Posted on 04/02/2006 4:52:01 PM PDT by mathprof
George W. Bush is taking time to explain himself, open up to the public in new ways and court the U.S. Congress as he tries to breathe life into a presidency beset by sagging ratings and influence.
With a job-approval rating under 40 percent, Bush, who went to his Crawford ranch for a quiet weekend, has a long way to go. Aides acknowledge it will take a while to rebuild his image, and much will depend on the outcome of the Iraq war.
White House staffers, who have long limited the president's appearances to speeches and photo opportunities with little contact with regular people, are now inclined to let Bush be Bush.
He is talking at length. His March 21 news conference lasted nearly an hour. A Freedom House speech with questions from the audience in Washington on Wednesday went on for an hour and a half.
Bush even took questions from gray-haired retirees at a senior citizens' home recently and they asked some tough ones. More such sessions are planned.
``The president enjoys the open question-and-answer formats,'' White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. ``The more we can put him in settings where people can get a better sense of his thinking and his beliefs, the better.'' SNIP
Democrats are not impressed by the more-open Bush. ``The president can give all the speeches he wants but nothing will change the fact that his Iraq policy is wrong,'' said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
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I think getting rid of Card was good. Hopefully Scott McClellan is also on the endangered list.
More BS from the Slimes.
Clearly, however, they do fear them.
The NYT bathhouse boys have nothing to report, as usual.
Article by Reuters and NYTimes: Predictable crap. They don't know what they are talking about. And they can't talk about it because they can only use one "shared lobe" in reporting on it. piffle.
This is supposed to be news??
(btw, Bush has never stopped being Bush).
I think Scott's doing fine. There are far too many applicants wanting the shot at verbally decking Thomas ad nauseum et al. Therefore, Scott's the man. :)
OhioWFan, when I saw that "clip" in the headline, I had to look. I just had to. The verbiage is right out of the 70s. It's so retro.
The proper response then to Reuters and NyTimes is: "How can you be in two places at once when you are really no place at all!" Credit: Firesign Theatre.
Note the distinct lack of an alternative plan..
Everything the left says is retro, Alia.
They live an a VietNam/Watergate world.
What a pathetic lot they are.
Bush is now saying that he wants to enforce border security with Mexico. Has he ever said in direct speak why he hasn't done it yet? If yes, then what was his DIRECT answer? If not and he wants to be himself to the press then someone needs to ask him directly.
President Bush went after our attackers after 9-11. And this included many other security measures.
That your little pithy "human chain" around the borders wasn't given to you means you feel personally betrayed. Right?
Or are you just repeating some populist jingo you've been hearing?
Pure bunk.
Played on our fears too, right?
Bad Bush........rat mantra right here on FR.
They sit in soiled diapers constantly screaming "Something Stinks!"
Its useless lol but keep trying to reason with some these folks. There seems to be a segment here that wants Bush hung from a tree. Some here are talking about the impeachment card for goodness sake. Bush will get all the blame even though the other side refuses to compromise in the slightest it seems on a guest worker program.
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