Gimme a break. The question of the day is, “Should the President be watching CNN (etc.) non-stop so that he sees what Americans are seeing about the war?”
Which question seems to be particularly imprortant to CNN (etc.).
The underlying question seems to be, if the President orders military action, should he be forced to watch the big booms, and realize that people are dying out there.
Well, if he’s so heartless or stupid as to not realize that, watching it isn’t going to make any difference.
If anyone thinks that Bush is not seeing what’s going on in Iraq, even if it’s he’s not glommed to Fox News or MSNBC or ABC or anyone else, I think they’re just silly.
And if Bush should be forced to watch what the American populace is watching, so that he can relate to their concerns and fears — does that mean he has to watch American Idol, too? Come on — not even Bush deserves that.
Heard snatches of the press conference while working today, and I heard at least two reporters harping on whether Bush is watching TV. Is he supposed to see explosions and exclaim, “Wow! War is bad! I’d better stop this now!”? Preposterous.
By the way, the word “particularized” was constantly misused during the conference.
Would they feel better if he were jumping up and down in his chair and shouting for more pretzels?