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Touché

OK, I am now willing to concede that President Bush’s speech yesterday was a cunning move (no doubt planned by Darth Rove). The Washington Post splashed on page 1 today the headline below and when the WAPO admits that Bush caught his “critics off guard”, you just know the enemy (Liberals & Democrats) are confused.

Dubya has evidently finally decided to fight both enemies in a two front war: against the terrorists and against the Liberals/Democrats. The Donks are now backed into a corner, it seems. It’ll be interesting to see what their reaction is over the next few days. If the WAPO’s reaction is any indicator, look for the Donks and their Leftist minions to have a nervous breakdown trying to figure out what to do next.

Bush Derangement Syndrome is about to undergo a transformation in the Leftist population suffering from the mental disorder. It won’t be pretty. They’re already foaming at the mouth and have been since November, 2000. I expect their rhetoric to descend into nothing less than mindless screeching and lies as a counterattack.

It’s about time Dubya went on the offensive though. He has spent five years trying to make friends with the Donks and gotten nothing but crap in return. Get out your popcorn and drinks, kids. This show is about to get interesting ....

imageimagePresident Shifts Argument, Catches Critics Off Guard
(WASHINGTON POST) - Thursday, September 7, 2006

With a series of forceful speeches on terrorism and a dramatic announcement that he has sent top-tier terrorism suspects to the Guantanamo Bay prison, President Bush this week has demonstrated anew the power of even a weakened commander in chief to set the terms of national debate.

All week, the White House has made plain its desire to refocus the attention of voters this fall away from a troubled and unpopular war in Iraq in favor of Bush’s vision of a worldwide struggle against Islamic radicalism and terrorism. Yesterday, Bush sought to turn a legal defeat at the Supreme Court into a political opportunity.

By challenging Congress to immediately give the administration authority to try notorious al-Qaeda figures such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed by military commissions, he shifted the argument with Democratic critics of national security policies and competence. As Bush framed the choice, anyone against his proposal would be denying him necessary tools to protect American security.

His success in catching much of Washington by surprise showed that a president who polls show has his political back to the wall still has formidable tools: the ability to make well-timed course corrections on policy, dominate the news and shape the capital’s agenda in the weeks before Election Day.

Bush’s moves were partly a concession to those who have complained about secret CIA prisons abroad. Even as he acknowledged the existence of the prison program for the first time, Bush could argue that there are no terrorism suspects now in the CIA program.

At the same time, Bush sought to redefine the issue of CIA detentions from one of civil liberties to one of protecting Americans. He asserted that interrogators had reaped an intelligence bonanza from the questioning of top al-Qaeda leaders such as Mohammed—the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks—and Osama bin Laden deputy Abu Zubaida, and insisted Congress pass a law that would allow such interrogations to continue without legal jeopardy to soldiers and intelligence officers.

“We need to ensure that those questioning terrorists can continue to do everything within the limits of the law to get information that can save American lives,” he said in his speech in the East Room of the White House.

- More on Bush’s Strategery at the WAPO ...


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