Bush address to the nation: "My most solemn responsibility"
The President had a speech last night on national TV. From most accounts, unless you needed a pep talk or your support for the President has been waning, anti-idiotarians could skip it and not miss much. I'll leave the details to those not working 70 hours a week outside blogging.
Meanwhile, among detached-reality-Americans...
The speech was, like everything else Bush has said on the topic, a nice object lesson in the rhetorical possibilities of the straw man and the false dilemma. As an effort to smear the opposition, it's good work. As a serious argument, it's patronizing and insulting. - Matthew YglesiasThis reminds me of The Princess Bride: I do not think those words mean what he thinks they mean. If there’s a logical proof that, "We support the troops!" is not wholly inconsistant with, "Pull out now!" I’d like to hear it. Please, please, explain it to me. And remember: absurd claims that peaceniks are trying to save the lives of warriors by ending a war don't qualify as logic.
