Debra Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle in a column points out why she still supports President Bush. She says "When television news anchors announce bad news ( about Iraq) they usually frame it as a reflection on Bush , not the insurgents......."
"Tony Blair put it in a speech last week, insurgency forces plays our own media with a shrewdness that would be the envy of many a political party. Every act of carnage adds to the death toll"
"But somehow, it serves to indicate our responsibility for disorder, rather than the act of wickedness that causes it....."
"Democrats repeatedly have voted in favor of his proposal--- Iraq, the Patriot Act-- only to snipe at them when they see an opportunity to wound the Republican president. "
"...With all his faults the president is trying to do something great. If he succeeds, the would will be a better place" That's what matters."
To read Debra Saunders entire column click on the title above for a link.
