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Fools.

Bush watches the Snooze and reads the papers.

But he pulls this Ike stuff to make the press think he's just a dummy.

And they will fall for it, hook, line, and sinker.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Southack]

Lets take the press at their word for a moment and give them the momentary benefit of the doubt. After all, perhaps President Bush really doesn't read the "mainstream" news papers or watch the broadcast networks' TV news.

OK, but if that's the case, then Bush doesn't seem to really be missing much. Time after time President Bush is proved to be correct, and the news media is left (pun intended) to admit that its ellipses mutilated a Presidential "quote," that a sandstorm in Iraq wasn't really a "quagmire," that other dictators in the Middle East really *did* shake in their boots about their WMD programs after Bush kicked Hussein out of power, etc.

So time and again President Bush outwits and outmaneuvers the print and broadcast news.

Which brings up the obvious question: what is the winner doing wrong if he can beat the loser by *not* listening to his active opponents? What is *lost* by not reading the NY Times and by not listening to Dan Rathers?

Based upon our President's unfailing, unwavering, always-winning track record, one can only honestly answer: nothing.

[Tabi Katz]

But he pulls this Ike stuff to make the press think he's just a dummy.

I thought exposure to the mainstream media was what made someone a dummy.