President Bush has shown one outstanding characteristic in his tenure as our C in C. He does not "quick draw" on anything. Anything that has been done has been in a dignified, proper manner, which shows we have adults in charge for a change.
IMHO, this is a warning. The dims have not only been doing a roadblock on all legislation, and judicial appointments, but there seems to be a greater freedom by the liberal press to link him somehow with 9/11 (the cartoon fiasco). When our President took office, he had more pressing things occupying his time (the tax cuts, and trying to stimulate the economy, He was well on his way when the terrorists carried out their tragic actions. The dims got face time talking about unity and bipartisanship, but now the usual leftist drivel is being dispensed in even bigger lots. This is simply put, "if you want investigations, we can give you more than you humanly thought possible, and when we are done, there are going to be one heck of a lot of unemployed/incarcerated dims littering the landscape".
He is pulling off the undoable in Afghanistan, now he is showing he is capable of multitasking and handling the domestic terror problem (I consider the actions of the leading dims domestic terror), as well.
You will not see the results of this overtly. What you will see is bills moving, appointments coming, and people running for cover.
Keep the Faith for Freedom
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC
Greg
I think you are absolutely right. GW is not one to do something like this lightly, or for vanity. No "wag the dog" necessary, since he is an honest man. HOWEVER, to those who want to play hard ball, he CAN play with the best of them. He is letting the dims know that it is time to stop the partisan posturing and move on with the work of the country.
I would add the phrase "an iron fist in a velvet glove" to your expert analysis.