Bloggers on Bush

At this morning's news conference, President Bush answered questions on Iraq, Al Qaeda, Scooter Libby, and other topics. And NPR's news blogger Tom Regan has been looking at reaction from bloggers...

The blogosphere is buzzing following President Bush's press conference today to talk about the Iraq benchmarks report. Conservative bloggers seemed to zero in on the questions asked by the media, which were characterized by some as propaganda. Liberal bloggers, on the other hand, focused on what they saw as the president's attempt to spin the situation in Iraq.

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If George Bush is so concerned about our security, like he stated in his address, I guess he hasn't noticed people (which could be terroists mixed with Mexicans) jumping the fence bordering Mexico.

Sent by Paul in Jacksonville, Fl | 3:48 PM ET | 07-12-2007

Let???s see what you have to offer, post an idea. I???m sure there are those in the Government reading these Blogs (or at least I would hope so). This game of let???s see what the other guy does, then if it goes wrong we can nail him with it. That doesn???t help advance anything except the other side.

I shouldn???t be surprised though, because this attitude is rampant today everywhere. A problem will surface, let???s say a screw needs to be tightened to keep the door knob from falling off. Three people have walked by, with a little screwdriver on their keychains and could have fixed the problem in 5 seconds, but they didn???t. Why, well that???s a good question. Some may not like the maintenance guy, and would like to see him fired. So fixing the screw would help this guy out, and possibly allow him to claim he did a good job. Others are afraid that if they touch the Door Knob, and then something turns up missing, they may be liable or blaimed. Again, it???s not my job, I don???t to get involved. Finally, you have a guy come by, fixes the screw, and when asked by the other two why did you do that. He says, the way I saw it, somebody could have been hurt, or trapped in this room while we debated what to do, or who to call, or who can we blaim this on. I kinda like the Nike slogan ???Just do it???. That kinda sums it up don???t you think.

OK, so now that I???ve spent the last 15 minutes typing this, I???m very curious to see how others think. Thanks???...

Sent by Cantuse Realname | 10:31 AM ET | 07-18-2007

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