Fred Hiatt, the Illustrated Wank

Let us look at this piffle from the "enabler" page of the Washington Post -- and no, I'm not talking about Richard Cohen's "My Space" page:

PRESIDENT BUSH should hold more news conferences. In his hour-long exchange with reporters at the White House yesterday, he was considerably more effective in explaining and defending his commitment to the war in Iraq than in the three carefully worded speeches he has delivered in the past week.


In his sometimes blunt, sometimes joking and sometimes unpolished way, he sounded authentic...


...Mr. Bush, however, hasn't lost sight of the stakes...


...But the president clearly has not lost sight of the enormous importance of the Iraqi mission, to U.S. security as well as to his presidency...


...Pressed repeatedly to say when American forces would leave the country entirely, he finally answered: "That will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq."

Not the most politic response, perhaps, but one that shows Mr. Bush remains committed in the theater where U.S. commitment, and leadership, are still desperately needed.