Goebbels once said that there is no lie so stupid that after constant repetition it won't be believed. All the Left needs to do is to let their anchor / reporter buddies keep repeating the lie that it was a detailed warning and sooner or later, it would become part of conventional wisdom that Bush knew precisely everything that would happen on September 11th.
That's why I'm urging everyone to keep an eye on the news media and be prepared to raise hell (phone calls, letters to the editor, faxes, etc.) at any form of distortion, no matter how innocuous it may seem. Deny them the pleasure of inflicting a death by a thousand cuts.
Don't get mad. This is the way they are. You should realize that the volume of their vitriol is a great indication of how desperate they are. They have no issues that are resonating with he public, and it is less than six months before the mid-term elections.
...I hate to say this, I think stuff like this repeated over and over erodes the trust in Pres. Bush...
This is another ploy that will work with very few (very ignorant) people these days. [Goebbels: (paraphrasing) Tell a big enough lie, often enough, and they will believe you.] But if you have been observing every attack against Bush, this tactic has not worked once! Clinton was able to get away with this due to his person "charm" (although only "soccer mom's were able to perceive this in him) and the complicity of the leftist media, which gave him cover and plausible deniability. In Bush's case, these spurrious charges are vbeing quickly defeated by refuting arguments, and so they are not being carried forcefully by the media beyond day one. The dims are in desperation, hoping that at least one piece of spaghetti sticks to the wall.
It sickens me but I am so fearful that these slimeballs will start to hurt Pres. Bush. If they are successful, there is no hope for us at all....It is nite here and still the pundits and anchors are acting like Bush is a traitor. Even after all day hearing from Condi Rice and Ari.
Don't forget the phenomenom of the "news cycle". Like a storm, most news blows by fairly quickly, especially if it is without substance. It takes a recurrance of substantial evidence of wrong-doing for true harm to occur. With President Bush, this just ain't gonna happen, especially over this issue. I think that the one thing that Bush did that was superb is that he brought "himself" to the office. And his character, practices and judgements, including those of the fine staff that he brought along, will hold up just fine under scrutiny. This latest assault by the desperate dims will have a 1-2 week lifecycle. There will be a great fury for a few days, and then a number of accusatory (J'accuse!) articles in the Sunday papers, which will be followed by two weeks of vain attempts by the dims to convene "investigatory committees" in the Senate and Congress. Once everyone discovers that there is "no there there", his "issue" will be gone from the radar screen by Memorial Day.
G'nite from California.
Always wanted to go to Cajun country. How's the weather this time of year?