Three times now in the last three days George W. Bush has taken the offensive and supported his action of listening to the phone calls of Americans without court orders. First in his radio address to the American people on Saturday, last night in a televised address from the Oval office and then today to news media at the White House. And I learned that it was only calls going from the US to foreign countries and not internal calls as initially reported by the networks and wire services. If this is the case and the government is still going to the courts for internal wiretaps then I have no problem with it.
Bush also seems to relish the point of attacking the Senate for trying to kill renewal of the Patriot Act. And he is certainly on the offensive naming Democratic senators from California, New York and Nevada for their actions. He almost has them looking un-patriotic! And from my point of view they need to give the administration what it needs at this point to stop Al Queda.
Bush last night sucked it up and admitted his intelligence was faulty for entering Iraq two and a half years ago, but he has done such a fine job of telling the need to wrap up his war in Iraq that I am now convinced we should stay there awhile longer and try to finish the job. But I think we need to go in and fight it as a war and not a police action. Our troops are NOT policemen. They are soldiers. And as such just let them do their jobs! The rest will take care of itself. Maybe the Iraqis will figure it out on their own, but they have to step up to the plate too and take responsibility for their own security against their own internal enemies. Then we can continue to fight the battle against our real enemy...Al Queda.
In another note....G.W. Apparently has a pretty good sense of humor when dealing with the media. Several times at the news conference this morning, he poked good nature fun at the media. And maybe the media types in D.C. can learn not to take themselves so seriously.
Finally, I had on the Fox New Channel when I was watching the news conference. When it was done they attempted to do what all network talking heads do...give an instant replay and summation of what was just said. (Where this comes from I dont know, but they certainly insult the intelligence of many Americans with their "instant analysis. I saw it. I dont need you to try and spin it with your point of view)! But, back to the Fox News set, they had some fat pompous ass come on and try to spin the session his way. I dont know who this fat jackass is, but I have never heard of him before and certainly wont care if I dont have to listen to him again! Hey Fox nobody cares what this guy or any other self appointed guru has to say after a speech from the Prez. We get it and can figure it out for ourselves.
