Quack, quack..

If it looks like a lame duck, and it quacks like a lame duck…

By all indications, Bush is having trouble catapulting the propaganda.
Through disappointing polls and bad news in Iraq, intraparty squabbling over immigration and bipartisan broadsides on port security, President Bush has been able to use the megaphone of his office to shout above the din and shape the national debate.
But the Mark Foley scandal is rendering that megaphone practically useless, just as the president is trying to turn up the volume to help his party beat back Democratic efforts to take control of Congress this November.
During his three-day campaign swing out West this week, Mr. Bush's carefully honed attacks on Democrats as soft on terrorism have been drowned out by the Foley case and its political repercussions.
The attacks were definitely "carefully honed," they just weren't carefully heard. On Monday, Bush delivered a blistering attack on Democrats, saying the party believes "the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again." On Wednesday, Bush said "the safety of the United States of America" is dependent on voters backing Republicans.
Ordinarily, these fairly ridiculous attacks would be big news. There'd be all kind of analysis about the president's unhinged rhetoric and blatant demagoguery, but this week, Dems barely lifted an eyebrow, and reporters practically shrugged their shoulders.

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