Did anyone here Bush's Blue tie/Red tie comment to the press yesterday?

[Cannikin]

It was at the end of the press conference yesterday. On his way out he told reporters he was going to hold another press conference later....I turned my attention away, but heard Bush make a comment about the press wearing red ties and blue ties, but I didnt hear exactly what he said. Did anyone else hear it?

[chelsea0011]

1. I thought he said if you have questions tomorrow wear red or blue tie

It sounded bizarro world Bushism.

[T Bone]

red blue must be color coding in some 'safe' way for Bush to call on them?

It sounds like he only calls on reporters with a SPECIFIC color of tie. They must have the planted questions for his canned replies.

[patricia92243]

2. So he will know to only call on the red tie questions

[Cannikin]

3. I assumed it was a biased-media or dem/repub thing...

[Bullshot]

4. Bush is just applying what he learned on Sesame Street earlier in the day.

He learned the color blue. And the color red.

His next press conference will be brought to you by the letters F and U.

[comsymp]

12. SNARF

Hell, this whole maladministration has been brought to us by the letters F and U~

Welcome to DU :toast:

[Hobo]

14. and the Number

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Peace

Hobo

[Th1onein]

13. That's a good one!

eom

[No Mandate Here.]

5. Another way to script everything?

Might it have something to do with red and blue states? Where's the guy from AP? Who you talkin' to, boy?

I wish I wasn't going to be in a meeting during this one. I wonder how he will keep it friendly? Can't see how he will.

I love the headline in WP online: " Tonight's News Session Bumps 'Idol'" Awwwww!

[soup]

6. transcript link

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.
By the way, tomorrow night I'm interested in answering more questions for you all. So if you pick out a red or blue tie --

Q A news conference?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Why not. See you at the East Room.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-12-2004/0002149979&EDATE=


and another 'snippy' bit-

"Q What's on the table in the way of reform --

PRESIDENT BUSH: Hold on a second, please. Lindlaw, I don't want to lecture you here, but you were given one question and President Mubarak is going to wonder, is the press corps totally out of control here in America. So I'm going to have to cut you off at this point in time."

Daring to ask a follow-up question = totally out of control?!

no blue tie for you, Lindlaw.

Geesh...

[ithacan]

7. spoken like the best of dictators...

What a case this guy is!

[bklyncowgirl]

8. Press out of control

Hey c'mon, give the Shrub a break. Here he's standing next to a guy who throws overly obnoxious reporters in jail. Gotta keep up the national dignity in front of President (what is Bush's nickname for Mubarek--I know he calls Putin 'Pooty Poo')

By the way, I thought Bush looked pretty damn awful too. If he ain't hitting the bottle, he looks like he needs a drink.

[blueknight]

10. he's sooooo stupid...

he wanted to make sure he knew it was a reporter asking the questions, so he told them to wear a tie. at least he gave them a choice of colors!

[newyawker99]

17. Hi blueknight!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Vickers]

11. Yeah, that "out of control" comment was totally bizarro

I mean, does ANYBODY remember the Clinton press conferences?

:wtf:

[Malva Zebrina]

9. does that mean that no woman will be called on?

or does it mean that women have to wear ties also? :-)

[Nlighten1]

15. It pisses me off that he is always wearing light-blue ties.

Light-blue is the color the Infantry wears on their dress uniform and is also the color of the medal of honor. Seeing it on him makes this grunt want to :puke:

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. Heard it...

I think it was another one of Bush's lame attempts at humor. Maybe the press will wizen up and all wear black ties.

[fob]

18. Here's the acceptable patterns...

To get called on to ask a question wear...




Here's hoping they all wear this...

[amandak]

19. well it fits...

i forget how it goes but if bush is wearing a blue tie i think it means he has bad news and a red tie means he has good news...or is it the other way around.

either way it's so he knows that if they are wearing a blue tie it doesn't mean good for him and a red tie guy is his friend.

seriously i would show up w/ a tie w/ pink polka-dots on it!

[oasis]

20. That was Chimpy in another "Show your cards" moment of bravado.

[MGKrebs]

21. I hope somebody wears this tie:

[salin]

22. ABC new's The NOTE gives a clue

- red/blue based on where one lives... no details though - sounds like blue staters (NY, CA) wear blue, and red staters (Ala, Tx) wear red?

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html

[Cannikin]

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[Cannikin]

24. kick