[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Watched the news conference in the late hours and the President was STRONG!

[Paloma_55]

A steadfast commitment to principles is a VERY HARD thing to beat.

The Dems can whine, cry, complain, and even threaten to cut funds but the reality is, that if they do ANYTHING that disrupts the process, they will take the blame for it.

Video of Iraqi citizens clinging to helicopter landing gear from the top of the US Embassy is something they do not want to live with for the next 30 years.

[Billthedrill]

It was billed as a crisis meeting at a crucial time in Iraq's history...

Does the reporter realize what he's really saying here? "It was billed" means simply that the media have declared this a crisis, and "you'd never know it" means that Bush hasn't gone along like, oh, like < media gush > everybody who's anybody has. < /gush > They haven't stopped there. Since the media - I mean the Democratic party - victory in the polls they've been variously describing Iraq as a civil war or an outright loss, a verdict that must mystify the troops who are actually there.

I get the impression the media have decided that the upshot of the election is that they really can declare their own reality and make it stick. They're in for a real disappointment.

[Bob Mc]

"~ a disarmingly relaxed President Bush fields questions ...."

What the heck does this mean?

Disarmingly relaxed?

Maybe it's just one of those wacky British terms.

[Enchante]

"Once again here in Jordan, Mr Bush painted this struggle in black and white terms, good against evil."

....and of course the MSM pukes at the BBC choke on any words that could suggest the battle against Islamo-fascists is in any way "black and white" -- squishy-minded multicultural relativism must apply (unless we are talking about eviiiiilllll US Republicans, and then the BBC is quite certain that every issue is black-and-white against the US position!!).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A decent report here,....surprising!