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Murphy Martin Commentary
September 21, 2006
"U.N. Nuclear Sparring"
President Bush, riding the crest of
an improved approval rating, addressed the U.N. General Assembly on
Tuesday. In May, the President's approval had dipped to 31% but when
he walked to the podium before leaders from around the world on
Tuesday, it had climbed back to 44%.
President Bush called for Iran to return at once to the
international talks on its nuclear program and threatened
consequences if Iran did not. However, his speech was less
confrontational to the General Assembly than his remarks on the
sidelines regarding Iran. He aimed instead at building bridges with
people in the Middle East who are angry with America.
"My country desires peace," he told those in the main hall at the
U.N. "Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the
West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false and
its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror. We respect
Islam."
Later Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who recently
said: "We are not looking for or working for the bomb. The problem
with President Bush has is in his mind he wants to solve everything
with bombs." The Iranian leader did not use those same words Tuesday
evening at the U.N. but he did spend considerable time claiming Iran
was abiding by International Rules in whatever they were doing with
nuclear energy.
Bottom line to the Tuesday U.N. appearance by Mr. Bush. Was his
speech not only important and substantive, was it also a good
political speech? It may be wise to remember that the aggressive
political message of one's opponent must be rebutted in the same
news cycle to avoid losing ground. We'll be checking the media the
next couple of days to see how many Democratic responses we find to
Mr. Bush's U.N. remarks.
He seemed more forceful in his speech delivery than did his Iranian
opposition later in the evening and he spoke directly to many
countries affected by terror in today's world.
Ask yourself this question: Is the President's approval rating for
the November Elections more likely to be closer to 48% or 34%?
Unless the Democrats get their act together with what part of his
administration they challenge the most, his numbers may continue to
climb toward 48%.
And if more Muslims protests are staged and cries of "down with the
Pope" increase, you can forget about the numbers falling into the
lower 30-per-cent!
Murphy Martin
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