Bush Speech

Before he delivered it, i said it was gonna flop. i said the reason was that it was built up too much. they said this is where bush was gonna "explain his plan". well, building up a mystery with THAT as you result just isn't a good idea for anybody, least of all someone with Bush's track record for explaining details of complex policy.

Well, it looks like someone at Bushco was reading "Polly and the Mooch" because the speech got a small audience, being aired only on cable, and has already drifted from the headlines. some reported this as showing just how weak he/it was since none of the networks carried it. it was only aired on some cable news channels.

As i Understand it, the president asks for the airtime and (always?) gets it. you wanna be on the big 3, you ask and they give. they didn't this time...and bush didn't ASK to be on prime time, network television. his last fully televised press conference got him 41 million viewers. this speech got him 6 million.

why wouldn't you want 35 million more people to hear your message in a campaign year?

1. It's too close to "taking responsibility for something" to make him comfortable (sarcastic)

or

2. Bush wouldn't get as much of a bump from it as expected when it was planned, and after this last week, he might take a hit (cynical)

I'm cynical.