Bush Notes - Atrios peruses aWol crib sheet from today's cabinet meeting!

[TacticalPeek]

Bush Notes

These are probably classified, but...reader l writes in:


I've attached a photo you might find interesting.

It's from Bush's cabinet meeting on Thursday. When I saw the photo I noticed the notes he had made and wondered what they said. I cropped the photo and rotated it so I could read them and...

The page on the left looks like scripted sound bite lines. The second line says (i think) "sworn emeny of US."

But what I find more interesting is the right page.

It's a list of reporters and where they work. the first is DEB RIECHMANN fromt the Associated Press.

What I wonder is. Is this a list of the people he was going to call on? Is it all the reporters in the room? Can't he remember their names by now? and so forth. there are more but... who has the time.


Eschaton


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[Langis]

1. I liked this comment from there

"It's just his wee little game. Draw line from "enemy of US" to the reporter who bothers him most that meeting."

[Langis]

2. This is good stuff

From this


Someone over at Eschaton got this
http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_06_13_atrios_archive.html#108752163595772810

And it shows on the right two names of reporters, and those were the reporters he called on for questions. In the same order as well.

[Bucky]

15. Notice that there are two sets of handwriting there

The list of reporters to call on is written in a different handwriting than the talking points note. Logically Bush probably put the notes down on what to say in a briefing before the press conference. On the way in, someone--McClellen or Rice--would've handed him the list of who to call on and in what order.



Dumb pathetic weasel...

[troublemaker]

3. Atrios missed the best part; here's what it says (serious)

This monkey's talking points are amazingly, err.... succinct. This is late night comic material. Here's what it says on the left hand page:

SADAM WAS A THREAT

SWORN ENEMY OF THE U.S.

DESTABILIZING FORCE IN VOLATILE PART OF WORLD

....

TIES TO TERORIST ORGS (on edit: updated to include Proud2BAmurkin's decoding of line 6)

[liveoaktx]

4. Looks like he knew what Deb R's question was going to be

and had crib notes for it.

[Occulus]

5. I'm GIMPing this photo now

We'll see if I can sharpen it some.

Posting when I'm done!

edit: much too blurry to be sure of anything more than what has already been posted.

[Stephanie]

10. Is this the order in which he called on reporters?

Is this his predetermined list of who to call on?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

6. Last line.."Ties to terrorist orgs".....".....last decade

nt

[troublemaker]

8. which part are you seeing as 'last decade'? n/t

[Merlin]

7. Ann Compton (ABC) is also on the list.

I rotated and enlarged the pic and she's the last one in the list that starts with Barbara Reichman.

Edit:
Just made out Bob Hillman (Dallas Morning News) is the name just above Ann Compton's.

John Roberts (CBS News) is the name above Hillman.

Above Roberts is Roger (?)

Above him is David Morgan (Reuters)

[buycitgo]

9. How do you know those papers aren't top secret?

who's that knock knock knockin' at your door?

[Merlin]

11. Come get me Asscroft!

They don't want a guy like me. I'd make big trouble.

[Merlin]

12. Final List of Reporters

Barbara Reichman (AP)
David Morgan (Reuters)
Roger Runningen (Bloomberg)
John Roberts (CBS News)
Bob Hillman (Dallas Morning News)
Ann Compton (ABC News)

[neebob]

13. He has to have notes to remind him to say Saddam was a threat?!

That's truly, profoundly pathetic. Why, oh, why is this loser still allowed to masquerade as president?

[Miss Authoritiva]

14. Good God, you're right.

Bush should be muttering these phrases in his sleep by now. I know I am.

By the way, just what is a "sworn enemy of the United States"? Is there some official swearing in ceremony, followed by tea and light refreshments?

[Booster]

16. You made me laugh......eom

[DeepModem Mom]

17. kick

[displacedtexan]

18. John Stewart's writers couldn't even make this up!

Crib notes to remind him of the lies he told in order to justify invading a sovereign country?

Unfreepingbelievable!


Edited: It just dawned on me... the freak monkey doesn't even have a pen!