Good point. Our President should use FDR's fireside chat format to keep americans better informed and do his best to see that his message gets to the population of Iran.
Good point. Our President should use FDR's fireside chat format to keep americans better informed and do his best to see that his message gets to the population of Iran.
"Natural Speakers"
Yeah. MSM won't give POTUS thirty minutes a week on T.V. Worse, we've nobody in our government with both the credibility and skill at delivering this message like FDR. Condi's the closest, and she's really not a warm and engaging speaker. Appears visibly nervous to me and has sort of a stilted, robotic, and slightly icy demeanor. Plus, we need this message to be delivered in Europe and Iran by people whom those folks implicitly trust. I've no idea who they'd be.
Maybe it is GWB adopting a TEDDY ROOSEVELT approach of speaking softly, but carrying a BIG STICK. I just don't trust that he can consistently pull it off without suffering "foot in mouth" disease at some point.
Iraq is the source of our Iran trouble - it is this issue that has largely drained the President of the domestic support he needs to conduct foreign policy. The various scandals, infighting and fits among the Republican party haven't helped, either. Fact is, the President holds virtually supreme power over US foreign affairs and matters of state and war. Unfortunately, that power is diminished any time the President's power and prestige is diminished.
Speaking as a liberal, I don't like the idea of George W. Bush in charge of US foreign policy. I like the current situation even less: right now no one is in charge. American foreign policy at the moment is driven by inertia and blind reaction to overseas events - all our programs are either legacies or hasty expedients.
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