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42 is the answer.

Repeat it enough times and it will be true. Right?

Oh wait, you were asking what the Press was saying about President Bush’s speech last night.
The Arizona Republic ran and an column (Post?) by David Westphal of McClatchy News Service (who ever they are?)
I thought the Arizona Republic had its own reporters. I guess I was wrong. They must have outsourced them.

Rose Colored glassless really shows that you hear what you want to hear. The first three paragraphs try to set the mood for the reader.

He acknowledged Americans’ fears about the war. He empathized with their frustrations about seemingly endless suicide bombings.

But with his political clout on the line, President Bush drew a line in the sand on Tuesday night about the war in Iraq, warning in a prime-time address that a hasty exit from the bloody insurgency would amount to waving a white flag in the face of Osama bin Laden and the cause of terrorism.

Bush’s speech before 82nd Airborne troops at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg was a pivotal one, not only for his ability to maintain support for an increasingly unpopular war but also for his overall second-term standing, which has hit rocky going just months after his re-election.

OK now I am depressed. I watched and re-watched (thanks Tivo) the speech and it was very uplifting and not at all this doom and gloom.

But back to a real quote that is right on the money.

“After September 11, 2001, I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult and that we would prevail,” Bush said. “Well, it has been difficult. And we are prevailing.”

But the paper wants you to think we are not prevailing. David Westphal is dead wrong in what he wants you to think.

Then there are a few quotes put out of context and simplified (down to the 3rd grade level).

Why not send more troops? Because it would “undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead in this fight.”

how about the answer to the question David puts in here is because the Military (including the Commander in Chief) decided not to. go suck on that David.

Why not establish an exit timetable? “It would send the wrong message to the enemy, who would know that all they have to do is to wait us out.”

This is a question that the highly un-educated elitist leftist liberal progressive asks? are they that stupid…never mind.

Is Iraq really a “central front” in the fight against terror? Terrorists, he said, “know that the outcome will leave them emboldened or defeated.”

Well guess what, The War in Iraq (that American Military really is WINNING) is a part of the War on Terror.

Now AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHH Dean is very upset because President Bush mentioned the September 11 terror attacks.

Get over it. This is part of the war on Terror. Our brave men and women are winning the war and the peace. they are doing a great job and unfortunately for you President Bush by default gets the political credit. if the left can come up with options and alternatives we might listen. because we hear nothing but doom and gloom. What options do you see? None, oh go stand in the coroner.

See, doom and gloom.

Coming at a time when his own political standing has taken a beating, Bush’s speech was being closely watched to determine his ability to rally popular support for staying the course in Iraq. In a pre-speech survey by the Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans overwhelmingly concluded that the United States is “bogged down” in Iraq; a smaller majority said the war has not been worth its cost.

Growing calls by the socialist left.

His answer that the Iraq conflict is “vital to the future security of our country” signaled Bush’s real mission on Tuesday night: to stiffen the nation’s spine and put an end to growing calls, some of them from his own party, to set a timetable for withdrawal.

And you leftist piece of shit support he troops. Right!

Bush’s flagging clout as Iraq war architect is due mostly to the inability of U.S. troops to quell an insurgency that the administration never expected to develop. But it also is related to the president’s post-inaugural decision to spend enormous amounts of political capital touting a Social Security plan that turned out to be a hard sell. Iraq has taken a back seat to Bush’s desire to make history overhauling Social Security.

Just in case you didn’t know that facts. Our troops are wining the War on Terror.
remember…

“After September 11, 2001, I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult and that we would prevail,” Bush said. “Well, it has been difficult. And we are prevailing.”

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