I actually read Horowitzs book Shadow Government, so I have no disagreement with your points, and Pelosi focused on GWB like a radar, because that was the big payoff.
A key part of the war is keeping the public on your side, and he did not come close. I dont care how important freepers think Iraq was, if GWB cant make a decent attempt to keep the public on the right side after initial invasion, then screw it, dont go in. If Iraq declared war on us Sept 11 (like Germans did 1941) , then it would have been easy, but they didnt.
Communication is even MORE important because of what you said.
You are exactly right.
The media was running an ADVERTISING campaign against Bush and the war in Iraq. Companies pay big money for media advertising because it works.
They were pretending it was news, but it was really ADVERTISING. You can't beat an advertising campaign, especially if it's a stealth campaign.
I'm taking bets about the first time we get hit again after Bush. We'll see pictures and film of the previously "unmentionable" horrors of 9/11 all over the media - if it serves the purposes of the Democrat party. Think about that.
They went over the line of outright treason at 90 mph, and didn't even blink...