Is the president purposefully using propaganda and hyperbole to garner the American public for support?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.
Being president isn't anything like reality TV. It's not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it's about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.
Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know.
The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.
There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.