[dd74]

Island, though his statement might be tongue in cheek, is correct. Bush is obsessed with Iraq, and because he is, so is the media. Not one single question during his press conference two weeks ago was about anything other than Iraq. If the media is obsessed with Iraq, much of the American population will be too, as it looks to the media for information. Hence, feed them meat, all they know is meat.

Secondly, Bush is not known for naught as a war president. But at the same time his once-fabled title of being "a compassionate conservative" has eroded.

Oddly enough, while a majority of Americans despise this war, Bush still leads Kerry, or is at least tied. I wonder if the Tillman death will have influence on the polls - he was huge in football - an American pasttime lots of Americans, dems, repubs alike, watch.