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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:32 PM
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Now we know why the networks didn't carry the speech.
Mainly because it's total bullshit. It's a propaganda speech for the war in Iraq. Justifying everything they have done. No a shred of humility from this administration, not a hint of sorrow. This is a sad time for our nation.
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:33 PM
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1. It seems to be on every station in L.A. Who's not carrying it?
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DAGDA56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:53 PM
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18. No local stations in Orlando carried it...LA surprises me...
...if anybody understands May sweeps, it should be the stations out there...but then, It began at 5pm your time, didn't it? Here, it would have cut into Fear Factor, The Swan, etc...
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 09:20 PM
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23. Not on here in Florida.
Even the local Fox affiliate showed the Swan finale rather than carry the speech
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sophie996 Donating Member (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:34 PM
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2. excuse me?
they all have it on.

otherwise, what you said. ;(
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sophie996 Donating Member (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:38 PM
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8. in northern california
... i should've said.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:43 PM
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12. check out this story
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/speech.tv.ap/index.html
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:34 PM
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3. ABC is the only one carrying it here n/t
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:35 PM
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4. Waste of time.
Nothing new. Just a rehash of the same lies we've heard before.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:36 PM
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5. None of the networks are carrying it in Jackson Mississippi
Maybe we're just lucky, for once.
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:51 PM
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17. Probably prime time/time zone variable; east is too expensive to give away
West is "earlier", cheaper.

Way too bad. If millions more Americans had been forced by Shrub to watch his POS speech instead of the scheduled show - which they'd MUCH rather watch - then it would be even worse for President aWol.

Poor lifers sitting there! I really feel for them because, political view aside, almost everyone at Carlisle is very smart. A recognized fool like Shrub can be forgiven if the fear tightened up his throat and made him hoarse. :evilgrin:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:36 PM
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6. Yep
and even CNN says, no new policy proposals

Damn folks this is why this was NO NEWS
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:36 PM
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7. Indeed!
This fascist egomaniac just wanted a standing ovation.
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earthside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:39 PM
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9. Nothing New
Well, there wasn't any news value in this speech ... that's why the broadcast networks didn't cover this event.

He just recaptiulated everything he has said before. Therefore, this was indeed just a campaign speech. The folks at the War College should be insulted that they were just used and manipulated as stage props for White House propaganda.

By the way, his delivery was uneven, he looked stiff, he did not look confident.

Bush will probably not move in the polls either way because of this speech ... in some ways a bigger let down for Bush ... he's becoming irrelevant.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:41 PM
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10. No network in central IL or western IN carried it.
As far as any network viewer here would know, * didn't even speak tonight.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:43 PM
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11. In OK, Shrub was preempted by thunderstorms...

Far more interesting, I'm sure.
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:43 PM
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13. Did the networks carry it in the Los Angeles area?
I was thankfully not able to be home to hear it.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:44 PM
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14. None of the networks carried it in Chicago...
it was kinda nice.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:44 PM
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15. I live in very conservation south texas,
and I can't get it on any of the major four networks. You have to watch Faux News or CNN to get it.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:46 PM
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16. Western Maryland - no networks carrying it.
Just adding my $0.02 becuase some folks had it on.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 07:58 PM
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19. Charleston, SC area, no non-cable channels aired it
Kinda wish they'd had, if it was as bad as it appears to have been. The nets, evidently, did bush* a favor by not airing his little "NOW I have an Iraq policy" show. I think it would hurt him more if people were forced to watch him - the more the better. He's his own worst enemy.

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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 08:05 PM
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20. Well here in Portland
It was only 5PM and all stations have local news normally. ABC & NBC carried it. CBS did not, so I flipped and got the weather for tomorrow. 81! Yee haw.
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Simeon Salus Donating Member (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 08:13 PM
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21. Here in NYC all four majors rejected it.
It was on CSPAN, CNBC, MSNBC, and FOX News. I didn't even look on FOX, but do you think Rupert would pre-empt the finale of "The Swan" in order to promote this loser?

Not on ABC, PBS, CBS, or NBC.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 08:15 PM
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22. NBC In Louisville Did
But I have no idea why.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-24-04 09:26 PM
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24. Did Hitler Rise Again!

Looking at Bush it reminds me of what it must have been like to keep hearing Hitler say the same thing over and over again.

Bush is out of step,out to lunch and out of tune with the American people.

Out damn spot, Out!:wtf:
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