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January 28th, 2008

‘Is the country better off now than seven years ago?’


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The SOTU invariably leads to some reflection and introspection.

Today, for example, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana
Perino a very good question:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080128-1.html

“Is the country better off now than seven years ago?”

Given the response, I don’t think Perino was prepared for the
question.


“Certainly seven years ago — well, seven years ago, right before
September 11th, I think that people would say that the country
certainly felt better off.

There’s been — once we were confronted with terrorists who would fly
jumbo jets into buildings and kill thousands of our citizens in an
instant, it created a sense of fear and nervousness about our
security.

And that’s why the President decided to take on the terrorists head on
and go on the offense.

“And we have done that around the world. We have been successful so
far in preventing another attack on our country.

But it’s not for their lack of trying.

And that’s another reason why the President — tonight you’ll hear him
call on Congress to pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
reauthorization.

They have until Friday to do that, and the President sees no reason
why they shouldn’t be able to get that done.”



Um, Dana?

(Can I call you “Dana”?)

The question was, “Is the country better off now than seven years
ago?”

The fact that you couldn’t answer it — you barely tried — doesn’t
exactly reflect well on Bush’s presidency.

Of course, this shouldn’t come as too big a surprise.

What, exactly, could Perino say?

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Nothing

Harry