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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Even Porky Pig looks pretty good in print
Pssst. Michael Novack. He doesn't write them.
A familiar refrain, this. Before any key event, press commentary on the upcoming performance of George W. Bush is nearly always dismissive. The president's supposed faults are caricatured. Gloom about how poorly he will do is widespread. Then, virtually always, if the event is important enough, the president steps to the plate, gets a solid extra-base hit, and drives in a few more runs.
It was like this at his inaugural address — it had been like this at his address accepting the nomination of his party the summer before. He always does better than predicted. The opponents he has defeated in debates, the prognosticators of failure, and all his detractors, continue invincibly to "misunderestimate" him. And to cover over the reality of his triumphs with the veils of their own ironclad preconceptions.
COMMANDING PERFORMANCES
I have just reviewed two collections of the president's speeches since he has been in office, the first covering the first three months of his term (January 20 — April 19, 2001), including his surprisingly praised inaugural address, and the second, which covers the painful year following September 11, 2001, that is, the first twelve months of the war against terrorism.
Novack, of course, knows that what people are talking about is Bush's performance, if that is the word that can be used by President Pauses Every Six Words. He even acknowledges it, but then he changes the focus of his story. Bush's speeches are well written, is that suprising? But the actual speaking part of the speech that comes out of the mouth part of the face seems to be beyond his grasp. So what is the point of the column?
Money.
The end of his column:
EDITOR’S NOTE: National Review's collection of George W. Bush speeches can be purchased here.
You've just been infomercialed.
Hell. Even Tech Central Station is more aboveboard than that.
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