That are a multitude of ways the Admin could have gotten their messages out -- but they had to do it, which they didn't.
The excuses from the Bots -- that the Media to mean to them -- just doesn't wash.
Reagan was no media darling, yet he managed to get his message out.
Several times, Bush had political capital, and instead of using the bully pulpit to get some real accomplishments, he squandered the capital. Heck, he couldn't even find the veto pen until he found it for something as nationally important as --- stem cell research.
Bush, at any time during his presidency, could have ask for -- and he would have received -- network air time.
Even this last speech showed him as a weak, hesitant president.
Where was the Bush who gave those inspiring speeches in front of the troops a year or two ago? We saw those hidden away on cable news channels. Never once was such a speech given on national television. They all should have been.
Exactly what I've been wondering as well. And most of those fabulous, "in front of the troops" speeches were run live in the middle of the day, during the work week on cable television... when most people are working or out and about... ridiculous.
I am really sick of hearing about stem cell research. It's not on my list of priorities - economic survival, improving my standard of living, prices in Walmart and the grocery story, are at the top of my priorities. In the matter of stem cell research, I no longer care what the President says or does.