Reply #24: Methinks Rove is attempting a "bravery in the time of war" effect

[FredScuttle]

the analogy is to the Royal Family's steadfastness during the Nazi shelling of Britain during WWII. Rather than hightail out of town to Scotland or some other remote location, the King ordered his entire family to stay in England and suffer through the bombing along with the citizens...from my reading of these times, this was an unimaginable act of courage and inspiration to the English people and went a long way towards cementing the goodwill between the royal family and their subjects (goodwill that has survived the disgraces of the past 15 years).

I think, though, that this, like many recent Rove tactics will backfire. Half the people will take this to confirm their suspicion that the "terror alert" is just a political tool rolled out by the Adminstration when the mood strikes them, while the other half will be gobsmacked at a President sending his family into an area where his Homeland Security secretary just indicated is highly likely for a terror attack.