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POTUS to Address Nation Monday Night!
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Posted by: Carlucci

Just heard that President Bush is planning to make a televised address on Monday night 10/7 to discuss the Iraq situation.

Not sure what programs will be affected. Please post details if you hear that shows will be pre-empted or delayed and shown in entirety.

Posted by: rasheed

From Press Gaggle for 10/4/2002...

8pm ET/5pm PT?

MR. FLEISCHER: [..]
Final announcement, and then I have the week ahead, we can do that whenever you want to. As Congress begins an important week in which it is expected to vote on the President's proposed resolution to authorize the use of force in Iraq, the President will speak to the nation Monday night in Cincinnati about the threat of Saddam Hussein and Iraq present to world peace.

The President thinks the nation and the Congress will benefit from a discussion of the issues involved and the important moment our nation faces. The speech will be at 8:00 p.m., at the Cincinnati Museum Center. And that will be Monday, Cincinnati.

Q Does he plan to have any new information about Iraq, any new argument?

MR. FLEISCHER: Well, let me put it this way, I think it's going to be a newsworthy speech. Obviously, you all will be there and you can make your own judgements about what is new, etc. But I think it will be a notable and newsworthy speech.

Q Is it a forum where he'll be taking questions? I mean, why Cincinnati? Why not do it from the Oval?

MR. FLEISCHER: It's a speech to a seated audience, it's going to be some 400 to 500 people. It's hosted by the Chamber of Congress, in conjunction with the United Way and the World Affairs Council of Cincinnati.

And the President looks at the debate that is about to begin in the Congress and the vote that is about to take place in the Congress as a part of the great tradition of America's democracy, in which the people's elected representatives speak from their heart, speak on the basis of principle. And whether they agree or disagree with the President, they inform the public about their views and why they hold those views.

And the President sees this as his role as President to similarly speak to the country through this audience in a way that is thoughtful, that is deliberative, so that the issues that the country is asking itself can be addressed by its elected leaders, including the President.

We are not asking the networks for time. We are doing this at 8:00 p.m. at night because the President wants people to know what he is saying. But, again, I think it will be a newsworthy speech. But just so you understand the levels in which Presidents give speeches, it is not a speech in which he is asking the networks for time.

Q Can this be prepared to the speech he made in Atlanta, remember, on -- what was that, on homeland security at the time?

MR. FLEISCHER: I think that's a very good comparison.

Q It's obviously, the, we're not looking for any announcement on war, whether or not we're committing American troops. It's not that level of an Oval Office asking for time speech?

MR. FLEISCHER: This is not an Oval Office address to the nation.

Q Ari, should we expect to hear in that speech any arguments that those of us who have been traveling with the President, hearing him day in and day out have not heard before?

MR. FLEISCHER: Again, I'll just say I think it will be a notable, newsworthy speech and you'll make your own judgments at the time.

Q Primarily, he'd like to influence the debate in Congress; is that correct?

MR. FLEISCHER: well, the President thinks that, as Congress begins the debate and as they're about to vote, that it's important and it's helpful to members of Congress in both parties for them to hear what the President thinks in the full fashion that a speech like this affords. So I think it is fair to say that the President views this as a way to communicate to members of Congress and to communicate to the country.

Rasheed

Posted by: Dan Clarke

I have read that the speech will begin at 8pm Eastern and last about 20 minutes.

I have not been able to read/locate what stations (if any) will carry the speech.

Posted by: phone1

According to the person I spoke to at the local affiliate (Atlanta), CBS is not going to carry the speech.

Posted by: Carlucci

Here's the latest from AP....

Television live coverage plans for President Bush's scheduled 8:01 p.m. EDT speech Monday in Cincinnati. The speech, which is expected to address the threat Iraq poses to the United States and the possibility of war, comes as Congress prepares to vote on resolutions authorizing military action.

- ABC: Undecided.

- NBC: Undecided.

- MSNBC: Planning live coverage.

- CBS: Not planning live coverage.

- FOX News: Undecided.

- CNN: Planning live coverage.
---------------------------------------------

How can Fox News be undecided?

Posted by: Celusil

Well if it is indeed 8pm central and only takes 20 minutes then it won't pre-emtp any of the Bears Packers games, And won'tl screw with thirdwatch it looks like. unless they push everything back.

That's if the networks decide to cover it at all.

Posted by: phone1

quote:
Originally posted by Celusil
Well if it is indeed 8pm central and only takes 20 minutes then it won't pre-emtp any of the Bears Packers games, And won'tl screw with thirdwatch it looks like. unless they push everything back.

That's if the networks decide to cover it at all.

Delaying programming is usually the procedure for interruptions of less than 1 hour like this - better do some padding.

Posted by: kstuart

POTUS ?? :rolleyes:

Is there anything that does not get an acronym on the Net ?? :)

( This evokes the usual SF cliche, where thousands of years from now, the surviving residents of North America refer to their leader as The Potus... )

Posted by: Turtleboy

quote:
Originally posted by kstuart
POTUS ?? :rolleyes:

Is there anything that does not get an acronym on the Net ?? :)

( This evokes the usual SF cliche, where thousands of years from now, the surviving residents of North America refer to their leader as The Potus... )

They're now reporting that ALL of the broadcast nets are not going to cover the speech.

As to POTUS, that's an acronym that's much older than the net, and has nothing to do with being online. Frankly, I'm quite surprised that you've never heard of it before.

Posted by: Naipes

quote:
Originally posted by Turtleboy

They're now reporting that ALL of the broadcast nets are not going to cover the speech.

Thank god.

Posted by: Celusil

I first heard the acronymn 'Potus'

on the pilot of the West Wing - or promo's for the pilot one of the two.

c

Posted by: phone1

According to this article, it goes much further back:

quote:
POTUS certainly has a contemporary sound. However, Franklin D. Roosevelt (who began signing himself "FDR" at the age of nine) is said to have assumed the designation POTUS in his wartime correspondence with the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

It also discusses the origin of FLOTUS (and SLOTUS?)

Posted by: thehepcat

so what do we call Bush since he was NAMED president rather than being VOTED into office.

maybe if we're lucky he'll pull another "fool me once" speech

now on to the important task of padding "Crossing Jordan", I'll be damned if this moron causes me to miss any Jill Hennessey.

Posted by: dcheesi

On the one hand, I'm glad that my regular shows won't be messed with. On the other hand, I wonder what's up with the networks. They always carry presidential speeches, and anyway this one seems important: he's supposedly laying out his reasons for going to war. If the big three aren't bothering to show it, maybe that means that there won't be any real information in this speech; just the usual rhetoric.

Posted by: rasheed

If POTUS had asked for the time, he would have received it, but as I quoted above, he did not ask for the airtime. This could still change, but the reality is that viewers will need to watch CSPAN, CNN and maybe PBS to catch this speech. Of course, almost all news radio stations will carry it live.

Rasheed

Posted by: phone1

quote:
Originally posted by thehepcat
so what do we call Bush since he was NAMED president rather than being VOTED into office.

I know what *we* call him, but this a family forum... ;)

dcheesi - with the increasing prevalence of cable and satellite, many people don't depend on broadcast networks for this kind of information any longer.

If you read rasheed's post with Fleischer's announcement, you'll see that they are not even asking the networks for time. They admit that it's not earth shaking news, starting an attack etc. I'm sure if they asked, the networks would comply.

If they give him time for a politically oriented speech, they have to give Democrats equal time for a response. There goes an hour of prime time.

Sounds more like a rehash of what's already been said. :yawn:

Posted by: Turtleboy

quote:
Originally posted by thehepcat
so what do we call Bush since he was NAMED president rather than being VOTED into office.

maybe if we're lucky he'll pull another "fool me once" speech

now on to the important task of padding "Crossing Jordan", I'll be damned if this moron causes me to miss any Jill Hennessey.

1. Inane political comments are not necessary. We already have way too many of those in the Happy Hour forum.

2. Speaking of inanity, if you had read any of the posts in the thread, you would have seen that you do not need to pad "Crossing Jordan" because the nets won't be carrying the speech.

Posted by: phone1

quote:
Originally posted by Turtleboy

1. Inane political comments are not necessary. We already have way too many of those in the Happy Hour forum.

2. Speaking of inanity, if you had read any of the posts in the thread, you would have seen that you do not need to pad "Crossing Jordan" because the nets won't be carrying the speech.

YHBW! :D

Posted by: daperlman

quote:
Originally posted by thehepcat
so what do we call Bush since he was NAMED president rather than being VOTED into office.

maybe if we're lucky he'll pull another "fool me once" speech

now on to the important task of padding "Crossing Jordan", I'll be damned if this moron causes me to miss any Jill Hennessey.

In this Country we use the electoral college to elect the President.
As someone who did not, and probably would not today, vote for Bush, I can honestly say that he was elected based on that system, which I believe in.

I was much more appalled at the stunt that the DNC, tried to pull. Determining voter intent... gimme a break. After all the smoke cleared from the 2000 election several agencies (such as NY Times) determined that Bush won vote in Fla. by several thousand votes.

That fool me once speech was a classic.

Posted by: phone1

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around,
take up my guitar and play,
just like yesterday,
and I'll get on my knees and pray.
--- We don't get fooled again.