer a positive and hopeful agenda..."

Dr. McClellan's prescription for a GOP win in 2006.

MY prescription?

MORE COWBELL!

:evilgrin:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

16. LOL, you beat me to it...I was waiting for the laugh track on that comment

MKJ

edited to add More cowbell! :rofl:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. Was he disappointed in Kilgore's loss?

"He congratulated the winners."

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

19. Scottie: c'mon, Look at the fact...the lt. governor is a repub, so there.

MKJ

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. "The Democratic Party has no agenda and vision to offer...

...the American people at the national level. The election was decided on state and local issues"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

20. "The president believes leaking of classified info's a very serious matter

:spray:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

23. I thought you were starting a drinking game with the "serious matter" and

"ongoing investigation".
:toast: MKJ

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

21. "Ongoing Investigation," presumption of Libby's innocence...

...Scotty WILL NOT address the ethics issue because he says it's in "the context of an ongoing investigation"...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

22. Scottie just got punked into letting a reporter read from the ethics code,

When Scottie tried to tell her that the other reporters wanted to speak and that anyone could read the section on the website, the other journalists essentially said, "it's OK, let her read it."

Fun stuff! MKJ

[radio4progressives]

24. caught a few seconds on C-Span - Scotty Just Committed an Ethical Wrong

Scotty just crossed a line I do not recall any WH Press Spokes person do in the past. Not even in this administration.

Please Check me on this:

When did this or any other WH press person in the past ever before today, stoop to direct negative partison smears, denigrating the the minority Party?

Paraphrasing, using the usual WH talking points that is generally relegated to their favorite radio and tv shock jocks, Scotty made statements to the effect the Democratic Party has no vision, has not done anything positive for the American people etc, has not brought forward a positive plan for the war in Iraq. In effect, engaging in partisan smear ampaigns from the white house.

I have my critisims of the DP to be sure. And I hash that out among party members in order to try and pursuade action, vision in the direction I believe the party should go...

but that's discussion between us on this board, with the dp rank and file or in person meetings, conferences, letters to my reps, telephone calls and so on.

But the white house is supposed to be representing the AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Now, if anyone knows if some sort action that can be called to censure Scotty, either by the press or by Congress, etc.. I'd like to know.

And if this has happened before, I'm not talking about the ordinary politicking from the podium, I'm talking about direct denigration, I'd like to know and I'd like to know if any action can be taken to account for Scotty's actions in this regard.

[soothsayer]

26. hmm, good point!

[myrna minx]

27. Well, the other week, he implied that Helen Thomas was

pro-terrorist and when he was called on it by another reporter, he lied about something that happened *a minute* beforehand. Scotty is definitely ethically challenged.

On edit: Link
http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001305789

This is a jaw dropper!

[SpiralHawk]

28. Represent all the American people

excellent point radio4, and one we all need to be reminded of.

The White House and Congress and the Supreme Court work for all of the American people -- they are not there to support one narrow PARTY OF SPECIAL INTERESTS.

[Catfight]

29. Scotty's just an echo chamber to Bush who is the real partisan monger.

Bush drew the line in the sand with Alito. Anyone that thinks he is compassionate, conservative, moderate, and 'regular' is mentally challenged. Bush is so far right that America looks like Germany in the Hitler years.

[Loonman]

30. True

I'm getting on the phone and email to Harry "Mad Dog" Reid about this, he needs to call these bozos up on the carpet over this.