"freedom, free, liberty"

On the right, meanwhile, Bill Safire thinks that Bush's inauguration speech was pretty good. Says Safire (writing for Friday's New York Times):

Yesterday's strongly thematic address was indeed "the freedom speech." Not only did the words "freedom, free, liberty" appear 49 times, but the president used the world-watched occasion to expound his basic reason for the war and his vision of America's mission in the world. I rate it among the top 5 of the 20 second-inaugurals in our history. Lincoln's profound sermon "with malice toward none" is incomparable, but Bush's second was better than Jefferson's mean-spirited pouting at "the artillery of the press."

That darned press! At least Safire shows some consideration for our ink-stained bretheren. Now let's see how the "world-watched" speech is received in the world's media. Also, from the left, read Bob Herbert's NYT column on the speech.