Bush vs. the "Liberal Press"

The headline at the White House Web site says President Discusses War on Terror, Progress in Iraq in West Virginia 03/22/06. One might assume that the latter topic (progress in Iraq) would be a very brief discussion indeed.

But Bush is continuing with the Karl Rove election playbook: polarize, polarize, polarize. And a big part of the strategy is this increasingly psycho claim about the Liberal Press Conspiracy:

One of the things that we've got to value is the fact that we do have a media, free media, that's able to do what they want to do. And I'm not going to - you're asking me to say something in front of all the cameras here. (Laughter.) Help over there, will you? (Laughter.)

I just got to keep talking. And one of the - there's word of mouth, there's blogs, there's Internet, there's all kinds of ways to communicate which is literally changing the way people are getting their information. And so if you're concerned, I would suggest that you reach out to some of the groups that are supporting the troops, that have got Internet sites, and just keep the word - keep the word moving. And that's one way to deal with an issue without suppressing a free press. We will never do that in America. I mean, the minute we start trying to suppress our press, we look like the Taliban. The minute we start telling people how to worship, we look like the Taliban. And we're not interested in that in America. We're the opposite. We believe in freedom. And we believe in freedom in all its forms. And obviously, I know you're frustrated with what you're seeing, but there are ways in this new kind of age, being able to communicate, that you'll be able to spread the message that you want to spread.

Or, heck, just go to the White House Web site, or watch only FOX News for all your information and the news will always be good! Of course, when and if Iraq collapses into civil war and things go from bad to worse, you'll be clueless. But that's the Republican Party way these days: scam, then scam some more, then scam again.

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