[My2Cents]

I agree. I've dug up a bunch of articles which point to the connection between Saddam and al-Qaeda, but pulling together the evidence hasn't been easy. The media ignores the obvious connections, and the White House still hasn't made a strong case, or even given high profile to the reports and evidence that I've found from various news sources over the past year. Karen Hughes needs to give this top priority.

[pctech]

I hear what you all are saying, and yes the evidence is out there. Unfortunately I also see that the liberal news media has declared war on Bush and will do whatever it takes to get him out of office. I just hope that John Q public doesn't buy into the liberal spin and that Bush can finally get his message out there.

A part of me wonders, though, if he's waiting to really pound his message home until after the convention. That way, I would assume, he gets the message out when it does the most good, at least in his eyes. Could be wrong in this assumption?

[EternalVigilance]

I gave a speech in West Virginia at a memorial event on the first anniversery of 9-11. The central theme was the fact that Islamo-fascists are the enemy in this war.

Last year, in the runup to the war in Iraq, I gave another speech to a couple thousand people on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol. Again, my main theme was the Islamo-fascist threat.

The President and his strategists made a decision long ago that it was best that he not confront this reality directly and personally.

I will not debate the wisdom of that decision here today. Whether I agree with them or not, I understand why they made this choice.

There are times when discretion IS the better part of valor, and there are times when an effective and smart leader uses surrogates to deliver the message.