Bush speaking out (or not) on invading Iraq:

In the New York Times, we read:

"You've got the vice president making this detailed speech about why we should go to war," said Senator Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican who has been a frequent critic of the administration on Iraq. "The president is not saying anything."

but...

"When Cheney talks, it's Bush," said William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and a hard-liner on Iraq.

This is like the olden days when the monarch was inscrutable (because weak-willed, dim-witted, or worse) and it was the duty of lesser nobility and court officials to speak for him.
posted by Quiddity at 8/27/2002 05:17:00 AM