Correspondence
Correspondence GIVE BUSH A BREAK I FIND DAVID TELL'S intellectual nitpicking of the "Bushies" in his editorial "To Tell the Truth" (Nov. 5) to be unfair, a damning with faint praise and a lack of...
...In light of President Bush's actions thus far, Barnes's article leaves us little genuine cause to be optimistic...
...When she saw the winner of THE SCRAPBOOK's continuing "Surprisingly Good Guys List" (Nov...
...Tell should try to survive reporter disingenuousness...
...Jack proved smarter spending food money on magic beans...
...JONATHAN ALTER Newsweek New York, NY SINCE SEPT...
...He has needlessly yielded ground on domestic policy for the sake of Democratic support for his war effort—support which he would likely have gotten in large measure anyway...
...WAYNE G. SKAGGS Wimberley, TX THE PRESIDENT'S CALLING IN "MAN WITH A MISSION" (Oct...
...His bias was apparent in his early comment that "the Bush executive branch has exhibited a pronounced weakness for spin...
...8), Fred Barnes floats the contention that President Bush has been born again in the wake of the terrorist attacks, that he is invigorated with a new calling, and that he may have begun to emerge as a Truman for our times—assertions that Bush and the White House staff promote eagerly...
...it evoked in her memories of her father, who was of German descent and a U.S...
...5) to be unfair, a damning with faint praise and a lack of appreciation for the situation the administration is dealing with...
...Army Air Corps captain who flew over 50 bombing missions in Germany during World War ii and received the Distinguished Flying Cross...
...Witness Tell's own attack on White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, who asserted that those who leaked information were too unsure to put their own name on their comments...
...11 from happening, thereby exhibiting his unwillingness to incur the disfavor of the bureaucracy...
...Better yet, he should try his hand at telling the public to remain alert while behaving as if nothing is going on, as President Bush must...
...If Bush's belief in his new calling is anything more than rhetorical posturing, let him prove it by his behavior—his willingness to hold to his agenda and to risk the disfavor of those who doubt the seriousness of his resolve...
...If memory serves me, my analysis of John McCain's virtues during the 2000 presidential campaign was strikingly similar to some at The Weekly Standard...
...11, my wife has been regularly reading my copy of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, which is unusual given she is a liberal feminist and pacifist...
...The irony of her tears was not lost on her...
...So far, they have done well, or at least the public seems to think so...
...What is more unusual is that she finds the articles insightful and intelligent, and she agrees with them...
...But the important issue for his presidency and the country is not whether Bush feels he has a new calling, but whether he has the character and leadership qualities to fulfill the demands that calling imposes...
...Bill Clinton was the master of spin, so a fairer comment would have been that the "Bushies" simply need to get better at it...
...For Bush has in fact done little to suggest that he can't be pushed, pulled, bullied, or conned into reckless and unnecessary compromises and concessions...
...ROGER SILVERSTEIN New York, NY OUR NEW FRIENDS WHILE I WELCOME THE SCRAPBOOK'S characterization of me as a "good guy" (Oct...
...She understands our country is at war, and that military force must be used...
...12), the German Navy, she cried profusely...
...22), I must correct the notion that The Weekly Standard hasn't agreed with anything i've written "in years...
...The president has too often sacrificed his anti-terrorist agenda for the sake of coalition-building, undermining israeli security in the process...
...While we still disagree on plenty, i can see a new politics is taking shape for I am with The Weekly Standard in pro-war solidarity...
...Give the Bushies a break...
...Through the memory and spirit of her father she has a living link to the sacrifice, courage, and daring of those soldiers in World War ii who made it possible that Germany is a democratic ally of the United States today...
...Tell also contends that Americans are not a nation of children...
...He is also incorrect in that telling the truth can for politicians be a threatening and scary business with the media looking for every opportunity to make them look inept...
...MARTIN LAVENGOOD Fort Wayne, IN...
...What Tell does not address is that "spin" seems to be the only effective way to communicate with today's entertainment-oriented population...
...What's more, she no longer likes it when people put America down, and she lets them know it...
...Where has he been...
...And he has so far avoided firing officials and bureaucrats in the security establishment who failed to prevent the events of Sept...
Vol. 7 • November 2001 • No. 10
