On October 11 as I watched the jackals dressed in suits and skirts circling in the Rose Garden during the press conference, I waited for one of the reporters to ask, "Mr. President, when was the last time you beat your wife?" As he deftly parries the loaded questions from the media, President Bush has the patience of Job and endures almost cruel and unusual punishment. In the Bible Job said, "How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words? These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? And even if it is true that I have erred, my error remains with me."

Indeed, our President is under constant attack from most of the media, a majority of Democrats and some from his own party. As I reflect on the way press conferences were conducted when William Jefferson Clinton held court I can't recall any hostility in the air. Who in the media held Clinton's feet to the fire? And in recent years when world events turned against us, Democrats in Congress and their ankle-biting pundits on television became 'Monday Morning Quarterbacks'.

We are bombarded with mantras from every quarter, such as: "Why not engage North Korea alone at the table." Selective amnesia has reached an epidemic stage among these same people. Masters of the shell game and the hidden pea that always pops up under the wrong shell, these same people have become experts of the age-old question, "What If?"

When Mary Jana Korbelova aka Madeline Albright, Clinton's fearless Secretary of State, made googoo eyes at Kim Jong-Il, he smiled back and said, "We want to wak wid you." And she and Clinton believed the leader of North Korea and promised to send him everything he needed. When Madeline left town, Kim Jong-Il turned to his generals and whispered, "Dese Ameri-cans are so gurrible. Dey berieved me....Hah!!!"

Iran is watching with bated breath to see how events play out in North Korea. Will the community of nations stand firm and act decisively? If so, will North Korea and Iran get the message? The end-of-game clock has only minutes left.   

Contributed by Karl Bossi on October 11, 2006 at 12:54 PM in Karl Bossi, Politics | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: ponsdorf

heh! The Team America reference is priceless. On the off chance I wandered you should check it out.

Regardless... Yup!

Posted by: ponsdorf | Oct 11, 2006 5:42:13 PM