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Josh Hill wrote:

> That doesn't, unfortunately, fit the description of what happened that
> day, even Bush's own description. He did not act like a man in charge,
> never mind a president. He acted like a scared, confused schoolchild.

I don't agree. His pattern of travel followed that of a Secret Service 
emergency plan, pure and simple.

He gets a pass from me on this one.

>>No argument from me on that. I can't stand to listen to him any longer. 
>>I only lasted 30 seconds into that last speech.
> 
> 
> What last speech?

The one on the 11th of this month.

> But that isn't where people get their news, nor should it be.

No, it isn't, that's true. They get it from Jon Stewart, of all people. 
And most people don't get their news from any source at all.

(Not to discount the value of Jon, but it's a *fake news show!*)

> The idea
> is to have a reasonably impartial but aggressive press

Impossible. Desirable, but the objective-neutral newspaper is a creature 
of very recent invention. A dying or dead one, at that.

> -- something
> that voters can count on for the information they need to make
> informed decisions, because in the absence of knowledge democracy
> means nothing.

No argument there. But these days the papers ain't that.

> Blogs neither have neither the journalistic  resources
> nor the standards to do that. At best, they're gadflies, at worst
> they're partisan smear sheets.

They have the resources, but not the standards.

Rob
                                                                           
                         
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