I've never known what it feels like to robotically follow another human being's every single word, stance, belief, action and ideas; and you Bushbots definately serve to make me feel all the better for it.
President Bush has repeatedly allowed himself to be interviewed by his most vicious Leftist enemies, and he has continually gotten bashed around as a result. His advisors, for sure, are telling him that the only way to get his message out is to do it on national television. What he and his advisors fail to discern is that this media are owned and operated by his worst enemies, and he never, ever gives an interview to them that ends up helping his cause. All he acheives in these interviews is to allow the 'enemy within' to dredge up every single bogus allegation about the WOT, in a national audience, and which only serves to stoke the fires of the Leftists. The problem is that Bush is NOT eloquent or articulate enough to turn the tables on the leftist "interviewers", who just set him up with loaded or presumptuous questions.
Let me try to reason with you and walk you through this slowly. Put those emotions aside for a minute and try to think.....
To say that President Bush doesn't 'comprehend the depth of his enemies' hatred or the insideousness of their intent' is foolish at many levels. You are basing that opinion on your own personal feelings about how he should be handling things, and you show absolutely no understanding of the real world that HE lives in, the intelligence he is given, and the people he has to try to deal with on a daily basis.
You mistake character, patience and grace with stupidity and weakness.
You don't seem to be able to make the distinction between being President and being Joe Blow on the street who can say whatever he likes and spew venom at others (like you can, for instance by calling me a robot just because I thought your post was silly).
Your comments show ignorance and naivte, and a lack of ability to comprehend quite a lot, to tell the truth.
The President has received terrorist threat assessments every day for five years. He understands more clearly than anyone else the depth of evil of our foe. He has talked with families of the victims of terrorist attacks, and families of the fallen........people who have lost dearest loved ones because of the horrible decision that HE had to make to send our troops into harm's way. You cannot seriously think he doesn't 'understand' how evil this enemy is.
As to the domestic enemies......the left.......don't fool yourself into thinking he doesn't 'get' them either, just because he's a gracious man. He has had decades of experience with his Dad, his brother, and himself, to understand how despicable the left is. Just because he chooses not to get into the mud with them doesn't mean for an instance that he doesn't 'understand' them either. You mistakenly feel (not think, but feel), that if he doesn't behave in the way you want, that he doesn't 'really comprehend' what he is dealing with.
My feelings would love to have had the President deck the whining twerp Lauer right there in the Oval Office, but my feelings don't lead me to say he doesn't 'comprehend' Lauer because he didn't do it. And by giving this interview, he was able to get his message out to a wider audience, and make Lauer look like the whiny fool that he is. He was able to show his deep respect for the office of the Presidency, and Lauer's complete disrespect for it.
It was smart to do this interview.
I repeat........your original post needed a "Just Kidding" tag to it. It wasn't a serious post showing serious thought. It was just an emotional reaction filled with hyperbole. You want to try again?
What he and his advisors fail to discern is that this media are owned and operated by his worst enemies, and he never, ever gives an interview to them that ends up helping his cause.
Even a Bush basher ought to be able to conclude that if your first premise is correct (and it is) that same media will see to it that under no circumstances will he be protrayed in a positive way NO MATTER HOW WELL HE DOES.
This does not mean the president should avoid doing interviews because even a Bush basher ought to be able to conclude that the headlines then would read "Bush Mum with Press" "Reclusive Bush Won't Stand to Press Scrutiny". What is a better image to project to the American public?
You give little credit to the national audience to be able to draw their own conclusions. But perhaps it's mostly the Bush bashers and moonbats who have the most difficulty in doing this.