A short sampling of online
A short sampling of online homepage leads covering Bush's speech last night in Cincinnati:
The New York Times
Stern Tones, Direct Appeal
"The long list of demands that the president laid out in a purposeful speech set a very tough standard for avoiding war."
Typical. In Raines' World, the speech was about "avoiding war" instead of "avoiding a million incinerated Americans."
The Washington Post
Bush Targets Doubtful Public
"President offers a lawyerly refutation of many doubts Americans have about a confrontation with Iraq."
Hmm. I'm not sure that "target" is the appropriate word to use in this context.
The Los Angeles Times
Bush Tells Nation the Iraq Threat 'Is Simply Too Great'
"Warning that Iraq 'stands alone' as a threat to America because 'it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place,' the president seeks to answer skeptics."
I thought there was much more answering than seeking going on in the speech, but that's just me.
The Guardian (U.K.)
America's great misleader
"Bush's arguments strain the limits of plausibility to justify war on Iraq, and this, says Simon Tisdall, means regime change is imperative - in Washington."
I...oh, why bother.
In related news, the official count of World Trade Center massacre victims has dropped to 2,797. It turns out that Maria Bengochea of Manhattan, Nikola Lampley of Brooklyn, and Germaan Castillo Garcia, also of Brooklyn, aren't actually dead.
