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You are being charitable to Bush about his performance on Sunday. It was terrible. Why freepers are going insane against Noonan for pointing out the obvious is puzzling.

I disagree on the point it was terrible as I don't think he made any major gaffs. Bush made a few points in his speech, he just missed so many others. But I totally agree with you about Peggy, it is like so many people on this forum have no clue who Peggy is. She is not just some idiot columnist.

Peggy is a great writer agreed, but as such she often has her head in the clouds. She has a very sensitive and ethereal spirit. That's all well and good, but it doesn't suit the rough and tumble of election politics. She's panicking, calling Bush bumbling and his base scared. I admit I was taken aback when this campaign started with Kerry's emergence, but it's time for all of us to get our footing. Be calm and patient like W is. Kerry is already beginning to get beat up, and the polls have stabilized. As for energizing the base, Bush doesn't need to right now. His enemies are doing that for him. Bush is letting the fight be brought to him - hence the slow leaking of Guard info to keep them crazy, the waiting for them to bring up Vietnam so as to open up Kerry for his antiwar stances. Things are starting to roll...