Hurricane Dissemble Makes Landfall at 9pm
The presidential speech from historic Jackson Square Thursday night was dripping with metaphor as George W. Bush faced his nation alone. He stood, isolated by his handler's choice to address a country where he is more and more, day by day isolated by plummeting approval ratings.
He took a good deal for granted. “And tonight I offer this pledge of the American people: Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives.” Not a pledge to the American people, but one of. The elemental truth he failed to mention was that he intended to put it all on an American credit-card.
Further along, he said, “In the task of recovery and rebuilding, some of the hardest work is still ahead.” True enough, and then came the clincher. “And it will require the creative skill and generosity of a united country.” Good speech-writing, an A+ for taking yet another American tragedy and fashioning it to