Hoo boy. Let’s see how this goes. Bush is apparently noticing that the public at large is still not behind his wars, so he’s going to go around making speeches to rally support.
“At the American Legion annual meeting, the president will put the violence that Americans are seeing on their TV screens and reading in their papers into a larger context,” [deputy Press Secretary Dana] Perino told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Arkansas for a political event. “He will acknowledge that these are unsettling times in Iraq, in Lebanon and the unsettling news about the foiled terror plot out of London.”
They mention the word “impatience”. We’re not impatient. We’re just mad. “Impatient” suggests that we supported it for a while and it’s the length of time that’s causing lowered support. The lowered support is because people are starting to see what this war is all about and what it isn’t about.
Of course, I can understand his panic. With 1/3 of the country supporting him, and likely that same 1/3 being the only ones who approve of how he’s handling Iraq, he needs to get out there and do all he can to improve the situation. Except, y’know, improve the situation.
