Un-Helping Hand

Galen is pissed that the "Big Four" networks won't carry the President's speech tonight in which he's supposed to outline the "transfer of power" for Iraq.

The fate of Iraq hangs in the balance. The implications will shape events for decades. And NBC thinks this should be superceded by "Fear Factor"?

Whether you think that Bush is evil incarnate or are a die-hard supporter, what he has to say is of critical importance, and you should listen. Not watch sitcoms.

I'm with him on that count, but I think there's more to this.

All we hear is how the Bush administration has no clear strategy and hasn't told the American people the hard truths about what's going on in Iraq. Well, here he is trying to do just that, but the media won't cooperate. Every time Bush goes public with his thoughts about Iraq, he usually gets a bump in the polls because the American people do trust him. He doesn't get out in front of the disparaging media coverage enough. And when he tries, it's not surprising that the same media that attacks him refuses to help him.

But as Galen notes, this isn't about Bush, it's about the future of America. The future of the g-damned World.

UPDATE
Jon at QandO thinks maybe the Bush adminstration is just "testing the waters."

UPDATE
Sissy feels this another example of Bush's "poker playing."

Comments

[michele]

It pisses me off. This was stuff the American people needed to here. So why don't the networks think it important enough for us to hear it?