Bush's Problems Have Gotten Worse
With today's problems (here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1211528 ), I can just imagine the short conversation with Bush.
Random lackey: "Umm...Mr. President"
Bush: "Yes?"
RL: "You know how we said things would get worse?"
Bush: "Yeah..."
RL: "They got worse. The...rehersal tape...umm...got...umm...leaked.
For those who don't know (or read the link above), Bush had a teleconferance with some troops that are in Iraq. However, no sooner then that teleconferance was shown, the news media got wind that there was a rehersal with those troops. Of course, what's very funny, the wind was in the form of a videotape.
So what was supposed to be a way to get people rallied behind Bush has now put him in a worse position.
Scott McClellen's response: deny the obvious (in this case, it was the actual term of obvious). He looked like he was surrounded by crododiles, only armed with a pointy stick.
During Bush's first term, similar events did come out. But because of the political rift caused partly due to the election, people either affirmed it or denied it, or it's part of the whole, by party line. Now that Bush is alone, no opponent to blame, and poll numbers sinking, things like this actually don't help AND they hinder.
After far too many feascos (Cindy Sheehan, Iraq getting ever worse, Katrina), Bush has certainly dug a hole for himself. If things just stay at the status quo, Bush will have a career to save; a far cry from greatness that he was aiming at in the beginning of this term.
Random lackey: "Umm...Mr. President"
Bush: "Yes?"
RL: "You know how we said things would get worse?"
Bush: "Yeah..."
RL: "They got worse. The...rehersal tape...umm...got...umm...leaked.
For those who don't know (or read the link above), Bush had a teleconferance with some troops that are in Iraq. However, no sooner then that teleconferance was shown, the news media got wind that there was a rehersal with those troops. Of course, what's very funny, the wind was in the form of a videotape.
So what was supposed to be a way to get people rallied behind Bush has now put him in a worse position.
Scott McClellen's response: deny the obvious (in this case, it was the actual term of obvious). He looked like he was surrounded by crododiles, only armed with a pointy stick.
During Bush's first term, similar events did come out. But because of the political rift caused partly due to the election, people either affirmed it or denied it, or it's part of the whole, by party line. Now that Bush is alone, no opponent to blame, and poll numbers sinking, things like this actually don't help AND they hinder.
After far too many feascos (Cindy Sheehan, Iraq getting ever worse, Katrina), Bush has certainly dug a hole for himself. If things just stay at the status quo, Bush will have a career to save; a far cry from greatness that he was aiming at in the beginning of this term.
posted by SeanM at 7:33 PM
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