[Common Tator]

Have you observed that on any given day, on any given poll

There is a lot to be learned from history and what a president actually says in a speech. The important question is why did he say what he said.

Click here for the 'tator take on the Democrats Speech Defect

I would urge all of us to remember that the President is student of history. He works very hard to do things that work while avoiding the mistakes of the past.

[joesbucks]

tator: A point you bring up troubles me. The President and his staff words of are expressed in ways that paint mental pictures that often don't match the exact wording. For example, the Wash Times piece ties the war in Iraq to the crashes on 9/11. But there is a subtlety. We are in Iraq now to fight terrorism in their territory, but the picture being painted is that somehow Iraq was involved in 9/11. That debate is very nebulous and that debate will forever be ongoing. But the fact remains without directly saying it, he ties Iraq to involvement in 9/11 through the use of words that paint the mental picture. However as long as the hard connect is never made, then the deniablility is there. That's troubling.

Reagan used words to paint pictures too. But his pictures were rooted in hard fact. Not so with this administration. They've almost got the speak of "depends on what the meaning of the word is is" to an art.

[PigRigger]

"I would urge all of us to remember that the President is student of history...."

And history is very clear on what happens to nations who are not willing to fight for the ideals they embrace....