Bush ain't no Roosevelt and never will be the

[Blue_Roses]

man that Roosevelt was, so all the "fireside chats" in the world will never compare to what Roosevelt did for the little people. In order to even be in the same ballpark as Roosevelt, a president has to first care. This eliminates Bush all together.



Sen. Warner suggests Bush use FDR-like 'fireside chats'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sunday suggested that President Bush use an FDR-style presentation to update people on progress in the war in Iraq.

more...


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-27-warner_x.htm

[mopaul]

1. yeah, that ought to do the trick

just keep up the constant explaining george and we'll eventually agree with you cause we're all real stupid out here.

[trogdor]

2. I think he'd rather be Teddy Roosevelt.

He ain't no T.R. either. He couldn't trick-or-treat as T.R.

[LynneSin]

3. Pul-lease, we already don't like the man, you think seeing him bumble

like an idiot through a "Fireside Chat" would somehow improve his popularity? The guy couldn't recite the alphabet without fucking up at least 3-4 of the letters

[Blue_Roses]

7. he'd be glued to the teleprompter

So much for the "chat":eyes:

[calico1]

4. Bush, in his delusions thinks he will be

regarded as the greatest president that ever was. Not only does he want to be better than Roosevelt but also better than Lincoln, Kennedy, Washington, Eisenhower, TR, Reagan, and others. And his handlers apparently think they can pull it off too. It is amusing, annoying and pathetic at the same time.

[Blue_Roses]

9. you right

if he thinks he is the greatest president that ever was it is a delusion. He will go down in history as the most despised president ever.

[tuvor]

5. I, for one, am glad Warner is suggesting this.

Because I'm pretty sure that bush is NOT glad that Warner is suggesting this.

[Ezlivin]

6. Bush should be IN the fire, not beside it

He needs to burn off a few billion of his sins...

[liberal N proud]

8. Wouldn't it be fun to watch him go up in smoke

He couldn't pull it off without some real bu$h speak. It would be a riot to watch him screw up.

[Blue_Roses]

11. no, he couldn't pull it off

there has to be a sincerity to what is said and he is such grouchy, stubborn man. It would be a disaster.

[neebob]

10. Well, you know, his family is known for their integrity

so everybody gather 'round this nice toasty warm crackling imaginary fire and listen to the Bushly truth. :puke:

[AllegroRondo]

12. Interesting - local paper had an Op/Ed on how FDR 'lied' us into WW2

>>>Richard Hofstadter, one of the great liberal historians, wrote of FDR's "undeniably devious leadership" in the months and years before the war. Hofstadter, like countless other historians, agreed that FDR's diplomacy and politics were designed to push the United States through a "back door into war."

Historian Thomas A. Bailey wrote: "Roosevelt repeatedly deceived the American people during the period before Pearl Harbor. . . . He was faced with a terrible dilemma. If he let the people slumber in a fog of isolationism, they might fall prey to Hitler. If he came out unequivocally for intervention, he would be defeated" in the 1940 election.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/jonahgoldberg/story/ABBD917071760D9C862570C300383800?OpenDocument

--------------------

So the strategy now is to compare * to FDR???
Very Rovian.

[Blue_Roses]

13. FDR didn't want to get the US involved in the war before

Pearl Harbor. WWI had been a hard on the US and the country was "war weary". I don't think he lied about that. It was the truth, but after Pearl Harbor the country changed their mind on entering the war very quick. The lines were long for enlistment.

[neebob]

15. Right. That's why he left all those ships sitting there in that one place.

[Blue_Roses]

16. whatever

:eyes:

[Batgirl]

14. Fireside chats -- bring 'em on

Yeah that approach outghta work. Seeing as how public skepticism actually increases the more he runs his mouth. When he did his traveling flim-flam act in support of shoshecurity "reform", public disapproval soared. Later, all of his johnny-come-lately disasterpalooza appearances did nothing to convince the public they hadn't seen what they'd just seen re: Katrina. And 100 fireside chats won't achieve the memory modification necessary to erase the public's shared memory of being misled into supporting the Iraq invasion. He might as well throw gasoline on the fire.