It's about time! But will the media report on it?

This report from Reuters says the President Bush will "directly take on the false attacks that Democratic leaders have been making" in a Veterans Day speech today and all I can say is it's about f-ing time! The Democrats have been allowed to continually misrepresent, distort, mislead and lie about the reasons for going into Iraq. Specifically claiming that President Bush lied to get us into war by manipulating intelligence. And of course the media acts as a wing of the Democratic party by simply repeating every lie that people like Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen John Kerry, Sen Harry Reid, DNC Chairman Howard Dean and anyone else on the left has to say.

But will anyone know about the speech? If the media ignores it, which they will mostly do, then the affect will be little if anything. So my suggestion, as if the President listens to my every word, would be to say something that takes on the media as well as the democrats. Link the two together. Call them irresponsible for simply restating the democrat talking points. If the President can ruffle the feathers of the media and get them talking about what the President said about them and what they reported, which is to say what the dems are telling them to say, then maybe his message will get out.

Some targets would be the medias misleading reporting on Joe Wilson and their failure to reveal the information in the Select Senate Intelligence Report that shows Joe Wilson to be a liar. Some other lines of attack;

- The media misrepresenting the Saddam link to 9/11 NOT made by President Bush
- The media inaccurately reporting the "16 words" in the 2003 SotU address and never mentioning that the British intelligence (the source) still stands by the report
- The Dems insistence that the White House manipulated intelligence when they themselves saw the same intelligence and as far back as 1998 were making the same statements that President Bush was making in 2002.
- The media obsession with keeping a "death scorecard" and featuring articles when supposed milestones are reached.

UPDATE: Here is an excerpt from the Presidents speech today;

"Our debate at home must also be fair-minded. One of the hallmarks of a free society and what makes our country strong is that our political leaders can discuss their differences openly, even in times of war. When I made the decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, Congress approved it with strong bipartisan support. I also recognize that some of our fellow citizens and elected officials didn't support the liberation of Iraq. And that is their right, and I respect it. As President and Commander in Chief, I accept the responsibilities, and the criticisms, and the consequences that come with such a solemn decision.

"While it is perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began. Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people about why we went to war. These critics are fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's weapons programs. They also know that intelligence agencies from around the world agreed with our assessment of Saddam Hussein. They know the United Nations passed more than a dozen resolutions citing his development and possession of weapons of mass destruction. Many of these critics supported my opponent during the last election, who explained his position to support the resolution in the Congress this way: 'When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat, to our security.' That's why more than 100 Democrats in the House and the Senate, who had access to the same intelligence voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power.

"The stakes in the global War on Terror are too high, and the national interest is too important, for politicians to throw out false charges. These baseless attacks send the wrong signal to our troops and to an enemy that is questioning AmericaWashington, our will is strong, our Nation is united, and we will settle for nothing less than victory."'s will. As our troops fight a ruthless enemy determined to destroy our way of life, they deserve to know that their elected leaders who voted to send them to war continue to stand behind them. Our troops deserve to know that this support will remain firm when the going gets tough."