IMO that's not even the reason he says this...he HAS to say it or the MSM would absolutely draw and quarter him!
I think he should use his office to draw and quarter them. I'd like to see him stand up like Rep Hunter did. Ask them "whose side are you on anyway?". Are you reporting for America or reporting for Kim Jong Ill and Iran? He has won nothing by pretending and saying empty headed pleasantries about his clear enemies. President Bush is a great man, far greater than he is given credit for but we need him to be the way he is on the campaign trail and show that kind of leadership even when an election isn't at stake. I just want to to point his finger and tell the likes of Murtha and others to wait a minute and that he isn't going to stand for US congressman to condemn are military...Ignoring them might be the bigger thing but the people are being mislead and misinformed because this White House does not make its case effectively except when its election eve. These Democrat dolts crumble under the slightest opposition and allowing them to remaining standing with any public credibility after some of the things they have said and actions they have taken and the harm they have wrought our soldiers and our efforts abroad is unconscionable. They deserve no quarter.