Bush about to be on TV before the Super Bowl

[gulliver]

Did they let Clinton have free air time like this? I can't remember.

[romantico]

1. what for?

Is he gonna tell the American people what team he thinks should win & what team Al-Quadea would support? Why is he doing this?

NOTE TO SECRET SERVICE: Remove all pretzels from the room!

[alittlelark]

2. I wonder if this is why they wouldn't air

Move On's ad?:evilfrown:

[fleetus]

3. Probably to speak about his important new campaign:

The War On Steroids.

Only President* Bush has the intelligence to bring this issue to the front lines.

[soup]

25. ROFL! Thanks, I needed that! n/t

[DODI]

34. You are correct sir!

That's just he did. Pretzels anyone?

[gristy]

4. Here's a link

These are California times. The interview will be at 5:10 EST. Who is Nantz?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20040201-9999_mz1s1tv.html

Among the features planned (and the tentative time each will air):

11:35 a.m. - Simms breaks down film with Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher, whose Titans lost two close games to New England and routed Carolina.

Noon - Armen Keteyian (SDSU Class of '76) takes a look at the season through the eyes of two rookies, Baltimore's Kyle Boller and Terrell Suggs.

12:50 p.m. - On the one-year anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, Dick Enberg visits with some of the victims' families.

1 p.m. - A look behind the scenes with Panthers coach John Fox (SDSU Class of '77) as Carolina prepared for the Super Bowl.

1:25 p.m. - CBS News visits with U.S. troops in Baghdad, where it will be 12:25 a.m. Monday and most will be saying, "Are they ever going to start this game?"

1:30 p.m. - Marcus Allen (Lincoln High Class of '77) profiles Patriots running back Antowain Smith, who will be playing today in his hometown.

1:50 p.m. - Keteyian again, with the story of Esiason, Jim Kelly and Trent Dilfer, who are among several past and present NFL quarterbacks who have experienced family adversity.

2:10 p.m. - Nantz does a live interview with President Bush.

2:30 p.m. - Lesley Visser has a feature on Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, including a visit with his family in Breaux Bridge, La.

2:40 p.m. - Marino interviews Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

2:45 - The heavy entertainment portion of the program begins with live performances by Willie Nelson, Toby Keith and Aerosmith.

3 p.m.: "SUPER BOWL KICKOFF SHOW" Feel the excitement - we're almost within a half-hour of kickoff. (Just think, it could be worse: You could have to wait until after 6 p.m. as they do in the East.) The pregame show continues with player introductions, the coin toss, a performance by Josh Groban in honor of Columbia and the national anthem, sung by Beyonc

3:25 p.m.: SUPER BOWL XXXVIII Kickoff between the Patriots (blue jerseys) and Panthers (white jerseys), with Gumbel calling his second Super Bowl and Simms his fifth. The sideline reporters are Bonnie Bernstein, who also will be contributing to the national radio broadcast, and Keteyian. Producer Mark Wolff and director Larry Cavolina are both working their second Super Bowl telecast.

HALFTIME: As in 2001, MTV again will produce the halftime show, which should begin between 4:45 and 5 p.m. Janet Jackson is the featured performer (it could have been worse; they could have picked one of her brothers) and she'll be joined by P. Diddy, Kid Rock and Nelly.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

5. Thanks for info

The game is scheduled to start at 5:25 CST, so it would be 4:10 CST when Chimpy's on. At least I know when to run screaming out of the living room.

[Bertha Venation]

15. Nantz is . . .

If it's JIM Nantz, he was the L.A. CBS affiliate's sports guy for years, in the late '80s-early '90s. I think he started to fancy himself a news reporter after that, but I don't know where he went to do so.

[youngred]

22. No, he's the head of the CBS pregame show

and it is Jim Nantz

[Bertha Venation]

16. wait a minute . . . WTF is this?!

"several past and present NFL quarterbacks who have experienced family adversity."

Oh, please. Who the hell hasn't?

GAWD. The NFL, the broadcast media, "journalists" (such as they are in broadcast media), etc. -- all take themselves way, way, WAY too seriously.

[youngred]

23. They're talking to QBs who have kids with disabilites

Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Trent Dilfer, Kurt Warner, Jeff Hostetler and Boomer Esiasion who all had babies with life ending diseases

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Is he going to announce that he got Osama?

that would be one way to get a temporary bump in the polls. It would be a great stunt if he pulled it off.

[Virginian]

8. Nah, he has to save that

for the October Surprise.

[welshTerrier2]

7. Equal Time

whatever happened to that idea ...

it's bad enough the bastards at CBS can squash public dissent by blocking the MoveOn ad, but how the hell do they get away with having shmuckface on without giving equal time for a democratic response ...

of course, if the dems were planning to offer us ding-dong daschle again, maybe we're better off without it ... how about 5 minutes apiece for kerry, edwards, dean and clark ...

cbs ... the christian broadcasting system ...

[Catt04]

9. Bush will be on television for Superbowl

but MoveOn.org can't run an ad because it is about politics?

[cosmicdot]

10. between * and the half-time 'entertainment' ... .... ...

not a good sign of the times

[JustJoe]

11. Probably for this important announcement....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=707830

[leftchick]

12. Is he going to Dress Up in a Football Uniform?....

And pretend he never was a cheerleader?!?

[Ernesto]

14. I love it!

A quarter back with a sock in his crotch..... It could happen!

[maggrwaggr]

13. This REALLY fucking pisses me off!

I am speechless ......

[Edge]

17. Thank God I'm not watching that shit...

the superbowl and that fucker for prez.

[Fleshdancer]

18. Dear American People....

we're currently bombing Syria. But don't worry, enjoy the game!

[Bertha Venation]

19. oh, god, no

don't even jest.... jesus. :scared:

[Edge]

20. It wouldn't suprise me if he said some shit like that.

[anti-NAFTA]

21. Fuck the Super Bowl.

Let's boycott that shit. (not that I watch "football" to begin with).

[camero]

24. Another reason not to watch the pre-game show.

[madrchsod]

26. ok the average super bowl party

is going to watch the president? they`ll be getting their food ready,making sure the beers cold,and lining up for the bathroom. who the hell wants to see pretty boy before a football game. even a half drunk football fan knows it`s a bunch of shit!!

[Selwynn]

27. What a BASTARD! I'm not watching the superbowl. /click.

I turned it on for 10 seconds then tunred the TV and vowed not to watch the superbowl.

[booradleyjr]

28. Extra Smirky

uh, uh, uh, th, th, the....uh

[Pale Blue Dot]

29. puke

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. He looked hungover as hell.

Every word he speaks is like an old plowhorse
pulling another hoof out of the mud.

[rumguy]

31. yeah he was babbling, and his head looked disconnected from his body

it was surreal...lol

[DODI]

33. Was that a backdrop of the exterior of the WH?

It looked fake. Why did he feel he had to be outside?

[rumguy]

35. Yeah it did look fake, it also looked like his head was super-imposed

on some body that never moved...

[dmr]

32. What'd he say?

couldn't watch cuz my TV's allergic to him.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

36. "I'm still agonizing

over the Astros losin to the Phillies in 1980."

"The camera guy sittin right here said
hurry up and finish so I can get home
and watch the game."

"The Super Bowl is pervasive."

(Head bobbing like a coconut in a bowl of milk)

"It's a-- It's a-- It's gonna be a--
I think it's gonna be a-- I think it's gonna be a
very close contest. But what do I know about it,
I'm just the Prersident."

[T Bone]

39. great mental picture there, A-S

you wrote>>"Every word he speaks is like an old plowhorse
pulling another hoof out of the mud."

you are dead-on with that one...

[TheDonkey]

37. Wow, he had a lot of makeup on... maybe some botox injections too

Looked very strange.

talked about steriods more.

[nini]

38. This is CBS's way of telling moveon and us to f*ck off..

I will NEVER watch CBS again.

[Jack Rabbit]

40. I'm not watching it

Putting the dictator on and excluding MoveOn's ad is a good reason not to watch it.

CBS can kiss my democratic derriere.

[proud patriot]

41. Mine too

CBS kiss my tush