More, Mr. President, Lots More!

I give President Bush a 10 for his press conference performance today. He was clear and forceful. Here he is on the New York Times' disclosure:

My personal opinion is it was a shameful act, for someone to disclose this very important program in time of war.

The fact that we're discussing this program is helping the enemy.

You've got to understand, and I hope the American people understand, there is still an enemy that would like to strike the United States of America, and they're very dangerous.

And, you know, the discussion about how we try to find them will enable them to adjust.

The President's words won't go down well with the liberals who dominate MSM and their Democratic Party friends in Congress, but most folks on Main Street will understand what he's saying and agree.

Michelle Malkin and Ankle Biting Pundits have extensive coverage, including links to other bloggers.

The White House transcript and webcast are here.

Bush got a big, unintentional assist from an obviously hostile, partisan press corps. If I were running the Republican National Committee I'd be working right now to place ads on TV and the internet highlighting the press corps' performance. I liked this reader comment at Michelle Malkin:

The press corps reminded me of that Saturday Night Live skit that ran in the beginning of the 1st gulf war. The press kept asking “ When exactly will we attack, from which direction and what forces will be used” and “What secret code do we use and how does it work?”.

These people are so clueless and blinded by partisanship that they actually expect the president to let everyone know what methods we use to track the communications of people that want to kill us all.

Most of MSM will continue to distort the President's words and actions. The only way for him to counter that is by talking directly to the people.

So more, Mr. President, lots more!