Bush still hiding behind friendly audiences:Remember last summer, when Bush would only speak to military audiences? That was pathetic. But now, if you aren't paying close attention, you might think that Bush is doing the manly thing, and speaking boldly to a mixed (or even hostile) audience. Here's how Monday's speech was reported:
- San Francisco Chronicle: ... a speech to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. ... In his speech at George Washington University
- Boston Globe: Speaking at George Washington University before an audience assembled by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a conservative foreign policy group ...
- AP (Nedra Pickler): The president, speaking to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies at George Washington University ...
- Los Angeles Times: The speech - delivered at George Washington University to an audience assembled by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which describes itself as an institute established to fight "the ideologies that drive terrorism"
If you don't know what the
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is, you're left with the impression that Bush, speaking
at George Washington University, was perhaps, speaking
to a general audience. At least that was our impression at first. Are you familiar with FFTDOD?
Here's a rough outline:
- President: Clifford May (check out his profile at Right Web)
- They approvingly link to John Gibson of the Fox News Channel.
- Their Board of Advisors includes: Gary Bauer, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, Zell Miller, and Richard Perle (and regrettably, also, Donna Brazile and Charles Schumer)
- "Distinguished Advisors" include Newt Gingrich, Joe Lieberman, and James Woolsey
- From their Success Stories page: Training Campus Anti-Terrorism Advocates
At a time when college campuses are under the sway of apologists for terrorism, FDD has trained hundreds of professors and students as pro-democracy, anti-terrorism advocates and activists.
So it's pretty hard-core right wing.
That's the kind of audience Bush only seems to want to talk to.
posted by Quiddity at 3/14/2006 08:36:00 AM 
