Politics SpinMeister on 19 Jan 2006 09:25 pm
Bush’s Bandwidth
Something in White house Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s briefing today bothered me:
The President is fully committed to doing everything within his power to prevent attacks and defeat the terrorists.
Sounds terrific, but in the next breath, McClellan declares, “We do not negotiate with terrorists.” So, negotiating with the enemy is not within his power. What does doing everything mean? Doing everything means everything, not just things you feel like doing. A heroic leader does not have such limited bandwidth, he has inventive imagination and comes up with great solutions.
