MEDIA BLAST -LizW's "Bush's Mulligan speech" set for tomorrow-COME ON!

[underpants]

Scooter24's LBN thread on Bush's 'significant speech' to rebut Kerry's debate attacks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=884518&mesg_id=884518&page=

Link to original Wash.Tiems article
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041005-022530-1377r.htm

LizW called it his "Mulligan speech" for those curious a Mulligan is a do over in golfing terms.

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[snippy]

1. "Bush's Mulligan speech" is an excellent name for it. n/t

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. Done!

Sent em all a letter!

[henslee]

48. Reacting to a speech before hearing it is so.... Republican.

What if he's calling for a troop withdrawal. Unlikely but let's listen to the guy before reacting. It's just wrong.

[Atman]

2. My letter...to ALL of them...

Dear American Media;

"Now watch this drive" was a famous Bush quote from the early days of his war gaming. It was offensive then, and if you allow this man airtime for a mulligan, you are compounding the offense. George W. Bush knew he was in a debate, and therefore, he should have been prepared. As a result, America saw the real, unfiltered Bush, just as he always wanted. No media filter. He's berated you for this for years, now he is asking you to provide him with one. What kind of "mixed message" is he giving, anyway?

Please, for the sake of all that truly is still great about our nation, do not give in to the WH strong-arming. This is wrong, and you know it!

Sincerely,
(atman)
Connecticut

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[underpants]

9. Outstanding -a shorter list for NBC and MSNBC

CNN requires a sepearate entry for each show I sent it to Wolf and Judy and Crossfire.

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

[npincus]

3. sorry, don't get the "Mulligan" reference.

please explain for the uninformed.

[Evergreen Emerald]

5. Do-over

LizW called it his "Mulligan speech" for those curious a Mulligan is a do over in golfing terms.

[ILeft]

8. Professionals don't take a Mulligan- only amateurs do...eom

n/t

[merbex]

6. A mulligan is a golf term

if you don't like your first shot or any shot it's a "do over"

It is cheating because it doesn't fall within golf's established rules

A real golfer would tell you to use the practise facilities; you play the ball where it lies- no do overs

PROS NEVER USE MULLIGANS - ONLY AMATEURS

[npincus]

11. thank you- I might have understood a 'miniature golf reference' like

you smacked my windmill or knocked down my castle

[Texas_Dem]

7. Done.

The Bush Doctrine says that you don't have to bother to get it right the first time because you always can have second and third chances. If those fail, then daddy's friends will bail your ass out.

[Dawgs]

10. Done...

[oasis]

12. Networks that air Bush's "appeal" should immediately give

Kerry equal time.

[spanone]

13. In the true game of golf, mulligans are NEVER allowed.

If you are playing in the masters or any other golf tournament you are NEVER ALLOWED A MULLIGAN. I'd say THE WORLD is as important as a golf major. So cheat if you must mr. bush*, it's served you well your whole life.

[underpants]

16. Play it as it lies

"LIE" and W seem to keep running into each other

That's how we play.

Though some charity events I have played in do sell Mulligans as a revenue producer, I usually buy a couple.

[spanone]

20. Yes, but a presidential election is no charity event.

I take mulligans too, but I'm not Tiger Woods or the Shriveled-Weenie-in Chief.

[debatepro]

14. Just emailed

Dear Media.

Bush will be giving a speech about the economy, Iraq and the terrorism he is causing by invading Iraq. You should make note that the president couldn't articulate his position in the debate and by giving this speech he is effectively asking for a do over. Use this time to critique his mischaracterization of the phrase used by John Kerry "global test". The two sentences before the comment Kerry Said:

He added, "They're misleading Americans about what I said. What I said in the sentence preceding that was, 'I will never cede America's security to any institution or any other country.' No one gets a veto over our security. No one.
"And if they were honest enough to give America the full quote, which America heard, they would know that I'm never going to allow America's security to be outsourced. That's the job of the president.
Please don't perpetuate a lie. Question every accusation otherwise, by repeating you are perpetuating a myth.

Best regards,
Consumer of advertisements.

[NewJeffCT]

19. good letter - welcome to DU

I like your signoff, but I've always found that when submitting letters, you should put your name & a method of contact on it for a possible response.

[Demi_Babe]

15. Done n/t

[peekaloo]

17. My ha ha for the day is that this is Boo$h's "ketchup" speech

No matter how hard you smack him he's still slow to respond.

[Atman]

18. Received a reply from Newhouse News Service already

An important read, which I posted as a new thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x971430

in a second e-mail, the correspondent supplied this link for further discussion.

Will 'WSJ' Reporter Who Wrote Famous E-mail on Horrid Conditions In Iraq Lose Her Beat?

[sherilocks]

21. Done- thanks for the list eom

[underpants]

22. My e-mail won't take that many addresses

so I have to do it in bunches

:shrug:

Still it is a really good list-from Skinner's National Media List.

[Atman]

23. Several are bad anyway

About 8 or 10 got bounced back, but it is worth it to send to the entire list anyway...most WILL get through.

[NewJeffCT]

24. My letter

George W. Bush is announcing he is giving a major speech this week in order to rebut the charges John Kerry leveled against him in the debate last week. It is very interesting that he is rebutting these charges a week later when he had ample opportunity to rebut the charges during the debate. I guess our so-called War President needs his gaggle of speechwriters and a friendly audience of people that have signed Loyalty Oaths in order to give an adequate response. I hope the media will use footage from the debate last week and then from his prepared speech and draw a comparison between the response then and now so the American public can truly see the two faces of George W. Bush.

Perhaps if Al Qaeda attacks us again, George Bush can ask them for a week-long reprieve while we formulate our response?

Best regards,

[Democrat 4 Ever]

26. My letter...

I did an answer back from Dru Sefton Newshouse News Service, also. She indicated that my letter would be deleted by most news agencies as span. She, also, recommended that I write a letter to my local newspaper. My paper is so far up the GOP butt they haven't seen sunshine since 1953. The letter would never get printed. Several of my messages bounced back, too. Just gotta keep trying.

Here is my letter:

I read with dismay that President Bush has now decided to make a "major" speech tomorrow night on the war and the economy. I feel I must object to the news media giving Bush and the GOP this free slot of prime time coverage when it is a blatant attempt to pull a "do-over" after the president's dismal performance at the debates last Thursday night.

Bush is reverting back to his standard operating practice of conducting events where he controls the participants, the questions and the agenda. This format is not an attempt to inform the public as much as a pathetic excuse of trying to erase his horrible debate appearance with Senator Kerry. Bush has shown time after time he does not have the ability to lead this country. Thus far the media has aided and abetted him in this cover-up. This election is too important to allow this very partisan attempt to go unchallenged. This is a very childish attempt to be a bully by the president and the GOP. It wasn't nice when we were all kids on a playground and the school bully tried to take our lunch money, and it isn't nice when the bully in the White House tries to steal an election with these tactics. We cannot allow this to go unanswered.

I respectively ask that if you carry Bush's speech on your network that you give Senator Kerry the same opportunity to speak for a similar time in a similar time slot. The voters, your viewers and democracy deserve to hear from all candidates. Bush should not be allowed to use his office in such a political fashion.

Thank you.

[Supersedeas]

30. And here is my contribution to the bucket of deleted spam

Good Morning,

In the wake of the President's ineffective attempt to articulate U.S. foreign policy last Thursday night, the President's campaign advisors have abruptly scheduled a major policy speech. My hope is that the timing and context of the 'reading' of the major policy 'script' will not be lost on you and your collegues when you are called upon to broadcast the President's sound-bites.

First, the reading of the major policy script comes on the heels of the first Presidential debate in which the President had a prime-time opportunity to address the public directly without what he has previously described as the obstruction of the media filter. Apparently, the President's handlers feel more comfortable presenting the Administration's foreign policy by and through a scripted prompter using the media as a filter after all.

Second, the reading of this campaign script comes on the heels of new revelations about the pre-war intelligence and new revelations about the planning and conduct of the occupation of Iraq. Please don't forget to note that the National Security Advisor spent the weekend defending her awareness of the intelligence debate surrounding what she previously described Iraq's alluminum tubes were "only really suited for nuclear weapons programs," adding that "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." And please don't forget to note that the Secretary of Defense said he has seen no "strong, hard evidence" linking former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein web with Al-Qaeda, backing away from his pre-war assertions that contacts between the two went back over a decade. Finally, please don't forget that the former US governor of Iraq, Paul Bremer, has admitted the United States "never" had enough ground troops in Iraq to establish firm control of the country, directly contradicting assertions by President George W. Bush and top Pentagon officials that the US military had what it needed to win the war.

Third, the reading of the campaign prompter comes in the mist of more casualties and chaos in Iraq. This summer, the President's advisor promised a series of six policy press conferences designed to address the progress in Iraq. Following the first press conference in which the President had an opportunity to address the public directly, the subsequent five addresses were nixed. Now again, just weeks before the U.S. election, the President's advisors are seeking your assistance in filtering the message that he is incapable of articulating without a promptor.

I realize that you have an obligation to cover this event, but when doing so, I respectfully recommend that you keep the broader context of the abruptly scheduled event in mind.

[underpants]

35. THAT is an excellent letter

:thumbsup:

[JerseygirlCT]

31. That's a good letter, Jeff!

Why not send it to the Courant, too?

[NewJeffCT]

32. I did

Sent it to the Hartford Courant, New Haven Register & Manchester Journal Inquirer, as well as WTIC.

[JerseygirlCT]

33. I'll be watching for it! nt

[librechik]

25. Kerry had better get equal time to respond to this monkey stunt

What a maroon the Chimpster is!

[Strawman]

27. "Now watch this drive!" n/t

[Iceburg]

28. If only America could "do over" the last 4 years

Re: Bush’s Planned "Significant speech" to Re-address concerns on security

So now President Bush wants to “do over again” the September 30th debate. For the love of Buddha, God, whomever -- will someone please tell the president there are no mulligans in foreign policy and security.

xxxxx
Canada

[underpants]

29. Short list-Fox and ABC (seperate e-mails for ABC)

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
ABC
http://www.abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

34. Mine

To The Media,

Having had two years to explain the Iraq War to the
American people and ninety minutes to debate the issue
last week with John Kerry, the President now plans a
"major address" on the subject. We know what this is:
a failed politician asking for yet another chance to
spin an unspinnable foreign policy disaster.

George W. Bush had a chance to make his case to the
voters, and if the broadcast media decides to provide
him with another opportunity, it should be countered
with equal time from John Kerry. The American people
deserve to hear a dialogue on this important issue,
not one-sided propaganda from a desperate president.


BTW, if I ever run for President, I want DU on my side!

[LizW]

36. done

Thanks for the media list, underpants.

That was easy! :D

[underpants]

40. Thanks for the great line

We got this started early today so maybe just maybe it will hit the airways before this speech he is supposedly giving tomorrow.

[rndmprsn]

37. done!

they all got something from me

[Demoiselle]

38. Done. Here's my letter...

RE: BUSH'S UPCOMING "MULLIGAN" SPEACH

I understand that Mr. Bush, painfully aware of his appalling performance in last Thursday's debate, is planning a "do-over" to shore up his sagging poll numbers. I hope that you and all of your colleagues will point out to your public that a speech entirely written by others, carefully rehearsed and delivered without challenge cannot and should not erase the impression of weakness incompetence and worrisome emotional instability demonstrated so conclusively in Bush's real live unscripted debate performance. We saw what we saw on Thursday night. It was real and it was frightening.
Thank you for your attention.
Carol Cope
Philadelphia, PA

[Protagoras]

39. I have a hard time taking the Wa Times

very seriuosly on any issue. The moonie times ranks right up there with ...oh wait...it ranks below the National Equirer...Weekly World News maybe?

[TexasSissy]

41. I'm going to lie low on the media blitz things. Too many blitzes these

days. As one other poster pointed out, too many e-mails, and they lose their value.

[underpants]

43. You sissy

:bounce: just kidding

Okay but thanks for the kick

[TexasSissy]

44. LOL LOL!

[henslee]

47. I mentioned it and got slammed. I think they are effective when reactive.

Not pre-emptive. I mean, its pretty closed minded for us to decide what his speech is going to be. Let's at least hear it first.

[dave123williams]

42. Yeah; you know he's the kind of guy who cheats at golf, too.

[WI_DEM]

45. Well, I hope Kerry will get equal time to reput Bush's "Mulligan"

[Born_A_Truman]

46. John Eisenhower: Why I will vote for John Kerry for President

Evidently, I don't have enough posts to start a thread. :(

10-02-2004

John Eisenhower's choice for US President

Why I will vote for John Kerry for President

By JOHN EISENHOWER

THE Presidential election to be held this coming Nov. 2 will be one of extraordinary importance to the future of our nation. The outcome will determine whether this country will continue on the same path it has followed for the last 3 1/2 years or whether it will return to a set of core domestic and foreign policy values that have been at the heart of what has made this country great.

Now more than ever, we voters will have to make cool judgments, unencumbered by habits of the past. Experts tell us that we tend to vote as our parents did or as we always have. We remained loyal to party labels. We cannot afford that luxury in the election of 2004. There are times when we must break with the past, and I believe this is one of them.

As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. With the current administrations decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my voter registration to independent, and barring some utterly unforeseen development, I intend to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry.

The fact is that todays Republican Party is one with which I am totally unfamiliar. To me, the word Republican has always been synonymous with the word responsibility, which has meant limiting our governmental obligations to those we can afford in human and financial terms. Todays whopping budget deficit of some $440 billion does not meet that criterion.

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Special%20Reports%20Hack.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=326&rnd=578.6216400093806

I found the above link on Hackworth's site.

Says ALOT when the son of President Eisenhower wants BusCo out of office.

[Iceburg]

49. kick for the afteroon crowd