I’m a totally biased conservative!
If anyone who listened to the reporters’ questions to President Bush last night and still doubts the existence of a liberal media bias, they are willfully ignorant.
A reporter asked the president if he felt personally responsible for the attacks on September 11. Can you believe it? President Bush said:
“Here’s what I feel about that: The person responsible for the attacks was Osama bin Laden. That’s who’s responsible for killing Americans. And that’s why we will stay on the offense until we bring people to justice.”
The answer was OK but it was not forceful enough for me. I don’t think it’s wrong for our leader to show a little anger toward the questioner. Bush should’ve said:
“I am one man in an administration of people whose job it is to lead and protect this country. Before I came to office, our military had been seriously undermined and weakened to the point of neglect. But you’re going to get on national TV and ask me if I feel personally responsible for the attacks of Muslim fanatics? Let me ask you a question. Do you feel a sense of personal responsibility for undermining our troops and aiding the enemy with biased news stories against our efforts in Iraq? Next question.”
That’s why I’d never be president.
A reporter asked, “[I] just wonder if you feel that you have failed in any way. You don’t have many of these press conferences where you engage in this kind of exchange. Have you failed in any way to really make the case to the American public?”
President Bush should’ve said: “I believe I’ve made my case to the American people, who overwhelmingly support this war. I think you meant to ask if I’d made my case to the editorial board of the New York Times. The answer to that question is obviously ‘No.’ But my mission is to protect our homeland, not to sell my war strategy to the media. Next question.”
The only “forceful” response President Bush gave was when he made an indirect reference to John Kerry after a reporter implied that he avoided debates.
“I look forward to the debate in the campaign. I look forward to helping — for the American people to hear, you know, what is the proper use of American power. Do we have an obligation to lead, or should we shirk responsibility? That’s how I view this debate.” The president implied that Democrats want us to cut and run. He should’ve said:
“Democrats want us to cut and run. I’m not a Democrat. Next question.”
That’s my “analysis.”
See Baldilocks’ analysis. Funny.
