Don't worry too much about the 20% of armadillos in February. They don't choose which side of the road to cross until after Labor Day.
If you read my post all the way through before your knee jerked you would have noticed that I said this one performance will not lose him the election.
Well, we almost agree here.
What the President does NOT need right now are Kool-Aid-drinking "yes men."
You got the wrong guy or the wrong "kool aid". I disagree with President Bush on CFR, illegal immigration and non defense spending and I let him know about it through the comments line at the White House. I also let him know when I agree with him, not that he stands by with baited breath waiting on my calls.
He was not served well with the decision to appear on Meet the Press, and he came off as indecisive and unprepared.
He is served very well by appearing on Meet the Press. First of all it is part of the Presidents duty to submit himself to questioning by a free press and Russert is, despite his partisanship, the number one interviewer in the political arena. W is out of practice with one on ones and needs tuning up before the debates. This will not be his last, in fact his next will be with Wallace at Fox.
My criticism was with Karl Rove.
Your criticism is misplaced. The criticism for a ho hum interview should go to the interviewer who asked the same question 6 different ways while ignoring such front page issues as immigration and the culture wars. Both Rove and W know that Kerry is a pretty good debater and the time to tune up is now when nobody gives a crap except junkies, like us.
The President *does* need criticism -- critical can imply an effort to see a thing clearly. If you really care about someone or a cause, you fight to keep it on track.
But of course, see above.
Telling me and other concerned conservatives to "love it or leave it" not only shows a lack of critical thinking about the campaign to come, but shows me the same kind of unnecessary panic I see from Karl Rove and his team.
You should get your vision checked. Nobody told you to "love it or leave it" although I personally think that the "right to pursue happiness" is one of the least used and most misunderstood of inalienable rights enumerated in the DOI and the Constitution. My suggestion was simply meant to compare Bush and Kerry's styles. I happen to think the President comes out way ahead. He speaks like I do, John Kerry, on the other hand does not speak, he lectures and spreads hubris like he was fertilising a field.
Blind loyalty might be great for a rock star or actor, but I have seen it's toxic unintended consequences ruin many a fine political leader.
Blind loyalty and unbridled loyalty are horses of different colors. Dubya is loyal to a fault, I'd like to think that I am as well but it is not done blindly by either of us.
Hopefully you and I, in our own ways, will get him that next term the country needs. Here's hoping.
Right on DT.