Seems Bush and the GOP have a new definition for unity

[ProSense]

September 12, 2006
News Analysis

Bush Speaks to a Changed Nation, Where Unity and Clarity Have Evaporated

By DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 — Five years ago, with the World Trade Center and the Pentagon still burning, President Bush faced the difficult task of preparing a shocked nation for war against a single enemy, one that had attacked American soil.

On Monday evening he faced a different, more daunting challenge: to make the case to a skeptical nation that stabilizing and democratizing Iraq was now the most important element of winning that same battle.

For in the end, a speech that began as a commemoration of one of the most searing and painful moments in American history became something else. For much of his 17-minute address from the Oval Office, Mr. Bush in effect acknowledged that his political standing and the success of his avowed mission to make the world safe from Islamic terrorism now rests on victory in Iraq, a mission his critics say was a deadly detour from the task he set out five years ago.

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Tue, Sep 12, 2006 2:57pm EST

NY Times, Wash. Post suggested that Democrats spoiled nonpartisan aura of Bush's 9-11 events

Summary: In their coverage of President Bush's commemoration of 9-11, The New York Times and The Washington Post suggested it was Democrats who undermined efforts to re-create the national sense of unity that initially followed the attacks, even though reports have noted the White House's strategy for extracting political gain from the 9-11 anniversary.

In their coverage of President Bush's commemoration the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and, particularly, his televised September 11 prime-time address, both The New York Times and The Washington Post suggested it was Democrats who undermined efforts to recreate the national sense of unity that initially followed the attacks. In fact, as Media Matters for America noted, reports have made clear the White House's strategy for extracting political gain in the period leading up to the 9-11 anniversary and on that day.

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A GOP leader takes terror swipe at Dems

Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

09-13) 04:00 PDT Washington --House Republican leader John Boehner, just a day after the Sept. 11 anniversary, thrust his party's election-year emphasis on national security back into the spotlight Tuesday when he said he "wondered" if Democrats were more interested in safeguarding the rights of accused terrorists than protecting Americans.

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More examples of Republicans' efforts to unite Americans: here and here.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Reminds me of my Dad's definition of "compromise":

We had to do it his way.

[wisteria]

2. It was a political speech that was meant to suggest that those who

oppose Bush's strategy and leadership in Iraq are wrong and weak and are a threat to our country's safety.

You see, we just all think that if we wish hard enough, we can leave Iraq and the problems will go away. The mean old terrorists will just go pick on some other country. What we need to do is listen to father Bush and he will keep us all safe from harm. He is the truth and the light. What crap, it was a veiled attack on dissenters and was suppose to scare us all into submission. :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[ProSense]

3. Yes, this was Bush's

fall in line speech!

[Supersedeas]

4. Dissent is dangerous and unpatriotic--and the Corp Media swallows whole

heartedly