[JHBowden]

Bush isn't that great of a communicator, and has trouble stringing sentences together during press conferences. That does not inspire confidence-- some even console themselves by thinking Bush is a puppet for sinister forces behind the scenes, rather than face the possibility that he's really not that intelligent.

Giuliani makes the case that we can't make the bad guys go away by having a vote on it. The Revolutionary Islamists are at war with us, whether we fight for freedom or not. They don't hate us because we sometimes fail to live up to our ideals -- they hate us *because* of our ideals. One Giuliani saying this stuff is worth more than a 100 Hagels who aren't.

[ex-snook]

"Bush isn't that great of a communicator, and has trouble stringing sentences together during press conferences"

Sorry you keep writing that talk will carry the day for the GOP. Facts on the ground does not need talk.

[PhilDragoo]

Immediately following 911 many sought to find out why they hate us. Rudy is among the realists who know we have done nothing--except be infidels marked for death. The author of Londonistan posits most of Britain sees Israel as occupiers and Palestinians as oppressed--while the truth is nothing of the sort.

Rudy would not abide Arafat's presence nor the magnanimous sheik's insinuation America had got what it deserved.

Because after all, Rudy is very bullish on America--in a way we've not seen since [thunderbolt] Ronald Reagan.

We're ready for that shining city on the hill to re-emerge from the Unholy Alliance's slanders.