http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/07/bush.chicago.ap/index.html

Bush seeks world support for Korea condemnation

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — President Bush said Friday he is determined to rally world support in confronting North Korea over its missile tests to send a “loud and clear” message to the communist regime.

He said North Korea was not like dealing with Iraq. There, he asserted, he decided to launch the 2003 invasion after exhausting diplomatic options.

“You know, the problem with diplomacy is it takes a while to get something done” while “acting alone, you can move quickly,” Bush said.

In a rare out-of-town news conference, he also vowed to keep hunting for terror leader Osama bin Laden, a search that has been fruitless in the nearly five years since the September 11 attacks.

“No ands, ifs or buts, my judgment is it’s a matter of time — unless we stop looking, and we’re not going to stop looking as long as I’m president,” Bush said.

He said he wanted to make clear to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il “with more than one voice” that the world condemned the test firing this week of seven missiles, including a long-range missile that failed.

Bush said the United States had “a reasonable chance” of shooting down the long-range missile, if it had not failed.

But he also said, “Our anti-ballistic systems are modest, they are new.”

The setting for Bush’s rare out-of-town news conference was the rotunda of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. He stood in front of a large photograph of Chicago skyscrapers. The setting underscored the lengths the White House went to to pose the president outside of Washington.

Bush gave a rambling 15-minute opening statement in which he talked about Chicago’s vibrant economy, the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.

Bush is spending more time on the road this summer — and less time vacationing on his Texas ranch — as part of a public-relations effort aimed at boosting his low standing in polls and GOP chances in this fall’s midterm elections.

“It might do me some good,” Bush said.

Following a government report showing unemployment holding steady at 4.6 percent in June, Bush also praised the U.S. economy. “Productivity is high, people are better off, people are working,” he said.

Bush said immigration was one of the top issues in this midterm election year. “The system we have now isn’t working,” he said.
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Seriously. That portion about rambling? Any little bit they can get to make a sinde comment. I’ll admit he does ramble, but our Media should not be anti-bush, they should not be anti-anything they should be neutral and report the news without opinion.