Why, yes, I did listen to him. At points I wondered if he is actually insane. The glazed look in his eye as he stumbles over his words, his bizzare assertions, his laughable claims. It was a revelation to me. Time to join the Impeachment movement. Time to put that issue back on the table. This guy is nuts. He mentioned 36 nations fighting together in Iraq. Huh? Do the other 35 add up to providing one percent of the forces? He talked about the wonderful success of the surge in Anbar and tried to show us the bright side of the guy he was dealing with getting blown up that very morning. Wow. Although Petraetus testified that circumstances in Anbar were unique and not transferable in other areas, Bush claimed it was generalizable. And the Great Decider told us that after careful consultation with Iraqis, military specialists, and leaders of both parties that he had decided to go with P's plan. (!) This brought to mind the Daily show matching of the testimony that P wrote himself matched with prior footage of the Pres saying exactly the same thing, point after point. Best of all, he flatly asserted that we'll be there well beyond his Presidency. In fact, I got the impression that we'll be making it a puppet state if he has his way. But of course this is at the request of the Iraqi government who unanimously desire a long and lasting "special" relationship with the US forevermore. There is the consulation that this suggests that he may be planning to leave when his term is over.
I liked Reed's Dem response. I only hope he'll actually do what he says. I, for one, am now ready for drastic action. The sooner, the better. Watching the commentators on CNBC was far more entertaining than the speech. The Air America one used the word "weird" in her response. The guy doing the interview used a phrase which reminded me of the old FlyingKB line: Listen carefully to the following fact-like phrase. He pointed out several things that were pitched to sound plausible while not actually being true, a theme even. Biden was scathing about the desires of the Iraqi government and just what power they might have in the country as a whole, using "bizzare" several times to refer to various claims. Pat Buchanan was visibly dismayed with Bush's seeming dependence on Gen P. Huckabee assured us that the Republicans heard just what they were hoping to hear and he feels that their guys will be able to go back to their districts happy with the good news. (How stupid are these people really?) Several people mentioned that Bush was obviously just trying to keep things going until he could dump it on the next Admin which with this approach he could safely assume would be Democratic. Edwards aired a paid ad in which he urged that the House and Senate actually do something about this now. Like cut off the money, let's say.
Today's Townhall.com doesn't have a single story on the Pres's speech. There's one talking about how maligned poor Gen P is and one which claims that the true point is never talked about (you have to click on the story to learn that the author is referring to the cost of leaving Iraq) but no rah rah on the actual speech. I think even they are going to have trouble selling this one.
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How much longer until he is gone?
Date: 2007-09-14 03:59 pm (UTC)Best of all, he flatly asserted that we'll be there well beyond his Presidency. In fact, I got the impression that we'll be making it a puppet state if he has his way. But of course this is at the request of the Iraqi government who unanimously desire a long and lasting "special" relationship with the US forevermore. There is the consulation that this suggests that he may be planning to leave when his term is over.
I liked Reed's Dem response. I only hope he'll actually do what he says. I, for one, am now ready for drastic action. The sooner, the better. Watching the commentators on CNBC was far more entertaining than the speech. The Air America one used the word "weird" in her response. The guy doing the interview used a phrase which reminded me of the old FlyingKB line: Listen carefully to the following fact-like phrase. He pointed out several things that were pitched to sound plausible while not actually being true, a theme even. Biden was scathing about the desires of the Iraqi government and just what power they might have in the country as a whole, using "bizzare" several times to refer to various claims. Pat Buchanan was visibly dismayed with Bush's seeming dependence on Gen P. Huckabee assured us that the Republicans heard just what they were hoping to hear and he feels that their guys will be able to go back to their districts happy with the good news. (How stupid are these people really?) Several people mentioned that Bush was obviously just trying to keep things going until he could dump it on the next Admin which with this approach he could safely assume would be Democratic. Edwards aired a paid ad in which he urged that the House and Senate actually do something about this now. Like cut off the money, let's say.
Today's Townhall.com doesn't have a single story on the Pres's speech. There's one talking about how maligned poor Gen P is and one which claims that the true point is never talked about (you have to click on the story to learn that the author is referring to the cost of leaving Iraq) but no rah rah on the actual speech. I think even they are going to have trouble selling this one.