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Unhappy Warriors
President Bush gets a little help from the partisan liberal press
OpinionJournal.com (The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page) ^
| April 15, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT
| PEGGY NOONAN
Posted on 04/14/2004 9:21:02 PM PDT by 68skylark
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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What do I think public opinion of the president's news conference will be? Generally positive. Here's why: The president spoke uninterrupted for the first 17 minutes, when most people were tuning in to see what he had to say. His speech/announcement hit every point that had to be covered, crisply and yet somberly. Yes, things are tough in Iraq now; yes, we are going to stick to the plan to turn sovereignty over to the Iraqis; yes, we will stay as long as our presence makes the difference between success and failure, stability and chaos. Yes, we will increase troop strength if needed; yes, we have faith that Iraq will ultimately choose democracy and civic health. It was a measured and logical layout of U.S. plans and positions. (Read the opening statement here. It tells you everything you need to know about what Mr. Bush thinks and where he stands.) It will have made a positive impression while people were watching with wide-awake eyes.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush43; ira; iraq; peggynoonan; pressconference
It's such an honor to post one of Ms. Noonan columns. She's a real hero of mine.
Our press corps in [WWII] was more like Americans than our press corps is today.
She sure nails it. I wonder what it would be like to have a pro-America press corp. Oh welll -- we don't need a generally pro-America press to win this war. There are a few real good folks in politics and the media -- and a few good folks can have a big impact.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:21:03 PM PDT
by
68skylark
To: 68skylark
President Bush did look tired at the press conference. But he is at war, he has to make life and death decisions, it isn't surprising.
As for his articulate or lack thereof, we understand him. He communicates. Clinton was so 'articulate' but no one could remember anything he said 10 seconds later. I'll take President Bush and his awkwardness with the English language any time.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:27:56 PM PDT
by
Utah Girl
To: 68skylark
Oh welll -- we don't need a generally pro-America press to win this war
Nope, the "press" really is an anacronism. Talk Radio, the Internet and Cable news is the future.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:31:04 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Vote Bush 2004-We have the solutions, Kerry Democrats? Nothing but slogans)
To: 68skylark
God, I love her...everytime I read her column of Peggy Noonan, I feel like I just got an education!! Right on Peggy!!!
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:31:28 PM PDT
by
Heff
("Liberty is not America's gift to the world, it's the Almighty's gift to humanity" GW Bush 4/12/04)
To: Utah Girl
I haven't heard what many other freepers had to say about the press conference. I really liked it. The opening statement was very strong.
Other than that, no one will remember what he said because anything he had to say was overshadowed by the a-holes in the press and their childish, hostile questions.
I have an aunt visiting me now, and I think she's always been pretty liberal. The only thing she talked about what how snide and hostile the questions were -- even a few liberals were turned off by what they saw.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:33:05 PM PDT
by
68skylark
(.)
To: Utah Girl
My wife mentioned the other day that the 1st Bush is starting to look younger than W.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:39:02 PM PDT
by
gilliam
To: 68skylark
My overall impression of the press conference is that the President is tired of dealing with piss-ants, and pissed off that he has to.
I can hardly blame him.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:42:12 PM PDT
by
moonhawk
(Actually, I'm voting FOR John Kerry....Before I vote AGAINST him.)
To: gilliam
I love to read her. But what she thinks of the President's delivery is what I think of hers when she on TV. She can be painfull to listen to at times.
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:42:58 PM PDT
by
Brimack34
To: Utah Girl; 68skylark
LOL Threw a dinner roll... ;) I agree with your assessment, Utah Girl. But when the question touched on the President's larger view of the world, he could have talked on. It was interesting. Also that little tidbit about the Paestinians NOT returning to Israel, but staying in a Palestinian state. Excellent news, I think. (Arafat is livid which confirms my impression of good news ;)
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:48:52 PM PDT
by
Libertina
To: 68skylark
Why did you let the U.S. fleet sit sleepy and exposed at Pearl Harbor?ROTFL! I wouldn't be surprised to hear them start blaming him for this sooner or later!
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posted on
04/14/2004 9:49:59 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Kerry has more flip flops than Waikiki Beach)
To: 68skylark
Peggy is a great writer, and her nudges here are right on.
To: potlatch; onyx; PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP; devolve
Peggy always has an interesting view of events.
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posted on
04/14/2004 10:03:30 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: 68skylark
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posted on
04/14/2004 10:47:05 PM PDT
by
Smartass
("HANOI JOHN KERRY" IS A MISERABLE TRAITOR)
To: ntnychik
As far as his rambling, I think she may have the wrong take on that.
I noted that at the Press Conference, he stood his ground, and didn't cut off the questions even though they were "rude and obnoxious."
I was impressed with his ability to stand there and take it, and not cut and run like Clinton would have done.
In fact, if after a few of those nasty questions he had ended the PC, the public would have noticed that he was cutting out of a "hot situation".
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posted on
04/14/2004 11:06:41 PM PDT
by
dawn53
To: Brimack34
I love to read her. But what she thinks of the President's delivery is what I think of hers when she on TV. She can be painfull to listen to at times.I agree. She's a pleasure to read, and she's very easy on the eyes, but that sing-song, flowery prose can get old on TV real fast.
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posted on
04/15/2004 5:07:51 AM PDT
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
(Wolfgang Puck does not belong on Iron Chef America, no matter how funny his accent is.)
To: 68skylark
My sentiments exactly. In spite of other freepers who are critical of W's style. Guess some of us would rather have a Clintoon hollow man with a big presumptuous voice that signifies nothing instead of low key honesty.
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posted on
04/15/2004 6:03:31 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: 68skylark
Instead, they played left-wing Snidely Whiplash. They almost twirled their mustaches, and I don't mean only the women:
That about sums these guys up. I doubt anyone really listened to them. That's why they get louder, nastier and more obnoxious.
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posted on
04/15/2004 6:15:00 AM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(I bought a new watch to get organized. Now where put the stinkin' thing?)
To: ntnychik; potlatch; onyx; PhilDragoo; devolve
Peggy always has an interesting view of events. She is great !
More and more it seems to me Mr. Bush is not only Bill Clinton's successor but his exact opposite: Mr. Clinton perfectly poised and hollow inside, a man whose lack of compass left him unable to lead within the Oval Office but who gave a compelling public presentation of the presidency, and Mr. Bush a strong president with an obvious soul, decisive at the desk, but with no dazzling edifice. It's actually amazing that two such different men came so close together. Lucky for us, considering the history, that Mr. Bush was the one who came now.
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:58:04 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
To: MeekOneGOP
I like Peggy Noonan too, used to see her on Fox News a lot!
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posted on
04/15/2004 8:46:17 PM PDT
by
potlatch
( Medals do not make a man. Morals do.)
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