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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (14217)9/28/2005 7:31:38 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Press Wants an Actor, Not a President

Sensible Mom

Betsy Newmark says it well (h/t The Anchoress),

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"Now Bush is getting heat for going to the Gulf too much. He's being urged to do more by teleconferencing by the same people who deny that he can do much by teleconferencing when he is on vacation in Crawford. Either the President is capable of directing things from afar or he isn't."
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The media want an actor not a president. They want a Clintonesque weeper who will pose before the cameras and tell you he feels your pain only to go back inside and forget (or play with an intern). For them visuals are more important than action. That's why Nagin's temper tantrums and Blanco's crying worked for the media.

Not only that, now that President Bush is playing the visuals game, it's getting under their skin. Allowing the public to see the President engaged works against the media's caricature of him.

sensiblemom.typepad.com

http://http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2005/09/no-bush-is-getting-heat-for-going-to.html

theanchoressonline.com
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