DesertFox
09-11-2006, 07:26 AM
Don Lambro
Townhall.com
11 Sep 06
President Bush has dramatically enlarged the issue of terrorism in the 2006 midterm elections by revealing the names, faces and confessed plots of the Islamic radicals held by the CIA.
In a sweeping, lay-it-all-out White House address that elevated the issue of the deadly dangers Americans still face from terrorism, Bush confirmed the existence of foreign-based CIA prisons where terrorists have been secretly interrogated by intelligence agents and even disclosed some of the plots they planned to execute against the United States and our allies.
President Bush delivers remarks at a 'Max Burns for Congress' event at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Center in Pooler, Ga. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Last week's speech, part of a series of speeches to remind Americans of the increasing threat terrorism poses to this country, demonstrated several things that will have an impact in the war on terror -- and on the midterm elections. It showed how the president, despite his political weakness in the polls, can use his bully pulpit to put the spotlight on an issue -- in this case, the war on terror -- that his critics have tried to play down and diminish, but on which he and his party still command their strongest approval ratings.
More (http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DonaldLambro/2006/09/11/bushs_greatest_midterm_weapon_truth?page=full&comments=true)
Townhall.com
11 Sep 06
President Bush has dramatically enlarged the issue of terrorism in the 2006 midterm elections by revealing the names, faces and confessed plots of the Islamic radicals held by the CIA.
In a sweeping, lay-it-all-out White House address that elevated the issue of the deadly dangers Americans still face from terrorism, Bush confirmed the existence of foreign-based CIA prisons where terrorists have been secretly interrogated by intelligence agents and even disclosed some of the plots they planned to execute against the United States and our allies.
President Bush delivers remarks at a 'Max Burns for Congress' event at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Center in Pooler, Ga. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Last week's speech, part of a series of speeches to remind Americans of the increasing threat terrorism poses to this country, demonstrated several things that will have an impact in the war on terror -- and on the midterm elections. It showed how the president, despite his political weakness in the polls, can use his bully pulpit to put the spotlight on an issue -- in this case, the war on terror -- that his critics have tried to play down and diminish, but on which he and his party still command their strongest approval ratings.
More (http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DonaldLambro/2006/09/11/bushs_greatest_midterm_weapon_truth?page=full&comments=true)