[Carry_Okie]

Right or wrong, the way this creep is taking his case to the people to lean on their representatives is what a President selling his program should do.

It is what Bush really failed to do.

[ClearCase_guy]

Yeah, Bush never panicked the way he ought to have. [/s]

[twigs]

You’re right.

[Centurion2000]

Right or wrong, the way this creep is taking his case to the people to lean on their representatives is what a President selling his program should do.

This isn't selling his program to the American people. I just watched a sitting PRESIDENT panic over what by all rights should be a moderate economic recession.

WTF do you think this man is going to do the first time a nuke goes off inside the United States?? His incompetence (or even the appearance) and his lack of class is really showing.

[Blue Turtle]

Agree to a point....but talking down the economy with veiled threats and street rhetoric actually hurst the economy.

[nutmeg]

Right or wrong, the way this creep is taking his case to the people to lean on their representatives is what a President selling his program should do.

he thoug It is what Bush really failed to do.

I have to agree. Did you see how Obama's speech in Williamsburg, VA last night just happened to pre-empt O'Reilly's 8pm ET prime time show, (and also the CNN 8pm ET show). Surprisingly, MSNBC kept Olbermann's show running.

Anyway, FNC and CNN dumped their regular programming and ran the Obama speech live for nearly a half hour.

I love President George W. Bush, but this is what I've been screaming about for 8 years - why the heck didn't he give more of his speeches in PRIME TIME so working people - just more people in general - could see/hear how good Dubya really was. Remember those rousing speeches Dubya gave with our troops roaring behind him? Only a small fraction of people saw those speeches, which usually ran during the day, around 10 or 11am ET.

At a CPAC event 2-3 years ago, my husband and I were in the audience when Karl Rove gave a speech to a small group of conservatives, and did a Q & A afterward. My husband asked him why the Bush administration wasn't doing a better job in communicating all the good that was happening under President Bush to the American people, ie give more speeches (like Obama is now) during prime time, etc. Go above the heads of the media the way Reagan did, and get the message out to the people. Many others in the audience piped up in agreement.

I love Karl, but he gave my husband that "deer in the headlights" look... he seemed perplexed at the question. Karl insisted that Presdient Bush was doing an excellent job re: communicating positive news to the American people. Next question... :-(

[Canedawg]

Right or wrong, the way this creep is taking his case to the people to lean on their representatives is what a President selling his program should do. It is what Bush really failed to do.

True, but we'll have to rename the bully pulpit to the thug pulpit by the time this POS is done.