The leader of the free world, able to convince his audience he's convinced but incapable of convincing the public his convictions are convincing. He's his own echo chamber.
From his "Oh my god I can't believe how bad he is unscripted" interview with Juan Williams.
MR. WILLIAMS: All right. You know, you mentioned timetables. NPR has a reporter embedded with the Minnesota National Guard in Iraq, and one of the soldiers there asked the question – says, my name is Specialist Ryan Schmidt (sp) from Forest Lake, Minnesota, and my question for you, Mr. President, is what if your plan for a troop surge to Baghdad does not work?" What do you think?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, I would say to Ryan, I put it in place on the advice of a lot of smart people, particularly the military people who think it will work, and let us go into this aspect of the Iraqi strategy feeling it will work. But I will also assure Ryan that we're constantly adjusting to conditions on the ground.
MR. WILLIAMS: Let's talk about Iran for a second, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT BUSH: And let me also say to Ryan, thanks for serving. I mean, one of the amazing things about our country is that we have people who volunteer to go. And one of the things I look for is whether or not we're able to recruit and retain, and we are. And it's a remarkable country, Juan, where people are saying I want to serve. And I appreciate that soldier, and I hope this message gets to him that not only do I appreciate him, but a lot of Americans appreciate him.
For the record, the Commander in Chief avoided a direct question from a soldier on the ground in Iraq regarding "next steps" should this faux surge fail and then played 'pep squad' member on the soldier's choice to go to Iraq. Choice to serve sir, I doubt this young man chose to *go*.
Sidebar: One of the reasons we're keeping such a close eye on Iran...
We're just deeply concerned about a government that is insisting upon having a nuclear weapon, and at the same time, rewriting history – the history of the past, and regards, for example, the Holocaust.
As opposed to what, rewriting the history of the present... the future? Does this give the public enough justification to attack the Bush Library upon completion?
Posted by kerry at January 30, 2007 02:21 AM