What is it with the press? Do they actually think Bush’s big speech at 10:10 in the AM is going to have any effect on his crappy approval ratings? Cause that’s the impression I get when reading all the accounts of the pre-speech “news.”
WASHINGTON – President Bush is stepping up his defense of his Iraq policy as he faces declining public support for the war and a crucial test in Iraq with the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum.
Aides said Bush would take on war critics directly in a speech on Iraq and the broader war on terrorism before the National Endowment for Democracy Thursday morning.
The address, scheduled for 10:10 a.m. ET, will be streamed live on MSNBC.com.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush “is going to be directly taking on some of those who argue that we should withdraw from the Middle East and those who suggest that taking the fight to the enemy only causes these radicals to launch attacks.”
The president intended to give Americans a newly detailed description of the terrorists’ clearly thought-out strategy for dominating the world with their brand of Islam and continued attacks on democracy.
Really. He is a failed president with no coat tails to cling on to. It might be different if this was broadcast in prime time. No one cares anymore. Only the kool aid drinkers and religious fundies still like him. If Bush’s “improved” performance with Hurricane Rita couldn’t pull him out of the Katrina doldrums, then nothing will.