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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (306622)	10/9/2002 11:57:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Yes, politically it was a gamble... and it was smart and successful by the President. But, no, there was 'no harm, no foul' by the mass media. The White House itself signaled that it was not a 'major policy speech' because it: 1) Didn't ask for coverage. (They ALWAYS ask for coverage for major speeches, and are ALWAYS given full coverage whenever they ask). 2) And it gave the speech at a partisan gathering, not from the Oval Office - or other symbolically important setting - thus further signaling that it was not to be 'major' news. And, in fact, no new ground was broken, no new policy put forward... so everybody was right: nothing new or important enough to justify interupting the profit-making of prime time.