It's about selling the war in spite of the activities of the antiwar activists. Without the Bill being passed by Congress, and what are the odds? none of this amounts to anything but political rhetoric.
Did I miss something? Did the US become a dictatorship or is it still necessary to convince voters and get them to vote the way you want them to?
HELLOOOOOOOOO. Monday was Labor Day. The President just used the bully pulpit to frame the debate over what we do with these detainees as a war issue, not a criminal issue. He made it much more difficult for the Democrats to stake out a position that won't get them in trouble with somebody. He gave Republicans some fine talking points. He did exactly what the party leader is supposed to do - wrapped up with a nice big ribbon.
True, he could have done all the legislative and executive work without the speech. But politics is still required to win and hold this country.
Nothing wrong with political rhetoric. About d@mn time, if you ask me.
Shalom.
By framing the request for legislation as he has done he has put the left squarely in the spotlight. They will either give him what he wants which strengthens our hand immeasurably in dealing with the savages, in which case America wins. Or, they will refuse to give him what he wants and by doing so re enforce the belief they fear more for the rights of terrorists then they do the safety of our citizens. Let me be more graphic in the hopes you may understand what the president has done. He has put the Democrats in the middle of a lake filled with gasoline and has tossed them a ball of fire. They can either catch the ball (pass the legislation) and get burned by it from the moonbat left, or they can drop it into the lake of gasoline(block the legislation) where the resulting explosion of negative public opinion will blow them to smithereens.
Karl Rove has bent the libs over and shafted them with the same pole with which they fly their anti American, pro terrorist flag.