Posted on 05/24/2004 11:31:40 AM PDT by dead
Nothing will be clear to the Dems or the liberal media. Maybe Bush should use Hooked on Phonics for them.
I bet it took a weeks-long brainstorming session to come up with that one.
I'm a Bush supporter, but I don't think a boilerplate speech about reconstruction and working through the UN is gonna cut it. I'd prefer to hear plain talk about how Iraq is integral to the broader war on Islamist terrorism, that the only alternative to victory there is surrender and more mayhem in this country, and that our intention is to win whatever it takes.
Lots of people have lost interest in spending tons of $$$ to rebuild Iraqi(especially with gas prices so high and inflation rearing its ugly head)
Americans need to hear how America benefits from a free Iraqi
Its human nature, most people want a payoff for the lives lost and money spend.
anybody know what time the speech will be given? thanks
Only the ignorant or the morally bankrupt think US soldiers have died in vane.
8:00 p.m. EST, the speech will be.
"He shouldn't minimize the problems that we are confronting."
Blah. Bush isn't explaining the "why" the problems exist - Iran and others fomenting Iraqi destabilization. It's in their economic interest - a small investment with big returns in higher prices for their own oil. Nothing new, the sanctions regime served the same purpose. If Bush said the word "Iran" the Iraqis would understand. All they get is vagueness and "it'll be better later."
"Working with the United Nations in naming interim government leaders."
Losing argument. The natural dem response will be, why didn't you do that before? Bush, as usual, will not explain why seeking UN control failed before - the monetary interests of certain security council nations. Bush will not re-explain the "why" of our history in Iraq, and necessity of military final action. In this vacuum the anti-semitic explanations and other mistaken conspiracy theories are gaining traction (though interestingly, not with Arabs so much). Kerry needs to define "Iraq" as something that came out of the blue with the Bush admin.
I don't see Bush doing the necessary things at all...though it's better than the "It's the War on Terrorism" selling point.
"Facing political discord over the war in Iraq, President Bush tries to reassure voters Monday that hundreds of Americans have not died in vain,"...
Stopped reading. I bashed my head on the desk trying to read this far left-leaning opening paragraph. Screw AP!
I agree.....and we have even more reason now (Oil for Food corruption)to NOT want the UN in charge of anything.
Nice, short and sweet. I say you deliver the speech.
Place you bets folks...............
How long will it take Kerry to come out and belittle, criticize, discredit, minimize, and write off what Pres. Bush says tonight?
How about the first news segment on each one of the networks that won't be carrying the President's address?
For those of us who do not have cable, we won't be watching the President.
NBC, CBS, ABC & FOX will not air the President's speech live. But, the "alphabet" networks will instead air their regular sitcom and 'reality TV' lineup.
Only those with cable and sattelite dishes that can receive cable news will be able to watch the President tonight.
You mean he actually has a plan? But John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi and Fat Teddy Kennedy said there was no plan...
What time does Niteline come on??
If Bush still believes that Islam and the axis of evil are WW III threats like WW II, he needs to propose more than his present methods. After Iraq, he still has Iran, Syria and North Korea to defeat. He has to mobilize the nation for a multi-front effort, recruit millions of military, send Rosie the Riveter back to war production with in-sourced factories, ration oil and start War Bond drives. If Bush wants to win the war completely with least casualties in the shortest time, he has to commit the nation like Roosevelt did. That's how you win wars. Anything less is just slouching toward defeat.
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