WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will seek to convince skeptical Americans that he has a plan to bring stability to Iraq in a prime-time speech on Monday night as he tries to reverse the damaging fallout over Iraqi prisoner abuses.
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Part 1: Intro
- Hi, what’s up?
- Despite what you’ve heard, things are lookin’ good.
- Sure, there are challenges. Duh. We’re at war.
- America is strong. America is good. America will win. Freedom. Liberty. Strength, happiness, hearts, flowers, marching bands, flags, valuable coupons.
Part 2: Progress in Iraq
- We’re building all kinds of things [note: true, yes? What?]
- Democracy is comin’. Bad guys on the run.
- Wasn’t it amazing how fast we took those guys out?
- Saddam’s in custody. Saddam = terror. Saddam = weapons. [Note: Stay away from torture and rape room stuff.]
Part 3: Challenges in Iraq
- Sure, some of our guys have died. Are you saying they died in vain!? Are you, punk?
- Resistance: Small minority, not representative of Iraqi people.
- Prisoner abuse: Small minority, not representative of American people.
- Outrage at abuse: Small minority, not representative of Arabs/Europeans/etc.
- That old sarin shell: Tip of the iceberg. Representative of vast weapons cache.
Part 4: Coherent, Detailed Plan of Action
- We have a coherent, detailed plan of action.
- June 30th! Big day. Brown people can govern!
- Great “transfer of power” plan [classified, but trust me, it’s great]
- Great “defeat the insurgency” plan [also classified, of course, but super-great]
- Great “win back hearts and minds” plan [classified, great, something about liberty]
- Great “bring the boys home” plan [classified, wouldn’t want to tip hand, but totally great]
- [Note: Rummy, I’m sure they’re great, but can I see these plans at some point? I promise I won’t tell.]
Part 5: Conclusion
- Oil prices: The Saudis announced they’re makin’ more a few minutes ago. Great coincidence! Good news! Rock on.
- Naysayers: Bringing us down.
- Freedom, liberty, justice, best country in the world, bring ‘em on, mission accomplished, god bless.





24 comments
Anonymous
May 24, 2004 at 2:35 pm
1“valuable coupons” best reason ever given to vote for Bush!
Jack K.
May 24, 2004 at 2:55 pm
2…WAIT a minut!! Where is the reference to 9/11? with its requisite Saddam linkage?!?
Chris B
May 24, 2004 at 2:56 pm
3What, no shadowy networks? But that’s my favorite part! *pouts*
historyenne
May 24, 2004 at 3:34 pm
4The above three comments are clearly a small minority not representative of the majority of Fanatical Apathy readers. Thanks for the outline, Adam, now I don’t need to watch the speech at all!
Sue
May 24, 2004 at 3:52 pm
5Yeah, I was SO afraid I’d have to miss the history of television on Bravo! Thanks, Adam, that’s a real community service you’ve performed there. I’m sure this weeks’ WWDTM will have a “greatest clips” compilation, especially about the coupons.
ginny
May 24, 2004 at 4:07 pm
6How do I print my coupons off the TV?
(maybe make a rubbing?)
Scorpio
May 24, 2004 at 4:16 pm
7Must Add [Standing Ovation] or He Will Not Speak.
What is he going to do next week?
Scorpio
Eccentricity
bellatrys
May 24, 2004 at 5:09 pm
8Are you *sure* you’re not his ghostwriter, Adam?
I’m sure Peggy Noonan is bitterly jealous right now!
apeman
May 24, 2004 at 6:21 pm
9thanks
now i won’t miss bowling
SHITE.com
May 24, 2004 at 6:38 pm
10I just shit my pants.
Deanocrat
May 24, 2004 at 6:50 pm
11Hey! Evildoer? Madman? Brought to justice? Man, he’s totally flying this one by the seat of his pants, eh?
craig
May 24, 2004 at 7:30 pm
12Adam, you’re such a good presidential speechifier! You just gave me a great idea.
You know how Kerry doesn’t want to accept the Democratic nomination at the convention so that he can spend Theresa’s money for five more weeks? Why don’t you have a talk with him? Tell him that you’ll go to the convention and you’ll accept the nomination and like just hold it for him. So, you’ll go to Boston, and the Dem’s will say “The Great State of Wyoming nominates….Adam Felber!” [Do they have Democrates in Wyoming? Who cares? You get the idea.] Anyway, five weeks later, when John Kerry comes to you and asks you to step down like you promised, you just stare at him and say: “Psyche!” And then you trounce Bush in November and then you’re President. Cool, huh?
PS Can I be Ambassador to Fiji?
Dee
May 24, 2004 at 7:40 pm
13Watch it, Psyche-Boy.
Greg
May 24, 2004 at 7:51 pm
14A new must-read blog to suck my time away… (sigh). That speech was genius. It would be funnier if it weren’t so true.
craig
May 24, 2004 at 8:44 pm
15I’ll take the Ambassadorship to Belize, then.
Murray
May 24, 2004 at 9:08 pm
16Well, I just listened to W give his speech, (while returning email, eating, reading the NY Times editorials, running Pi to the millionth place, etc.)
What you have posted is what W would say if he were forced to write for himself. What I heard was the work of evil geniuses who can craft a truly convincing lie. (As long as you don’t know any facts, or can’t logically think your way out of a wet paper bag).
But I think that the tide has turned. I doubt if all of the speech writers in hell can save his sorry ass.
Oh, as long as we are taking dibs on ambassadorships, let me put my hand up for Central Pennsylvania. It’s as foreign a land as you’ll find anywhere, but it’s local.
Sam Le Dily
May 24, 2004 at 9:13 pm
17When you’re handing out the ambassadorships, just don’t forget that je parle francais.
Fishmael
May 24, 2004 at 9:33 pm
18Maybe Saddam was “agatherin valuable coupons”, eh? That’s what made him so dangerous. Twenty billion or so of those suckers, and he’d force Rummy to redeem for a nucular bomb.
Bryan
May 25, 2004 at 12:31 am
19Actually yours was better than his, you didn’t say “absolute sovreignty” which means rewriting all of those dictionary entries.
And, he’s going to give one of these every week until the end of June, what fun.
Sue
May 25, 2004 at 8:05 am
20Bryan - You mean he’ll keep talkin’ ’til the cicadas are gone?
TheOaf
May 25, 2004 at 8:38 am
21That would be:
“Valuable coupon collection related activities.”
Fishmael
May 25, 2004 at 9:48 pm
22After Dubya makes “the pie bigger” we can use those valuable coupons to put “food on our families”, eh? Is that his clever economic plan?
Overland
May 26, 2004 at 2:19 pm
23Fishmael, its a cowpie that Dubya has in mind to make bigger for us…he’s from Texas, dont’cha know.
Fishmael
May 31, 2004 at 8:19 pm
24Overland. Whoa. I hadn’t realized that. Now it makes sense. The larger pie that Bush wants to put on our families is made of B.S. Instead of “let them eat grass”, he is going to let us eat “processed grass” — quite an improvement. Thanks for the observation.