Your President will be holding a press conference shortly. He's going to be all jazzed up about getting back to the politics of fearmongering:
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush would ask lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would retroactively shield phone companies for participating in a warrantless wiretap program.Every other word will be "terrorists" or some variation, no doubt.
10:05 AM: In a classic move, on MSNBC, Chris Matthews was blathering on even as Bush began to speak. In the world of Chris Matthews, he's more important.
And, Bush goes right into a riff on telecom immunity -- and invokes 9/11. That didn't take long. Throws Al Qaeda in, too. Apparently, the telecoms are the first line of defense in protecting America. Who knew?
"Old FISA" didn't work. "Old FISA" is one of today's talking points.
10:13 AM: Despite Bush's best efforts at fearmongering, the first question is about the economy. Bush says we're not in a recession, just a slowdown. He's concerned...and he's acted "robustly."
10:16 AM: Asked about Iraq, but in the context of Turkey's incursion into Iraq. According to Bush, the Turks need to get out as quickly as possible.
10:18 AM: David Gregory slams the Democrats when asking about the new President of Russia saying candidates didn't seem to know too much about him. But, Bush replied "I don't know much about Medvedev either."
10:22 AM: In an attempted swipe at Obama, Bush confirms that Al Qaeda has been trying to establish a base in Iraq for the past four years. We invaded Iraq five years ago. This is a very important point because it confirms that Al Qaeda did not have a base in Al Qaeda before the U.S. invasion.
10:24 AM: Ha. He thinks your civil liberties are "well-respected" -- but, he really needs to protect the telecoms who are violating your civil liberties.
10:32 AM: Bush loves free trade in case you didn't know. Our national security depends on free trade with Colombia.
10:38 AM: It's very hard to hear Bush give advice on foreign policy. He's a disaster on foreign policy. But he just blathers on and on. How can anyone take him seriously given his track record?
