Bush campaign speech?

Great Debates
1

It was mentioned in another thread that Dubya’s speech Sunday night was a convienient method of making a campaign speech.

Is this an unfair advantage when a President can pick a night when viewers are at a maximum (first Sunday of FB season) and pre-empt all of the post- game programming and make a speech.

I understand that his message of “This is gonna screw you out of an extra $87,000,000” is not a great campaign vehicle, but I see no reason why he would not be able to go directly to Congress with his message. Did he need to come before the public personally so as to “get our permission” beforehand?

Did Clinton use this tactic? I only remember his 2nd term speech or two.

2

Yup…The advantages of incumbency. I think all Presidents try to use it to their advantage.

As a true-blue Bush-hater, I would have to rank this down very low on his list of sins.

3

Shut up and get off my screen, George. There’s a game on.

Works both ways.