{"id":586,"date":"2007-09-03T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=586"},"modified":"2007-09-04T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T17:52:49","slug":"bush-makes-surprise-visit-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Bush Makes Surprise Visit To America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)<\/a><\/p>\n

President Bush made a surprise visit to America Monday, shortly before a White House deadline to report to Congress on the U.S. troop increase Iraq. Air Force One touched down under a blazing sun in Manhattan Beach, CA, for a six-hour presidential visit to tout a “remarkable turnaround”<\/em> in the mostly Yuppi province west of Compton.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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Now THAT would be a newsworthy headline. Instead we have CNN reporting Bush’s “surprise”<\/em> trip to a remote air base in the Anbar province. They fail to mention that he has to avoid the more dangerous capital city of Baghdad as he flies into his photo-op under the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n

Bush spoke optimistically before a captive audience of Marines saying that fewer U.S. forces may soon be able to maintain security at its current level. If maintaining security at its current level is the extent of his goals, the Iraqi people have very little to look forward to.<\/p>\n

You have to wonder what the purpose of this multi-million dollar detour really is. The President is said to be meeting with the U.S. ambassador and Iraqi prime minister, Maliki, so they are being forced to take a perilous journey across the country to meet with Bush at his hideaway. Is there something besides public relations that justifies the risk and the cost of this event? Couldn’t they have arranged a conference call? And what do they expect to accomplish in six hours that makes this trip worthwhile?<\/p>\n

If their intent is to engender a sense of credibility, they probably blew that effort by running this charade as reported by CNN:<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Tony Snow said a false schedule released for the news media on Monday was part of the security plan for the trip.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was the closing paragraph of CNN’s report, which is right where it belongs. There is very little news value to the revelation that Tony Snow lies to the media. We already knew that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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