Out with the dead sheep in with clarity

What does a US politician under severe pressure do to counter the welter of negative publicity and resignation demands?

In textbook crisis-management style, he hotfoots it to the very institution that has created the controversy. Amid tight security he meets the local administrator, makes reassuring noises about the justness of his cause and milks the soft-peddling publicity for all it is worth.

Yes, President George W Bush’s will arrive in Ireland through Shannon Airport next month to largely escape the domestic dissing he is getting about Abu Ghraib’s contribution to bringing democracy and liberation just like momma used to make it to the people of Iraq.