Rooftop Report: Tie

April 13, 2004

Tie

Not for nothing, but shouldn't Bush have worn a tie that didn't reflect a rainbow on to the screen?

I thought they tested that kind of stuff.

[Update:] Here is the full transcript of President Bush's opening statements. Strangely the tie isn't mentioned, but I think Bush did say something Wonkette will like:

"For the first time the civilized world has provided a concerted response to the ideology of terror: a series of powerful, effective blows"

[Another Update:] Outside the Beltway and Instapundit have complete breakdowns of the speech.

My reaction? Well, he stayed on message. A few people, as you will notice in the Instapundit breakdown, are trash talking the press. I don't really get that. In my opinion, the reporters asked the questions that a majority of Americans wanted to hear (granted, Bush didn't answer any of them so it doesn't count). That won't matter though, and OTB through Poliblog explains why:

It’s not the performance, it’s the sound bites. I’m very seldom impressed with a Bush press conference or speech even though I like him; the sound bytes almost always come out better than the “live” version. And it’s the sound bytes that get remembered.

Sadly, that is 100% true. The President's response to what his greatest mistake has been in his life was laughable, he blatantly ignored a question about why he and Cheney have to tag-team the 9/11 comission, and he routinely answered questions with responses that correlated little or not at all to the question asked. But, sound bytes are what matter, and he had those.

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Comments

Yeah, that was quite annoying, but what the hell can you do.

"Umm, Mr. President, I know that you are halfway through your speech, but could you put on this tie with Osama's pic on it instead. It's screwing up our picture."

Posted by: Brian at Apr 13, 2004 8:45:46 PM

I can only assume they tested this on HDTV monitors and didn't see the rainbow colors

Posted by: Ted at Apr 13, 2004 9:01:21 PM

I thought it was the Robitussin. I'm so glad someone else saw the rainbow.

Posted by: michele at Apr 13, 2004 9:22:02 PM

I'm sure he will explain the tie next week before the 9-11 Commission and issue a formal apology.

Posted by: Buster at Apr 13, 2004 9:37:59 PM

At least he will issue an apology for something then.

Posted by: Bill K at Apr 13, 2004 9:47:09 PM

What is all the "issue an apology" bovine feces? It's a crock, a new take on "have you stopped beating your wife".

Posted by: Stan at Apr 14, 2004 9:29:51 AM

I thought I was the only one who noticed and did a Google search and nothing came up - I then saw it here via instapundit. Bravo for being brave enough to say this in public, and not to fear the consequences...

Posted by: Patrick M at Apr 14, 2004 11:35:58 AM

Bush was great. I think this speech pretty much won him the election. The passion, the strength, the compassion with the soldiers and thei families. I was practically in tears and I'm a big man. This guy is the best president we had since president Polk, the other president who changed the face of America for centuries to come.

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