Mark Steyn: If ever there was a moment for the commander-in-chief to be real, plainspoken and off his glassy-eyed follow-the-bouncing-ball routine, this was it. Its as if nobody around him knows how to write except in the one tinny key.
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No one who writes for The WON knows how to write a pro-military, pro-America speech. That is why they always sound fake - because they are.
Here is the link to President Bush’s announcement of the capture of Saddam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKajq6vBFgc&NR=1
<4 minutes.
President Bush says “I” 3 times.
I have a message for Iraqis..
I thank our forces...
I congratulate all...
He says “our” about 9 times, and never says “my” or “me.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKajq6vBFgc&NR=1
<4 minutes.
Excellent. Thank you for that.