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Bush "Meet the Press" Appearance (York v. Ryan - Live on C-SPAN at Noon Eastern)
C-SPAN ^ | 08Feb04

Posted on 02/08/2004 8:55:35 AM PST by leadpenny

Call-In
Bush Meet the Press Appearance
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

Ryan, April, Correspondent, American Urban Radio, White House
York, Byron, Correspondent, [National Review], White House

Guests will discuss President Bush’s appearance earlier that day on NBC’s Meet the Press.


TOPICS: Announcements; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush43; byronyork; gwb2004; interview; mtp
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To: MJY1288
"On a scale from 1 - 100 I would give it a 90."

I'm giving him an 81.

61 posted on 02/08/2004 12:49:14 PM PST by DestroytheDemocrats
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To: leadpenny
Yes, I was serious about not locating the MTB thread off the bat. I did a word search using "Meet the Press" and got a bunch of old threads. (I was in a hurry since I needed to leave soon for church service.)

Now, if I had only searched under "Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread," I would have hit paydirt.

I've got a whole family who drinks both the union & Hollywood kool-aid. At least I can say that I am a former Dem who saw the light. (Holidays are a bit strained, to say the least.)
62 posted on 02/08/2004 1:56:41 PM PST by demnomo
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To: Howlin
I didn't see the interview, but your summation doesn't match what I read on another thread?

Which thread was that?




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63 posted on 02/08/2004 2:36:39 PM PST by hotpotato
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To: leadpenny
Full Text transcript on FR here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074055/posts

64 posted on 02/08/2004 4:21:31 PM PST by FairOpinion (If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
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To: tcuoohjohn
"GWB should never complain and never explain. Attack..attack...attack. That is the key to victory. "

True. True. True.

65 posted on 02/08/2004 4:22:34 PM PST by DestroytheDemocrats
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To: Morgan's Raider
simple minded president...simple minded press.
66 posted on 02/08/2004 5:43:15 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: Ron in Acreage
Oh yessss and that is NOT gonna happen this time around. You watch...they will be protected.
67 posted on 02/08/2004 5:44:39 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: theirjustdue
My thoughts too. What in thee H___ do they think The Bush Administration and Karl Rove have been doing the last three years? Sitting back waiting for the dim/libs to attack and do nothing? the dim/libs are in for a surprise and a BIGGG one at that.
68 posted on 02/08/2004 5:47:05 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: StriperSniper
Also in keeping with the metaphor... If that were case then why are they still firing away?
69 posted on 02/09/2004 6:05:11 AM PST by tcuoohjohn (Follow The Money)
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To: jwalsh07
If you feel uncomfortable listening to President Bush, listen to John Kerry.

First of all, it is that 20% of undecided voters that I don't want to be uncomfortable listening to George Bush. If you read my post all the way through before your knee jerked you would have noticed that I said this one performance will not lose him the election. What the President does NOT need right now are Kool-Aid-drinking "yes men." He was not served well with the decision to appear on Meet the Press, and he came off as indecisive and unprepared. My criticism was with Karl Rove. The President *does* need criticism -- critical can imply an effort to see a thing clearly. If you really care about someone or a cause, you fight to keep it on track. Telling me and other concerned conservatives to "love it or leave it" not only shows a lack of critical thinking about the campaign to come, but shows me the same kind of unnecessary panic I see from Karl Rove and his team. Blind loyalty might be great for a rock star or actor, but I have seen it's toxic unintended consequences ruin many a fine political leader. Hopefully you and I, in our own ways, will get him that next term the country needs. Here's hoping.

70 posted on 02/09/2004 8:29:29 AM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: Ron in Acreage
Notice Bushs critics only point out "how" he said what he did and not "what" he said.

Sadly, that is very important in this day and age. It has been a fact of political life since the first fully TV-influenced Presidential campaign of 1960. It shouldn't have to be that way, but it is reality. The fact that Rove and the staff agreed to such an early appearance is questionable, but that the President was so unprepared is inexcusable. He is not being served well. Hopefully that will change as the campaign moves on. It's nice that the choir is in agreement, but the hard fact is that we have about 20% of the electorate to convice by November. Hopefully with better performances -- and preparation --than we saw Sunday.

71 posted on 02/09/2004 8:39:55 AM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: God luvs America
I just don't know if our President has it in him.

He has "it" in him -- and then some. What he lacks is the natural communication skills to get it across. What infuriates me is that his staff has access to specialists who do this for a living. It has become a science now. And yet they sent him out to face Russert unprepared. There was absolutely NO excuse for that. I would give anything to have someone like Lee Atwater back. I knew Lee Atwater. And Karl Rove is NO Lee Atwater.

72 posted on 02/09/2004 8:46:05 AM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: montomike
that is the most important criteria in judging a politician during an interview.

From your keyboard to the ears of all those undecided voters out there. To me, the most important criteria is to try hard to view it as an undecided rather than a partisan who wants validation -- to try and get a feel for how he comes across in flyover country. Frankly, he came across as insecure and tentative...at least to me. That's not a problem as he already has my vote. But the fact is that both candidates are going after about 20% of the electorate who are toss-ups right now. It is also early. Which is why I want the person who insisted he go on Meet the Press in February assigned to stuffing envelopes in Massachusetts -- where, as they say in medicine, he "can do no further harm."

73 posted on 02/09/2004 9:00:26 AM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: cubreporter
He looked a little on the disheveled side. His collar and shirt did not look crisp and sharp. Maybe it was the end of the day but...

I believe the correct term is Shanty Irish.

74 posted on 02/09/2004 9:04:18 AM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: Dane
I did not see it as tentative as by the 3rd, 4th, and umpteenth the same question is asked, President Bush seemed to me to be losing his patience with a child that keeps demanding "are we there yet?" I have felt this way at times when I explain something very simply yet the individual I am speaking to cannot seem to grasp what I am saying. You get to a point where you have explained it as simple as you can without resorting to pictures. I did not think Russert looked scared only that he was being a alpha hotel. I liked the several times where President Bush took command of the interview and would not allow Russert to continue his line of questioning. I also liked the President's humor - especially when he told Russert that one question was a trick Washington question.
75 posted on 02/09/2004 9:24:25 AM PST by 7thson (I think it takes a big dog to weigh a 100 pounds.)
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To: Delta-Tango
Ooooh, Shanty Irish? My hubby is Irish. However, he's not the term you used which I know you didn't mean. :)
76 posted on 02/09/2004 1:31:02 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: Delta-Tango
First of all, it is that 20% of undecided voters that I don't want to be uncomfortable listening to George Bush.

Don't worry too much about the 20% of armadillos in February. They don't choose which side of the road to cross until after Labor Day.

If you read my post all the way through before your knee jerked you would have noticed that I said this one performance will not lose him the election.

Well, we almost agree here.

What the President does NOT need right now are Kool-Aid-drinking "yes men."

You got the wrong guy or the wrong "kool aid". I disagree with President Bush on CFR, illegal immigration and non defense spending and I let him know about it through the comments line at the White House. I also let him know when I agree with him, not that he stands by with baited breath waiting on my calls.

He was not served well with the decision to appear on Meet the Press, and he came off as indecisive and unprepared.

He is served very well by appearing on Meet the Press. First of all it is part of the Presidents duty to submit himself to questioning by a free press and Russert is, despite his partisanship, the number one interviewer in the political arena. W is out of practice with one on ones and needs tuning up before the debates. This will not be his last, in fact his next will be with Wallace at Fox.

My criticism was with Karl Rove.

Your criticism is misplaced. The criticism for a ho hum interview should go to the interviewer who asked the same question 6 different ways while ignoring such front page issues as immigration and the culture wars. Both Rove and W know that Kerry is a pretty good debater and the time to tune up is now when nobody gives a crap except junkies, like us.

The President *does* need criticism -- critical can imply an effort to see a thing clearly. If you really care about someone or a cause, you fight to keep it on track.

But of course, see above.

Telling me and other concerned conservatives to "love it or leave it" not only shows a lack of critical thinking about the campaign to come, but shows me the same kind of unnecessary panic I see from Karl Rove and his team.

You should get your vision checked. Nobody told you to "love it or leave it" although I personally think that the "right to pursue happiness" is one of the least used and most misunderstood of inalienable rights enumerated in the DOI and the Constitution. My suggestion was simply meant to compare Bush and Kerry's styles. I happen to think the President comes out way ahead. He speaks like I do, John Kerry, on the other hand does not speak, he lectures and spreads hubris like he was fertilising a field.

Blind loyalty might be great for a rock star or actor, but I have seen it's toxic unintended consequences ruin many a fine political leader.

Blind loyalty and unbridled loyalty are horses of different colors. Dubya is loyal to a fault, I'd like to think that I am as well but it is not done blindly by either of us.

Hopefully you and I, in our own ways, will get him that next term the country needs. Here's hoping.

Right on DT.

77 posted on 02/09/2004 5:13:44 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: cubreporter
he's not the term you used which I know you didn't mean.

Gee, that was awfully close to a Bushism.

JUST KIDDING!! ;)

78 posted on 02/09/2004 5:56:13 PM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: jwalsh07
We seem to agree on a hell of a lot. Should that scare me, or are we OK? Remember, I'm relatively new here...as a poster.

DT

PS: GREAT reply.
79 posted on 02/09/2004 6:01:23 PM PST by Delta-Tango
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To: Delta-Tango
You may be new but your good. I like to debate with the good ones.

Welcome to FR.

80 posted on 02/09/2004 6:04:11 PM PST by jwalsh07
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