Drool Fest 2007! Ten military bloggers got a special briefing from the President after his prime-time speech Iraq last week.

In this meeting, Ward Carroll of Military.com said the president seemed more comfortable with his message than on TV. We’re led to believe Bush’s becomes articulate when surrounded by hand-picked pro-Bush and pro-war supporters probably because he can say “Scrabble-ma-jangles” without judgment.

Carrol described the President’s performance in front of the blogger round-table:

“No deer-in-the-headlights stuff here. Truly unwavering and passionate.”

Apparently, the standard for unwavering presidential passion has been boiled down to looking less like a fawn frozen before its slaughter than one usual does.

Facts on the ground notwithstanding, he believes the United States can win the Iraq War. And to be honest, being around him made me believe it at that moment too.”

I would hate for facts to withstand the thrall of the President’s most recent victory pep rally among the loyal.

Source: President Reaches Out to a Friendly Circle in New Media [WaPo]

Comedy Central has ordered six episodes of “Lil’ Bush,” a show that depicts the president and his cohorts as elementary schoolers, CNN is reporting.
The show got its start as a series of 5 minute video clips to be viewed on cell phones of Amp’d Mobile customers and they available on YouTube. CNN points this out about the show:

“Bush” represents an unlikely reversal of the one-way flow of programming from television to other digital platforms, where networks and studios are attempting to extend franchises in search of new revenue. That said, many a programmer has cited the Internet and mobile arenas as potential breeding grounds for fare that could translate back to TV.

Ah, yes. So it is possible for media corporations to find new programming out here in the wilderness of the World Wide Web. It makes us wonder why all the communications conglomerates are so focused on shutting the internet down instead of treating it like what it really is: a goldmine.

An astute social observation of our own, plus music as always after the jump.

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