Bush to make pre-election campaign on Iraq

[Barrett808]

Bush to make pre-election campaign on Iraq
by Olivier Knox

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Thursday will launch an aggressive campaign of speeches, helped by world leader visits, to defend his handling of the global war on terrorism and the conflict in Iraq.

The campaign comes as many of Bush's Republicans worry that the unpopular war in Iraq may cost them control of the US Senate and House of Representatives in the November 7 elections.

The public relations push was to begin Thursday with an Iraq-focused speech to a major US veterans group, and was to culminate with a September 19 address to the United Nations, Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino said Wednesday.

"The president will put the violence that Americans are seeing on their TV screens and reading in their papers into a larger context," Perino said of his remarks to the American Legion in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday.

"He will acknowledge that these are unsettling times in Iraq, in Lebanon, and also the unsettling news about the foiled terror plot out of London. The key is that all of this violence and all of the threats are part of one single ideological struggle, a struggle between the forces of freedom and moderation, and the forces of tyranny and extremism," she said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060830/pl_afp/uspoliticsbushiraq

[longship]

1. "Stay the Course"

Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!
Stay the Course!

[wicket]

7. "You forgot Poland!"

n/t

[acmavm]

2. Does that f**kwit think we're not paying attention? Does he

think that we're really so dumb we can't tell what kind of a frigging disaster he's gotten us into?

This guy really needs a cell with padding on the walls.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

6. That's Exactly It

The majority of people in this country are MORONS. This is a fact!

So YES, he does think and KNOW that we are dumb, and can't tell what kind of a disaster he's gotten us into.

And YES, the majority of people in the country are that dumb....unfortunately for those of us who comprehend reality.

[Fridays Child]

3. Will the corporate media hammer him for politicizing our security?

They never miss the opportunity to spew that shit all over Democrats.

[rodeodance]

4. two weeks of crapola to be served up to the public.

[rodeodance]

5. He is going from the Katrinia failure to the Iraq failure.

[truthisfreedom]

8. erm...put the voilence into a larger context? how about stop the violence?

just sayin', mr. prez.

[Barrett808]

9. 60% of America doesn't buy the bogus Iraq-"War on Terror" link

Do Rove and Cheney really think * can persuade anybody but Freepers at this late date?

[grytpype]

10. It hasn't worked yet, why should it start working now?

How many times has he kicked off a new campaign to win back the public support for the war? Does this make three or four?

[wiggs]

11. This means he's going to find OBL between now and November elections nt

[sutz12]

15. Hell, OBL is probably on ice already......

just waitin' for the next "October surprise." :evilgrin:

[grizmaster]

12. Yo chimpy, we ain't buying what you're selling

and we WILL remember in November

[HuffleClaw]

13. why? it hasn't worked so far.

though i can't wait till he humiliates himself before the UN yet again. should be a classic. its rhetoric like this: "a struggle between the forces of freedom and moderation, and the forces of tyranny and extremism", that isn't helping him.

[sutz12]

14. Business as usual...

They portray his greatest weakness as a strength.

And the sheeple buy it.

:shrug:

I really, really wish I could find some "forces of freedom and moderation" in this criminal cabal. I just don't see any.

[chelsea0011]

16. And this should be the Dems chance to pound home the failure

to bring the thug responsible for 9-11 to justice. They should pound and keep pounding. FAILURE! FAILURE! FAILURE!

[Purveyor]

17. Without a doubt the Iraqi resistance has a "pre-election

campaign" of their own in the works.

:/

[pinto]

18. He's wrong. And if he doesn't see the level of regionalism

and factionalism in the various Middle East conflicts he'll set American foreign policy back to the days when the old British Empire thought everyone playing cricket meant the "civilization" of South/Central Asia...short sighted, condescending and doomed to failure.

[Phredicles]

19. Didn't the Dear Leader's approval ratings go down the last time or two

they tried this? More "Stay the course" stratagery for success!

[RamboLiberal]

20. Bush Sets Out On Iraq Support Tour

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/30/politics/main1952865.shtml

President George W. Bush is kicking off another series of speeches to counter opposition to the war in Iraq, impatience with the rising U.S. death toll and anxiety about possible terrorist attacks.

Mr. Bush delivers the first speech Thursday to the annual American Legion convention in Salt Lake City. The appearances will continue through the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and culminate on Sept. 19 when the president addresses the U.N. Security Council.

It is the third time in less than a year that Mr. Bush has made a series of speeches on Iraq and terrorism. They come two months before congressional elections and at a point when Mr. Bush's approval rate is at 33 percent in the August AP-Ipsos poll. His approval on handling of Iraq also was at 33 percent in the poll.

"They are not political speeches," Mr. Bush said outside a Little Rock restaurant where he made a campaign stop with Asa Hutchinson, a former congressman who is running for governor against Democrat Mike Beebe.

"They're speeches about the future of this country and they're speeches to make it clear that if we retreat before the job is done, this nation will become even more in jeopardy.

[spindrifter]

21. How much more political can he make his

campaign?

[Demeter]

22. Campaign for What?

He can't run again, his party is disintegrating--unless he's getting out the vote for Lieberman, Bush has no future aside from some dandy striped outfits and a lot of time to catch up on his reading.....

[spindrifter]

23. You know--the campaign to make us afraid.

[zreosumgame]

24. The Dumbaya Lame-Duck Brain Dead Tour

paid for by taxpayers...

[frylock]

25. turd-polishing tour is more like it

[eccles12]

26. The very fact that he is doing this and costing millions in tax dollars

that could be used for things like feeding the poor or victims of disasters is shameful. He is using tax dollars to hold political rallies for the Republicans and the media says nothing about it. If it's not for political reasons why is he appearing at political rallies?

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. Another one?

Fucking yawn....

If support didn't go DOWN everytime he goes on one of these jags, it would start to be a disturbing waste of funds...

[Supersedeas]

28. It is not political - hein hein hein snicker snicker hein hein hein