Bush, Cheney turn focus to terrorism

[sabra]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070304-104124-8874r.htm

Bush, Cheney turn focus to terrorism

Both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will give speeches in the next few days on the war on terrorism, to the applause of Republicans who say the White House needs to be more aggressive in selling the successes in Iraq.

"The administration should step it up when it comes to messaging," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, who is one of the strongest supporters in Congress of the president's Iraq policy. "I think the president has to do more. People like myself have to do more."

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Mr. Bush will speak on Iraq and the war against terrorism tomorrow in a speech to the American Legion. Mr. Cheney will speak today to the Veterans of Foreign Wars legislative convention.

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Politically, the White House is happy that the center of the Iraq war debate has shifted to Capitol Hill, giving the Democrats the chance to fail on their campaign promises to end the war.
"Some of the favorite things for Democrats to unite and kind of coalesce around is to be against the president," the senior official said. "I think as you saw in that House debate. We let them have that debate themselves.

[Phredicles]

1. "successes in Iraq"???

Well, we done strung up Saddam real good.:eyes::puke:

[ShortnFiery]

2. Time to ramp up "old faithful" ===> fear mongering rhetoric.

9/11; killers; terrorists want to kill us; those Evildoers; THEY hate us for our freedoms; THEY want to kill innocent civilians; they have no value for life,

I (The Unitary Executive) will protect the American people IF CONGRESS WOULD <fill in the blank>; WE will support the fledgling democracy in Iraq; WE will not leave until the job is done; General Peaches BetrayUs is the best of the best (a miracle worker?); WE are allowing the Iraqis to take the lead :eyes:

Feel free to add to the list above. :-)

[Tempest]

6. It appears they didn't notice

That the American people are no longer listening and no longer believe them.

[Amonester]

8. They R too stupid to notice.

Of course their "new old" pR tactics won't work.

But pR tactics ("catapult Propaganda") is the only thing they know how to do, even if it doesn't work anymore, they R too stupid to notice it only gets them lower, and lower, and lower...

[yourout]

3. Creating it or fighting it?

[acmavm]

4. Geez, when I saw the line about successes in Iraq, I thought

this was a joke.

Idiots, the only success involved with the fiasco in Iraq is the amazing ability of the Kool-Aid drinkers to face reality. They're really damn good at it.

[Tempest]

5. Anything to get the focus off of the Walter Reed hearings

And the hearings on the firing of the federal prosecutors.

[Kablooie]

7. They are just using Hollywood's tactics.

People love to be scared. That's often why they go to movies.

Give the people what they want, and win their votes.

[bdamomma]

9. here we go again, playing their FEAR CARD again.

what a bunch of jerks.

[Canuckistanian]

10. OO, look over there! Scary people!

Pay no attention to the injured troops, living in squalor. They'll take care of themselves.