He said what?

[heidi]

He'd still have given the 'mission accomplished' speech? just_kellie, babe, I think you have a "wutevere" (except this is more extreme than the usual).

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[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Because he simply doesn't give anyone a chance to question him. If he wavered, he'd look weak and regardless of how wrong & pigheaded he is...he appears to Joe American as someone who is firm in his commitments. He's playing the the average person who doesn't follow politics and actively research the Web. Therefore regardless of whether he is telling the truth or not becomes less important to that constituency than being firm in his choices. Sigh....

[nihaochan.livejournal.com]

>>Because he simply doesn't give anyone a chance to question him.

Huh? He just had a press conference (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040923-8.html) where he took questions. The Yahoo! article linked in Heidi's post says he took questions in an interview with Fox News... *confused look*

>>If he wavered, he'd look weak and regardless of how wrong & pigheaded he is...he appears to Joe American as someone who is firm in his commitments.

Just MAYBE, B.K., just maybe, some people actually agree with him on these issues. And if those people agree, that must mean they are glad he hasn't wavered, and he stands strong. Maybe those people agree with him when he says "And I believe a leader must be consistent and clear and not change positions when times get tough. And the times have been hard -- these are hard times. But I understand that -- what mixed messages do. You can embolden an enemy by sending a mixed message. You can dispirit the Iraqi people by sending mixed messages. You send the wrong message to our troops by sending mixed messages. That's why I will continue to lead with clarity and in a resolute way, because I understand the stakes. These are high stakes. And we'll succeed."

Not everybody agrees with you, BK. And just because of they have differing opinions, you don't have to go out and call your president "pigheaded". There is nothing wrong with people with differing views. We all know people with different ideas about things but that certainly doesn't mean that we have to start such attacks on the people. That's so childish. To me, when you call President Bush "pigheaded", you are calling everyone that agrees with him pigheaded, and I don't appreciate that at all. You can attack ideas all you want, but let's not attack the person.