Bush the Pleader to replay today's Crawford Fatwa at Tuesday's American Legion Annual Convention

[Amerigo Vespucci]

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.

"The success of the past couple of months have shown that conditions on the ground can change -- and they are changing," he said in his weekly radio address. "We cannot expect the new strategy we are carrying out to bring success overnight."

Bush is facing mounting pressure from Democrats and a senior Republican lawmaker to begin pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq to show the government there that the American commitment is not open-ended.

Bush on Tuesday will try to build his case further for remaining in Iraq when he speaks to the American Legion annual convention in Reno, Nevada, the second of two such speeches. "I will focus on the Middle East and why the rise of a free and democratic Iraq is critical to the future of this vital region and to our Nation's security," Bush said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070825/pl_nm/usa_iraq_bush_dc_2

"Would I lie to you?"

[formercia]

1. Preaching to the Choir.....

When he loses the American Legion, it will be a signal that the boys are walking away.


They're the bottom 1%.


The fact that he even has to try and convince them of anything is telling.