CNN -- You never know who is listening

I was mixing a meat loaf and halfway listening to President Bush's speech from New Orleans today regarding the one year anniversary of Katrina.I heard what sounded like someone in the audience speaking. Bush paused and looked confused then continued with his prepared remarks.

A few seconds later I heard very clearly a woman's voice saying something like "Well, it is difficult to find someone with true compassion." Then another person responded evidently; and then the first woman said "you know he IS married with 3 children. But his wife is something of a control freak"

I was totally mystified until I Googled "Bush Katrina Speech News" and found the answer I was seeking except I still do not know if there was a heckler or if it was all the open mike confusion

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I later found this info on the Chicago Tribune:



"A CNN glitch during President Bush's Katrina speech
The live feed of President Bush’s address at a New Orleans high school on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was marred by some disconcerting chatter that came over the live CNN feed Tuesday.

At 11:48 a.m. Chicago time, a woman’s voice, presumably that of a CNN staffer, cut in just after Bush spoke this line:

“To make sure that we keep our promises and to make sure this good area recovers, we have got to give assurances to the citizens that if there is another natural disaster we’ll respond in better fashion.”

Just after this statement, Bush’s voice could still be heard, but then a female’s voice was heard having a conversation with another person whose voice was not fully audible. What sounded like an expletive was heard, then the first woman’s voice continued, apparently speaking of a third person’s merits.

“I’m very lucky at the network [not audible], he is genuinely a loving, no-ego [not audible] just a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being. And they exist, they do exist. They’re hard to find, yep, but they are out there.”

The second woman’s voice is heard in the background, and possibly the sound of something being sprayed, which leads to the conjecture that a CNN correspondent’s microphone perhaps somehow was activated while she was having makeup and hair done. The subject then apparently turns to family.

“Mom’s got a good vibe. Brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine, I’ve got to be protective of him. Ah yeah, I have to be protective of him. He’s married, three kids, but his wife is just a control freak.”

Soon after that, the the unknown woman’s audio was cut off, and CNN anchor voice Daryn Kagan could be heard over the speech, saying, “All right, we’ve been listening in to President Bush as he speaks in New Orleans today.”

A CNN spokeswoman said she would try to find out whose voice it was that accidentally came over the airwaves.

UPDATE: At 12:43 p.m. Chicago time, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips apologized for "an issue we had" with microphones during Bush's speech."


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Oh well, this open mike bit was the only thing interesting in an otherwise classic Bush dullsville speech



Too Funny!!!!!

Here is a funny comment from Youtube

"The most important thing to hear is where she calls her sister-in-law a "control freak." Someone's got some 'splainin' to do."