I saw the speech….i have not seen a word of analysis or spin and i havent been around the blogs this morning yet so i have no idea what america thought of it.
I thought it was the best speech he ever gave….i know that aint saying much so i will put it a different way…he did a damn good job delivering a brilliant speech.
you may have to take your filters off to see this….im trying to see it thru the eyes of moron america as well as through a marketers eyes.
as far as moron america is concerned…they are grasping at any message that helps them regrow their penis….thats why murthas ideas are resonating with so many people….he isnt saying cut our penises off and run like the republican spin meisters are trying to frame it…he is saying lets take our big giant penises up on that hill where we can watch over things and bash bad guys over the head from afar with our superior firepower penises if we need to….last night bush gave a speech that explained in almost a benevolently fatherish way why and how he thinks we can win this….winning is the main point….the defeatists are reinforcing the little penis problems america has….the defeatists (that is how they are succesfully being framed) are not getting across the message that bush himself lost this war….they are being painted very successfully as wanting to run away while holding onto their bloody stumps…america isnt going to go for that…i think the polls are showing that too…..on the one hand people are pissed at bush….they think his war policies are a disaster…and they want a way out….but they arent overwhelmingly supporting a pullout ….they are looking for a pullout plan that gives them the illusion they still have their dicks…whoever comes up with that plan and manages to get it across to moron america will be the winner here as far as message goes…
another thig bush did last night that was different than his usual….he totally changed his delivery…..toned down his criticism…he was very conciliatory…..the republican strategists who came up with that are geniuses….all the people out there who supported going to war (over 70% of americans 2 years ago)….all the people who voted for bush out of a sense that he has good moral character (i dont know what those people are smoking either but they are there)….all of those people who are independent but swung to the right last november…they dont want to be lumped into the far left radical camp and treated with disdain by der furor….last night chimpy did a very good job of giving them a way to not be totally disgusted with him….he turned them back i guarantee it….not only did he give them back a little of their penises but he stroked them enough to lull them back to sleep……very comforting…very effective.
Your analysis is right on as far as this whole thing being about manliness…er, penis size. But I don’t think last night’s speech will resonate with anyone who wasn’t already a big fan of the prez. Nothing new, and he looked scared to death.
the big fans are the 30% who are still supporting him no matter what
he is going for the 40% in the middle
i called my mom just now and i think from her comments he got the job done….they are union dems who moved to florida and by all accounts should have voted the dem ticket like they were told….but they voted for bush…and they are disgusted with him right now…but that speech gave them warm fuzzies.
THat’s disheartening. But you know it doesn’t really matter what real Americans think, it’s what the news media are saying that counts, right? And what I’m hearing this morning is same old same old. He’s got a news conference in about 30 minutes which should be interesting. Do you think he’ll take questions? I love to watch that mixture of confusion and disdain on his face when he has to answer a question.