With the filter of the treasonous, poisonous drive-by media, his communications are crippled. I agree with your idea of a "fireside chat", and wish it could become a regular practice, BUT, what's to stop the ABCNBCCBS traitors from just refusing to allow him airtime?
There may be regulations or precedents or even legalities regarding the practice of giving the president a megaphone, but with the current anarchy within the congress and media, and the control of the justice system by the left, why would they hesitate to just arbitrarily refuse him airtime? What would be the penalty, and more importantly, who would enforce it?
The media is in full gloat, having defeated the republicans in November, and they have decided to choose the next president of the United States. Can you say President Obama?
State after state (New Mexico being one) has reverted from an electronic voting system back to the old paper ballot, the easier to manufacture democrat votes, my dear...and laws enacted to enforce voter ID are being overturned (again, in Albuquerque NM as an example, thanks, Bill Richardson and NM congress. The NM state legislature now has a bill pending to allow same day registration and voting).
I can't, for the life of me, understand just what "political capital" W would stand to lose if the administration tomorrow, began enforcing sedition and treason laws. Chances are, he won't get another conservative justice on the Supreme Court. Chances are, ANY program he tries to establish or change in the next months will go down in flames in the congress.
One wonders then, what would he have to lose, and more importantly, WHAT DOES THE NATION HAVE TO GAIN if a couple dozen "journalists", editors, and/or CIA employees were thrown in the clink?
George W. Bush is so invested in the noble gamble, and I DO believe it to be noble, of Iraq, that he is allowing himself to be hamstrung in getting his message out on the great economy and all the good things he HAS accomplished.
One just has to hope that wiser minds than mine are at work within the walls of the White House, and these points have been recognized and factored into the current course.
I'm sure these points have been brought out and discussed on this thread, and this forum, before. That being said, I just feel the need to say it all again.
Why is it I have the feeling that this nation is careening down a steep mountain pass in a vehicle that has lost it's brakes?
Because you have a pretty good grasp of reality, and are not trapped in the fog of your own wishes and desires...
Great post!!!