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To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/10/2007 9:30:10 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793755

<<America needs a bad ass. >> Like Kerry? The dems have so undermined Bush that he's no cowboy anymore. We need a cowboy.

To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/10/2007 9:44:15 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793755

Cool it Uncle West. What do you want? A small atomic bomb dropped on the problem by a macho president leading a macho nation? You got realism. You got honesty. You got a pragmatist who understands the problem. And if you don't like what Bush said, go back and listen to Durbin. Then you will really puke.

To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/10/2007 9:44:18 PM
From: Sr K	Respond to of 793755

That was an un-Presidential speech to the nation. Why did he choose the Library? That forced him to stand. And it looked like the room where Clinton made a memorable statement. When he said "When I addressed ya just over a year ago ...", it was off-balance and reminded me that while at war he hasn't spoken to the nation often enough. Kennedy in 10/1962 filled the screen with his presence. LBJ would start with "My fellow Americans" or something like that. I watched on CBS and they missed the audio for the first couple of lines. How did this speech start? If he had no confidence in his plan, how can he expect to sell it, implement it?

To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/10/2007 9:48:42 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793755

The speech and it's delivery are secondary. What counts is what we will do in Iraq. Will a "Clear and hold" of Baghdad help long term? TWT.

To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/11/2007 2:12:39 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793755

America needs a bad ass. Bush IS too nice. The only one I can think of on the radar is Giuliani. I truly wish the Bush handlers would just leave him alone. He does much better when he speaks from his heart....The handlers have him so nuanced that it comes across poorly. Brit Hume said the reason he was in the WH Library and standing was that so people would know this was a new presentation. Too bad.....if Bush told them all "thanks for your opinions' but this is the way I'm doing it...." it would come out better.

To: unclewest who wrote (192470)	1/11/2007 2:51:22 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793755

UW, Lets face it. When Bush speaks his delivery is like a dyslexic robot (with buggy microcode and a bad math chip), dragging dull fingernails across a broken blackboard. When he schedules a speech I turn off the TV, and avoid the news channels for a couple days to bypass the sound bytes. I'd rather read about it on the web instead. snowshoe@plugyourears.com