"Bush Says Election Ratified Iraq Policy"

1. that one dude
2. that scary-lookin' lady. showed up after the last state of the union address on tv.

Quote 2: bush otm, no?

Not quite. An election can't rectify a mistake. Mistakes and misjudgements are mistakes and misjudgements and must be corrected. Otherwise you are piling one mistake on another.

However, Bush is correct in stating that the preponderance of the electorate believed his Iraq policy was at least adequate in their view.

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But Ned, it IS falling apart! (in the view of, as gypsy mothra notes, the view of many many many Americans; I haven't looked at statistics so I don't want to call it a majority and have people jump down my throat, but that's certainly the way it feels.) xposts

actual article headline: Bush: U.S. to Leave Iraq When Mission Ends

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) says the U.S. military will pull out of Iraq (news - web sites) "as quickly as possible," but he is not endorsing Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites)'s statement that troops could begin returning home this year.

"The way I would put it is, American troops will be leaving as quickly as possible, but they won't be leaving until we have completed our mission," Bush said in a Washington Post story published Sunday.

"And part of the mission is to train Iraqis so they can fight the terrorists. And the sooner the Iraqis are prepared — better prepared, better equipped to fight — the sooner our troops will start coming home," Bush said...

also, note that the AP bit is written by Nedra Pickler, the reporter responsbile for so much fun during the election...

Uh-duh. But the rhetorical front from BushCo as yet is not. So therefore we wait.

In Vietnam we had spent so f*cking much blood and treasure on stupid, purposeless destruction that the psychological pain of admitting this truth, not simply by lip service, but by appropriate action, was an insurmountable barrier to corrective action. The solution, such as it was, was to lose interest in the whole project to the point where it was a relief to be forcibly ejected by our opponents and end the charade.

This "solution" allowed the USA never to face its idiocy, its complacency and its hubris directly on, but to cast only the merest sideways glances at the rotting hulk of our dead illusions, shudder and turn away again to watch Happy Days on tv, as if there were not half a million dead bodies to bury.

Friedman said as much in that thing I posted on the Iraq 2005, referring to the ghost of Lyndon Johnson and idly noting what history would have been like if LBJ told McNamara to pack sand in 1966. The part of me that loves black humor wonders about a situation where in order to keep the White House in 2008 the GOP needs to float a candidate that says Bush fucked up.

I am adopting the Tao of Ned for the time being.

President Cheney?

(Sorry for the non-sequitir.. surely, Alex, you were just restating a known musical opinion of yours and nothing more.)

Kanye West Is no LL Cool J in THE Minds of Big fans Of THe genre of Hip Hop.

NOOO!!!

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Just hours after terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, Denny Hastert stood with members of Congress in vowing to do everything in their power to prevent future attacks.

Our nation has followed through with that promise, leading a global campaign against terrorism that has resulted in greater security at home. That campaign has led our troops into Afghanistan and Iraq, where they have removed murderous regimes and planted the seeds of democracy. And throughout the world, two-thirds of al Qaeda’s leadership has been captured or killed, and terrorist cells are being dismantled one-by-one.

The War on Terrorism is unlike anything our nation has experienced. As the President has repeatedly said, it is a war that will be fought on various fronts over a number of years—and it will test the resolve of the nation. But this war is essential to ensuring future peace, and it is a war that our nation cannot afford to lose.

Hastert remains as committed to this effort as he was on September 11, 2001, and will continue to work to provide every possible resource to our troops to get the job done. Ultimately, that commitment will result in greater security for the United States, and for peaceful nations throughout the world.

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Across the globe, our men and women in uniform are fighting to preserve our freedom; in the last year, many gave what Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” to safeguard our liberty.

In March, I visited with American soldiers and airmen deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. I recently met with our Air Force personnel stationed in Kyrgyzstan, and here at home I’ve had the privilege of meeting injured soldiers at Walter Reed. On one visit to Walter Reed I asked a young man how he was feeling. He said, “Senator, help me get back to my unit.” Our young men and women in uniform truly are our nation’s next “great generation.” As a veteran, I salute them.

And after said Alaskan senator, the next in succession, once she's confirmed in her new role...

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carte blanche is so sweet!
Except that it's in french. Let's change that, frenchies suck!!!111

Then again, if Bush were to meet his demise, he'd be martyred, and that would really only setup the inevitable Jeb Bush election in 2008.

If Bush were IMPEACHED however, that would be a whole different story.

(or is that an actual Thunderbirds puppet?)

Reed?

If Bush were IMPEACHED however, that would be a whole different story.

A GOP-controlled congress impeaching Bush = a longshot. For that to happen would mean something so completely egregious it can't be imagined (yet) *combined* with a complete collapse in BushCo's political capital.

No shit.