As I mentioned earlier, Bush will be hosting a White House event tonight, celebrating the National Day of Prayer with evangelical Christian leaders. As the Washington Post noted, it’ll be broadcasted, but only to a limited TV audience.
For Bush, the broadcast is an opportunity to address a sympathetic evangelical audience without the risk of alienating secular or non-Christian viewers, because it will not be carried in full by the major television networks.
Hmm. If Bush is inclined to say bizarre and offensive things when he knows we’re watching, who knows what he’ll say when he thinks he’s only talking to his evangelical friends?
That’s why I was so glad to get an email this afternoon from my friend Darrell, who had some good news — you can watch tonight’s event online.
The Christian Television Network will show the ceremony online here; Cornerstone Television will broadcast it here, and the ever-popular TBN will be showing at 10pm Eastern on a 2-hour delay here.
As Darrell noted, the Christian Television Network and Cornerstone Television broadcasts will require Windows Media Player 9, while TBN can be viewed on either Windows Media or RealPlayer.
The show is scheduled to start at 8pm Eastern. Should be fun.