Clarion Ledger: Bush's 'stay the course' in Iraq falling flat

Bush's 'stay the course' in Iraq falling flat

By Mitch Cohen
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."

— President Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24

This week, President Bush set out yet again to make the case for his failing war. In fact, in a remarkable sign of political weakness, he's been forced to do so in two of the reddest states: Utah and Idaho. Having lost the nation at large, Bush is struggling to hold even his base.

Salt Lake City — site of an overwhelming Bush reelection victory —saw 2,000 citizens take to the streets in protest against the president and his war, led by the city's mayor himself.

Polls lower than Nixon's

Undaunted, Bush once again vowed he will adamantly "stay the course," and demanded the country do the same.

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