Bush Plans Prime Time 9/11 Oval Office Speech

This is a mistake on the part of the Bush team. As soon as I saw the request for air time at 9 pm Eastern time on 9/11 I said "NOOOOOO!!!". Why? Because there are a lot of important 9/11 shows on that night, incluing "The Path to 9/11", that will be disrupted if the networks agree to pick up the speech live. At this point I honestly believe that the president's message regarding the fight against terrorism would be better left to the shows that will remind us of what happened, rather than a stiff oval office speech. Speaking into a camera with no live audience is not the president's strong point.

Memo to Tony Snow: Please talk him out of it!
Memo to the networks (especially ABC): Tape delay the speech and run it after prime time.