Mark Steyn wrote an excellent column last week on the snobbery of Bush haters. What we are experiencing today with CBS speaks to that snobbery and disdain by the main stream media about our ability to comprehend what is going on.
But Steyn's article goes much deeper. He touched on all of the reasons that the Democrats are underestimating the ability of the American people to sort through all of this garbage and recognize the truth when we hear it.
According to Steyn, Kerry is about as spectacular a nothing as you could devise - a thin-skinned whiny vanity candidate who persists in deluding himself that Bush's advantage is all down to "smears" and "lies" and "mean" "attacks". It's not.
Bush's something is very simple: his view of the war on terror resonates with a majority of the American people; when he talks about 9/11 and the aftermath, they recognise themselves in his words; they trust his strategy on this issue. For an inarticulate man, he communicates a lot more effectively than Senator Nuancy Boy.
You have heard it said before, this is a defining moment in our history. And it is!
This defining moment, though, goes to the heart of the fact that for years we have been fed the pablum that the 'elite media' has pared down from the truth. Their excuses range from 'the people cannot tolerate it' to 'the people don't want to hear or see it.'
Well guess what, main stream media, WE DO want to hear the truth. And we hear it from George W. Bush.
It may not all be pretty, but we are pretty tough and able to take it. At least President Bush is willing to look us in the eye, lay out the problems as he sees them, and reassure us that we will be as safe as is reasonably expected under his watch.
