It is very strange that just yesterday Hillary said the American people weren't sacrificing enough. This must be the new liberal buzz word..Of course you realize what they're saying...they want more taxes to give our money away.
Dan Rather versus CBS reporter Bill Plante. During
Inaugural coverage last Thursday, Dan Rather asked: "Has there
been any American President in a time of war who has asked for as
little sacrifice as President Bush has done?" Rather also wanted
know if in the address President Bush might "ask for some measure
of sacrifice from the country as a whole that he hasn't asked for
before?" But in a Friday story reviewing Bush's speech, CBS News
White House reporter Bill Plante presumed that Bush has asked for
"sacrifice." Plante reported: "In his address yesterday, Mr. Bush
spoke of asking America's patience, perhaps preparing the nation
for more sacrifice."
At about 10:40am EST on Thursday, Rather wondered: "Having
studied every American President in some detail, has there been
any American President in a time of war who has asked for as
little sacrifice as President Bush has done? Or is that a
misreading of history?"
Professor Joseph Ellis, a CBS News analyst, a historian and an
author, most recently of a new biography of George Washington,
confirmed: "No, I think you're right, Dan. I think what's unusual
about President Bush is that he's perhaps the only President that
took us to war at the same time as he cut our taxes. And that's
supposed to not be possible, and so it's an unusual situation, and
perhaps we should listen today to see if he does ask us for, for
some sacrifice. ..."
Rather asked his other panelist, Ed Rollins: "Would you expect
President Bush to give a surprise in this inaugural address and
ask for some measure of sacrifice from the country as a whole that
he hasn't asked for before?"
But the next night, Plante presumed Bush has asked for
sacrifice. On the January 21 CBS Evening News, Plante highlighted
how "both the Vice President and the next Secretary of State have
offered a rare public admission of mistakes in post-war planning.
In his address yesterday, Mr. Bush spoke of asking America's
patience, perhaps preparing the nation for more sacrifice."
George W. Bush in Inaugural address: "Our country has accepted
obligations that are difficult to fulfill and would be
dishonorable to abandon."
Plante: "Members of Congress aren't the only ones who are
skeptical. Americans have serious doubts about the President's
ability to create democracy in Iraq, according to the latest CBS
News/New York Times poll..." |
