Why? We can label them ourselves, cant we? We are not stupid, and don't need to be hypnotized by rhetoric to feel better. We are Conservatives, not babies. Bush is not our father. He should do nothing more than ignore his accusers, and not even give them the benefit of his attention. He has a job to do.
Would have to disagree with that. I think he has been very effective when he concentrates on rallying support. But as noted he doesn't focus attention to doing that every day while the press spends every moment tearing down support. Therein is the difference.
But, in fairness, WE don't spend every day countering them either while the MSM carries on their offensive, so we share some blame in that as well.
As to being Reagan, Reagan fought a Cold War with fewer deaths of armed personal. Reagan would have difficulty, no matter communication levels, in a war of this armed nature that will linger for years with body counts rising. It's just the nature of the American psyche.
I personally have no desire he be Ronald Reagan. Good men both, but I voted for G.W.B. and not because Reagan wasn't on the ticket.
Probably because Bush understands something the Media talking heads don't. He is President until Jan 2009. The other thing is the Pres does not have any proxies. All the people who SHOULD be making these points on Iraq are so busy sitting around screaming "why doesn't Bush do something". The reason Clinton was so good at PR was he had all these loyal proxies who would fan out to all the radio and talk shows and repeat, repeat, repeat his points. Bush, however, cannot expect ANY loyalty from anyone. IF they are not actively UNDERCUTTING Bush (Hagel,Luger,McCain et al.) they are out there (Frum, Limbaugh et al) whining "Why doesn't Bush do this, why doesn't Bush do that".
When did the Conservative movement turn into a such a bunch of whiners?