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Expect he'll say that Iraq is a lot like Korea, just a lot more Muslims. His insistance that the surge is a "success" (despite the bloodiest summer ever in Iraq) will be a tribute to the GOP's ability to fold, spindle and mutilate statistics in the face of even the most daunting reality. And despite the fact that 53% of Americans don't trust Petraeus' independence, Fearless Leader will laud him as a brilliant military strategist and take credit for bringing 30,000 troops home not because he's broken the military and that was always the plan but because he's a Real Man and a Big Winner.
Don't imagine we'll hear too much about Boehner's boner.
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NO Way. Hi Jane!
Gawd, not that time…!!!
Gentleman, Pour your kool-aid.
I knew I should have gone to the movies. D’oh!
Nor will we hear about the Sheikh’s untimely demise…!!!
Eureka Springs @ 5
hehehe.
Since I won’t be watching him, I won’t have any more of an upset stomach than I’ve already had most of the day.
There’s got to be some old movie showing that I can watch for the 51 time that will be more enjoyable. Even if there isn’t one, I’ll still watch something other.
According to the TV guide from the paper, the last hour of Down Periscope is showing on WGN. That will work if nothing else can be found. Low expectations at all times in Bush World
Remember,
1 drink for every mention of terrorism
1 drink for every mention of Progress
1 drink for every mention of freedom
Chug for any reference to 9/11.
2 drinks for “generals on the ground”
1 drink for “security is improving”
Finish the drink if Iran is mentioned.
Hope everyone has plenty of Dramamine ready, the spin is going to be intense. I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to watch before my blood pressure begins to spike and I will be forced to turn off the telly.
no drinks for aKI?
dakine01 @ 9
But, Bra, you’d have to turn of the ‘puter, you know it’ll be mentioned once or twice…!!!
i was thinking i should watch/listen tonight… but there’s no fucking way i’m going to suffer through a bush “speech” without the moral support of some firepups… thanks to all for being here.
Phule @ 10
are you sure about that last one? I may as well make an arrangement for an ambulance now.
madmommy @ 11
hi madmommy — do what I’m doing: watch the U-MD/WV game!
Phule @ 10
You’ll be dead of alcohol poisioning within minutes!
Chris Matthews with a Special Comment on KO ; )
Not ready for this speech. Where are the bad eggs and rotten fruit when you need them?
Phule @ 10
We’ll all be snockered within 5 minutes!
I guess Chris Matthews isn’t interested in having a beer with bushy anymore. All of a sudden he isn’t so flip.
Eureka Springs @ 5
Something a tad stronger, here. This is going to be painful.
Cozumel @ 18
eww
bg @ 12
Wouldn’t want to pass out too early now would we? Wait a minute…what am I saying?
Phule @ 10
No way we can consume so much, in twenty minutes…!!! ;-)
LoudounLib @ 16
Just getting ready to flip-This Old House just ended.
Fear the turtle!
Tweety says the prez has the constitution behind him in order to do what he wants to do as CIC.
fwiw, I’m working on a piece looking at the War Powers Act to debunk arguments of that sort. I’ll (hopefully) have it up tomorrow at Barry Welsh’s site.
Hooked on phonics starts any minute now.
CM making the Lucy/Charlie Brown analogy on KO!
Will the Magic be gone?
Will Bush pull a Britney?
Chris Matthews admits the critics were right all along.
Phule @ 10
Jeez louise, are you trying to kill us all with this drinking game of yours???
TheOtherWA @ 20
It might make sense if we’re not sober.
Eureka Springs @ 28
LOL. Evelyn Woodhead Speech writing class dropout.
jayt @ 27
don’t forget to link for us!
Well, I guess my neighbors are going to listen to me repeating everything he says in THAT “tone” of voice, I can’t help myself. Cannot STAND to hear the sound of him flapping his lips. I have a special sound I make when JoeLie flaps his too. Criminey. Cannot take it. Torcha!!
CTuttle @ 13
Nah, that’s the good thing about it. When it’s a movie I’ve seen multiple times, I can pretty much ignore it and just have it as background noise and just look up every now and then. No real need to pay attention.
Phule @ 33
I don’t think there’s enough alcohol in the world for that to work.
radiofreewill @ 30
Whoa, there. That is not a mental image I need, bush in a glittery black bikini.
less than a minute to go
Phule @ 10
Gonna be shit-faced in the first five minutes.
yellowsnapdragon @ 39
You forgot the lack of underwear.
I didn’t know Reed was a paratrooper
I will be sitting in rush hour traffic while y’all are watching or listening.
Don’t think there’s much doubt who has the better of this deal.
The good thing is that when Bush goes on Tee Vee lately he just pisses people off even more
I’m so sick of this president playing to fake audiences and never having an open questions & answer session.
It will be worth it to listen.(MSNBC) John Edwards will be speaking for us, I believe.
christ - the first lie(s) didn’t take long.
Oh, boy, it’s about character. This is a lot like Cheney’s victory of the will.
I always like it when they turn on the cameras a few seconds early.
Phule @ 42
Argh! I’m still trying to get the pic from T-rex’s post the other night out of my mind, and now this?!?
Bush: We have to help those who threaten Iraq’s future.
ah, the beauty of a blank television screen……..
Bush: laying the groundwork, The fledging Iraqi democracy is under attack.
EPUd Re: whether filibuster applies to Reid’s handling of the funding request:
Hugh - I could be wrong (very common), but I think that there was a procedural rule amendment in the mid to late 90s that results in the reconcilliation process being applicable to any budget related matter if it is invoked. If that is true, then my point is that means that using the stand alone treatment really does, as pow wow said, significantly weaken the Democrat’s leverage. I guess that is not a shock out of Reid anymore…
Please, please, please make a mistake and say betrayus…please…
he looks nervous.
we are seizing the initiative from the enemy and winning in Iraq…
He neglected to mention that we attacked iraq in the first place, and that’s why it’s a freaking Civil War there
He’s securing Iraqi civilians by forcing them out of the country, that is if they survive that long.
Where in the hell has Cheney been anyway?
shouldn’t iraqis have something to say about what they need?
Gawd I hate drinking alone.
Hi Pups!
Bush: Our “success” is allowing us to bring some of our troops home.
Duh–didn’t they have to come home anyway?
do you think his ears are getting bigger?
No way is this live, is it?
we are surging diplomatic and economic resources, too. Anbar Province is a success for us…
Elliott @ 59
stop bringing up those pesky facts, please.
Hugh @ 60
LS @ 56
Hehe, give him time ; )
Elliott @ 43
West Point grad as I remember.
“My fullah Amerkins, I have come to realize the error of my ways. I have no option but to do the honorable thing - I hereby resign, along with the Vice president. God bless Amurkah.”
selise @ 62
Bush is the decider, selise
Since the surge is such a success, we’re going to start bringing some troops home. We’re diplomatically surging in areas where the military mission is done. Keeping pressure on the terrorists.
How long before he dials “9/11″?
First strawman sighting at about 2:30 in.
will he mention Sheik Kaboom?
or maybe his head is shrinking?
I love when Jon Stewart imitates him.
Has he dyed his hair??!!
Anbar citizens who once were beheaded are now coming forward to tell us where the bombs are…
neurophius @ 64
Yes, but that’s another of those pseky facts that get in the way of a good fantasy.
SteveW @ 77
ouch!
Anbar Anbar Anbar. Never mind that Anbar could have gotten better a lot sooner had the US military agreed to it. But of course, he can’t tell the truth.
Local Sunni leaders told me…yeah, well now the big one is D.E.A.D., probably because he met you!
Has he dyed his hair?
And his eyebrows, yes i daresay he has.
“Iraqis used to be afraid of coming forward because they might get killed, but now they tell us where the terrorists are.”
Really? Since when? Bush is sooo pathetic.
SteveW @ 79
*gasp* He did!!!
sangemon @ 80
Close, his hair died
Anbar shows all Iraqis the way…”Where al-Queda planted its flag…” Does al-Queda have a flag?
He mentions Abu Aardvark in passing…
Phule, you forgot “extremists”. Straight shot?
Anbar is temporary and fortuitous. It was not part of the “surge”.
Just tell me when it’s over. I do have to admit that I’m so impressed with the FDLer’s that can watch.
that sounded like Betray-Us to me!
His speech has a curious sing-song quality.
…now you can get 5 rugs for $5
hard to believe this is the leader of the free world.
And then they get killed by the enemy.
Progress!
The Texas accent is missing.
did he say “Taliban” in Anbar?
for many iraqis, the quality of life is far from where it should be.
… yeah, for 2 million it’s in syria or lebanon.
I hope he reminds the American people how much this all costs every week, in tax $.
Rockefeller & Russo details: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.c.....01774.html
Hmmm.
radiofreewill @ 81
He’s fluffing Anbar and won’t mention the assassination of the sheik leader. Success in Anbar will be replicated in other parts of the country. Well, it depends on what your definition of success is.
has he resorted to that ex-cess-ive e-nun-ci-a-tion yet?
neurophius @ 96
That happens sometimes when you mix the meds wrong.
Loo Hoo. @ 92
If you wish. It might make the pain go away.
neurophius @ 98
you’re right… it is strange…
Hugh @ 96
…but, he sent 4,000 marines, into al-anbar, to replace the departing ones(shh)!!!
Rigid teleprompter reading…no deviation, no free-style…he’s still stumbling over himself from time to time…
JPL @ 93
They are due some special rewards for their selfless efforts.
RonD @ 90
and Jesus wears an Armani suit
Joseph Goebbels..
twolf1 @ 97
lol!
Body count
neurophius @ 96
there once was a man from Nantucket
Tithonia @ 101
Hey you’re right. WTF??!
ccmask @ 52
Why?
Bob in HI
punaise @ 106
yes.
“As local politics change, so will national politics”
That makes NO sence
Kommmander Guy: “Iraqis who once joined the insurgency, now join the police.”
I think these Iraqis want the free weapons, paid for by US taxpayers, and supplied to them by General Betray-us. Then they will use these weapons to kill US soldiers.
Bush is talking about all the progress of the Iraqi government. The army is making progress. Progress, progress, progress. Happy, happy, happy.
twolf1 @ 97
And I’m just so sure that the blood will wash right out without affecting the colors.
Body count, I thought we were not doing that?
he’s very over-rehearsed - sounds like he’s not even listening to what he’s reading.
Holy shit. What a lying piece of garbage.
An Iraqi government that has decided to take on the extremists…I have made it clear thgat there must be a reconciliation. Letting Baathists collect pensions. Our troops are performing brilliantly. We’ve killed 1500 Iraqi fighters per month since January, but National Police still suck. Because of our amazing success, we will rotate out and not replace 2200 Marines, and a 5k men brigade by X-mas.
strategy in Iraq? what fucking strategy?
recoveringlurker @ 101
I think he said “Taliban like”
the next phase - another fantasy…..
Cozumel @ 121
Why should he start making sense now?
5,700 by Xmas??? WTF is that???
Hugh @ 123