Because some of his advisors wrote books about how a picture trumped reporters' words, and because he was so successful at going over their heads, the democrats and the reporters caught on!
Bush cannot do what Reagan did. Did you miss the speech where the media refused to cover it? Do you not know that the networks, not the White House, determine coverage?
Bush has had to fly a damn plane onto an aircraft carrier to get some coverage! Apparently you think that a president can now wave his magic wand and get air time. Not in these times, OWK.
You talk as if they're some kind of nine-headed hyper-intelligent intergalactic terrors... They're just reporters.
Stop treating them like you're afraid of them.
Look them in the eye, and say exactly what you mean.
Tomorrow, get up, and do it again.
The next day, do it again.
And again.
And again
After the first week, the shock has worn off, and people will actually consider what you had to say.
Honesty... integrity.. truth... that is what will win the day.
Not mealy-mouthed media gamesmanship.
Bush cannot do what Reagan did.
You have a talent for understatement.
Did you miss the speech where the media refused to cover it?
No wonder.
It's all pandering pablum.
Do you not know that the networks, not the White House, determine coverage?
Then give 'em something to report.
Bush has had to fly a damn plane onto an aircraft carrier to get some coverage! Apparently you think that a president can now wave his magic wand and get air time. Not in these times, OWK.
Excuses, excuses, and more excuses.