The most repugnant aspect of Bush's primetime dog-and-pony shows is the shameless manipulation of trembling victims and genuine heroes. Exploitive photo-ops with poor souls who have been recently shell-shocked by reality are always good for a 2-3 point bump in the polls. And if that doesn't work? Well then they'll just raise the terror alert level. That gets'em every time
So who do you think will be shamelessly used as a background prop at Bush's televised speech on Thursday?
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