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You have to love it when the MSM (or as I call them, Big Media) are so sure of themselves that they don’t even try to hide their biases and disdain. Check out this headline from the AP:

Bush Pulls Out the Stops to Save Ratings

Now, I’m not going to deny that Bush is doing that, but I contend that he HAS to do that because the ilk in Big Media have pulled out all stops to sink him whenever and wherever possible. In the article we get this piece of fair and balanced journalism:

“In Wheeling on Wednesday, the fifth day in a row Bush devoted his remarks to Iraq, the president bantered with the locals, his shoulders bouncing up and down as they do when he's pleased with his own jokes.”

I bet Ms. Loven never reported on President Clinton biting his lower lip every time he wanted to look concerned.

Anyway, I’m sure Loven can’t even fathom that the press has been reporting only bad news. To drive home her point, she has this quote about exactly why the President has to do these press conferences:

"It's one of the best chances he has to be effective, to change away from the Pollyanna-ish characterizations of it being all good news," said Bruce Buchanan, a University of Texas political scientist who has long observed Bush.

However, Wayne Fields, a specialist in presidential rhetoric at Washington University in St. Louis, said, "The problem is that clearly he's doing this because of the polls and that adds a level of desperation."

Ah, yes…it’s all out of desperation.