Coincidence? NK threat just as the grand jury on collusion convenes?
Really? Suddenly, not last month, or last week, or a year ago?
NK is only a problem NOW?
Sorry. Not buying it.
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tends to help a floundering president. Dubya found that out immediately after September 11th. It literally suffocated the opposition. NOBODY wanted to keep pointing out the problems and his many deficiencies and his questionable "win" - selected by the Supreme Court. And then when he took us to war, the overwhelming force-feeding that was served to America was about standing by yer president, we're at war, we have to support our president and support our troops, blah-blah-blah. I remember seeing him described in print in the mainstream media as "the popular wartime president". He was still as inept as he'd already had months to prove he was, and he had the sagging ratings to prove it.
But man, those terrorists did their thing that September, lurched the country abruptly onto a war footing to seek revenge and justice. Everybody got behind dubya either out of a sense of patriotic duty during a time of crisis ("cuz you're s'posed to"
or out of increased ardor for the guy they were already supporting. If you opposed him for the many reasons he offered, that awful day made you volunteer to shut up about it. No matter how you felt about the guy. Suddenly everybody was a "Go Kick Their ASS!" war cheerleader. Everywhere. On the evening news. Not just stories being covered. The anchorman. Lester Holt was particularly shameless about it, and proudly so. I read an interview of him wherein he was asked about biased coverage that, in effect, made the press sound like a group of cheerleaders for the war. He said something like - "you bet I'm going to be favorable toward whatever our troops are doing!" Not the exact quote but very close as far as I can recall. Our troops were indeed over there in harm's way, so NOBODY dared question it. Good Grief that was a stifling time! Ari Fleischer, the White House Press Secretary, even said it should be. It was during one news conference around the start of that whole grim era where he said "Americans need to watch what they say."
It would not surprise me if somebody in the bowels of that White House hadn't said something about how "these things make your numbers go up. Worked like a charm for George W." Besides, we're dealing with a guy who long ago made himself a household name by manipulating public opinion.
... From A Cozy Chair Watching Fox News.
I Told My RWNJ Friend: Cons Are For War, Libs Are For The Poor,
Of Corse He Said Bullshit. 
