"Great article on the President's inability to enunciate a proper strategy and tactical speech. For a year I have bemoaned this fact with my friends. I was a Bush/Cheney precinct captain, and joined the Air Force AFTER we went to war against Saddam. No one believes in the mission more than I do.
"However, why is the President seemingly incapable of stating anything more than superfluous fluff? Why can he not mention, 'We have built 1,340 schools, 27 hospitals, we have captured 22 senior Al-Queda terrorists, we are shepherding democracy'?!!
"I am so frustrated with a seeming detachment from reality that the White House possesses.
"Every half-way intelligent person realizes there is a huge news vacuum in August. So the White House decides to announce a "vacation" which brings 200 bored journalists to Crawford with nothing to do other than cover Cindy?!! She has gotten more press coverage than any administration figure in the last few weeks. They need to get SPECIFIC- this is how many units we have trained, this is how many weapons dumps we have discovered and destroyed, this is how many terrorists we have taken out, this is how many police and National Guard are on patrol, this is how many toys we have handed out. It is not brain surgery here- you need to give some hope to the people that progress is being made."
Good points. Thanks for sharing.
I think Reagan would do those things, and as much as my admiration for GWB has grown, I think I'll take my wish that he was more like the Gipper to my grave.
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?