Friday, April 07, 2006
Libby and Wilson again....
The enemy media are predictably knocking Bush for one of the few really good and powerful things he's done: discrediting Joe Wilson. Unfortunately, because of the Byzantine Rove technique, Bush is left without a decent defense.
I've said this before, and it's even more relevant today:
End the New Tone, with its hyperclever attempts to please enemies without enraging friends. This is just another example of what happens when you try to make those 5-corner bank shots.
No more stealth, no more New Tone. Just tell us what you're doing and why. Friends of America will understand perfectly and will be happy; enemies will also understand perfectly and will be unhappy. What the hell is wrong with that?
In this case, the straightforward solution would have been to come out publicly just after Wilson's first article: "I'm declassifying this information to show you how Wilson is attempting to sabotage our war effort. If you in the Democrat media think I don't have the authority to declassify information, you should have criticized Bill Clinton when he declassified massive amounts of data on the following subjects [...] and the following dates [....]. Since you didn't criticize him, your attempt to criticize me will only show yet again that you are Democrat operatives, not journalists. Now here's the declassified information that disproves Wilson's assertions ......"
Because Bush, for whatever incomprehensible reasons, is unwilling or unable to behave like a normal rational leader, he has locked himself into this ridiculous position. ¶ 10:58 AM
I've said this before, and it's even more relevant today:
End the New Tone, with its hyperclever attempts to please enemies without enraging friends. This is just another example of what happens when you try to make those 5-corner bank shots.
No more stealth, no more New Tone. Just tell us what you're doing and why. Friends of America will understand perfectly and will be happy; enemies will also understand perfectly and will be unhappy. What the hell is wrong with that?
In this case, the straightforward solution would have been to come out publicly just after Wilson's first article: "I'm declassifying this information to show you how Wilson is attempting to sabotage our war effort. If you in the Democrat media think I don't have the authority to declassify information, you should have criticized Bill Clinton when he declassified massive amounts of data on the following subjects [...] and the following dates [....]. Since you didn't criticize him, your attempt to criticize me will only show yet again that you are Democrat operatives, not journalists. Now here's the declassified information that disproves Wilson's assertions ......"
Because Bush, for whatever incomprehensible reasons, is unwilling or unable to behave like a normal rational leader, he has locked himself into this ridiculous position. ¶ 10:58 AM
