The steady pace of Republicans and right-leaning Independents endorsing Barack Obama is turning into a raging torrent. Emphasis on raging. The angst seems to be.... what happened to McCain.... what happened to the GOP?
Case in point is Anne Applebaum's op-ed today in the Washington Post, "Why McCain Lost Me." As an Independent who lived in England in the 1980s and1990s and was "truly comfortable" when Conservative Margaret Thatcher ran things, she wanted to support the McCain-Palin ticket.
But, as Applebaum explains, "I'm not voting for McCain -- and, after a long struggle, I've realized that I can't -- maybe it's worth explaining why, for I suspect there are other independent voters who feel the same. Particularly because it's not his campaign, disjointed though that has been, that finally repulses me: It's his rapidly deteriorating, increasingly anti-intellectual, no longer even recognizably conservative Republican Party. His problems are not technical; they do not have to do with ads, fundraising or tactics, as some have suggested. They are institutional; they have to do with his colleagues, advisers and supporters."
Applebaum sees.... "Fiscal conservatism, balanced budgets, sober spending -- all of these principles have been brushed away as so much nonsense for the past eight years by Republicans more interested in grandstanding about how much they hate Washington."
Then there is Charles McC Mathias Jr..... a Republican who represented Maryland in the U.S. House from 1961 to 1968 and in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1986.... writes today in "My Choice: Obama" (WaPo)
He explains: "Sens. Obama and McCain have vastly different backgrounds and strikingly different visions of how America should navigate these tumultuous times. For me, the decision on who should be the next president transcends private friendship or political affiliation.
"My decision is based on the long-range needs of our country and which of these two candidates I feel is better suited to recharge America's economic health, restore its prestige abroad and inspire anew all people who cherish freedom and equality. For me, that person is Barack Obama."
A puzzled Eugene Robinson reflects on McCain and his campaign in "Campaign on Empty." (WaPo) ".... when it could hardly be more obvious that Americans desperately want to change direction -- more than 80 percent tell pollsters the country is on the wrong track -- the Republicans offer nothing new."
Yet, McCain chose to walk in lockstep with the Bush-GOP thugocracy off the right-face of the political cliff.
Robinson continues, "McCain's repeated references to 'maverick' have drained all meaning from the word, but it's true that he's an iconoclast with little reverence for Republican orthodoxy. Why he chose, in an election that was always going to be decided by independents and Reagan Democrats, to campaign on a platform of slavish devotion to Republican orthodoxy is beyond me."
It seems the obvious answer is that he sold his "maverick" political persona to the Karl Rove, corporations-first, religious-right wing of the Republican party because he though they could deliver the presidency. In so doing he became inauthentic, and in all probability, unelectable.
As Obama asks, "The question in this election is not 'Are you better off than you were four years ago?' We know the answer to that. The real question is, 'Will this country be better off four years from now?' "
The growing resounding answer.... certainly not with McSame in the White House.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Al-Qaeda, McSame and Trophy Vice
It's tempting to dish about the latest Straight Talk hypocrisy.... Sarah "Hockey Mom" Palin was Barbied-up for her "everywoman" appearances on the trail by the National Republican Committee to the tune of.... are you ready for this working moms.... $150,000 for clothes, hair and makeup. And, at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, no less. Has the hockey rink gone all "bling" on us?
We'll also resist the impulse to wonder why Clothes-horse Sarah doesn't understand the job description for the high office to which she aspires.... it's in the Constitution, Sarah. The vice president is to become president should the need arise, and can cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. That's it.
But, for the fourth time, Palin gave the same answer when asked about what she thinks the job of vice president is about. Here is her latest answer: ..."They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes..." Evidently it's hard to deprogram pageant-patter.
No, the news that should grab our attention today is about endorsements. Not the ringing endorsement of Barack Obama by The Decider's first Secretary of State, Colin Powell. No, this is about an endorsement of John McCain, and a celebration of our financial crisis... by al-Qaeda.
As reported today in the Washington Post, "Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.
"And at least some of its supporters think Sen. John McCain is the presidential candidate best suited to continue that trend.
" 'Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,' said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the 'failing march of his predecessor,' President Bush.
"The Web commentary was one of several posted by Taliban or al-Qaeda-allied groups in recent days that trumpeted the global financial crisis and predicted further decline for the United States and other Western powers.
"In language that was by turns mocking and ominous, the newest posting credited al-Qaeda with having lured Washington into a trap that had 'exhausted its resources and bankrupted its economy.' It further suggested that a terrorist strike might swing the election to McCain and guarantee an expansion of U.S. military commitments in the Islamic world."
They're right. Bush's misbegotten war in Iraq has been a recruiting dream for al-Qaeda and the Taliban. And, McSame would trumpet a terrorist attack before the election as a reason to continue Bush's foreign adventures by electing him commander-in-chief.
Just as the Iraq war has depleted our military and financial resources, the Bush administration's other corporations-first-middle-class-last policies have resulted in the gutting of the economy.... transferring wealth to the already wealthy then going to already hard-pressed taxpayers to bail out the reckless raiders..... over $1 trillion in corporate welfare. This is in addition to the exploding national debt and trade deficit.
Oh, yes.... the terrorists out there are pulling for McSame and his trophy vice, Palin.
November 4. Vote. It matters!
We'll also resist the impulse to wonder why Clothes-horse Sarah doesn't understand the job description for the high office to which she aspires.... it's in the Constitution, Sarah. The vice president is to become president should the need arise, and can cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. That's it.
But, for the fourth time, Palin gave the same answer when asked about what she thinks the job of vice president is about. Here is her latest answer: ..."They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes..." Evidently it's hard to deprogram pageant-patter.
No, the news that should grab our attention today is about endorsements. Not the ringing endorsement of Barack Obama by The Decider's first Secretary of State, Colin Powell. No, this is about an endorsement of John McCain, and a celebration of our financial crisis... by al-Qaeda.
As reported today in the Washington Post, "Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.
"And at least some of its supporters think Sen. John McCain is the presidential candidate best suited to continue that trend.
" 'Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,' said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the 'failing march of his predecessor,' President Bush.
"The Web commentary was one of several posted by Taliban or al-Qaeda-allied groups in recent days that trumpeted the global financial crisis and predicted further decline for the United States and other Western powers.
"In language that was by turns mocking and ominous, the newest posting credited al-Qaeda with having lured Washington into a trap that had 'exhausted its resources and bankrupted its economy.' It further suggested that a terrorist strike might swing the election to McCain and guarantee an expansion of U.S. military commitments in the Islamic world."
They're right. Bush's misbegotten war in Iraq has been a recruiting dream for al-Qaeda and the Taliban. And, McSame would trumpet a terrorist attack before the election as a reason to continue Bush's foreign adventures by electing him commander-in-chief.
Just as the Iraq war has depleted our military and financial resources, the Bush administration's other corporations-first-middle-class-last policies have resulted in the gutting of the economy.... transferring wealth to the already wealthy then going to already hard-pressed taxpayers to bail out the reckless raiders..... over $1 trillion in corporate welfare. This is in addition to the exploding national debt and trade deficit.
Oh, yes.... the terrorists out there are pulling for McSame and his trophy vice, Palin.
November 4. Vote. It matters!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
McCain's Economic-Deathbed Conversion
A decade ago, John McCain embraced the bill proposed by his campaign finance guru, then-Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX), to successfully push through the GOP-majority Senate the landmark legislation removing the walls between banking, investment and insurance companies.
That bill helped pave the way for companies such as Bear Stearns, Lehman and AIG to become behemoths laden with bad loans and investments. As if that wasn't enough of a boondoggle for his corporate buddies, McCain also continually pushed for less federal government regulation, telling the Wall Street Journal this March.... "I'm always for less regulation... I'd like to see a lot of the unnecessary government regulation eliminated."
But now, after the Lehman collapse and the stock market meltdown this week, he's singing a different tune... "McCain Embraces Regulation After Many Years of Opposition." (WaPo)
Yesterday, Barack Obama mocked "what he called McCain's 'newfound support for regulation' and accused his rival of backing 'a broken system in Washington that is breaking the American economy.'
"In a speech in Golden, Colo., Obama blamed the economic crisis on an 'economic philosophy' that he said McCain and President Bush supported blindly."
" 'John McCain has spent decades in Washington supporting financial institutions instead of their customers,' he told a crowd of about 2,100 at the Colorado School of Mines. 'So let's be clear: What we've seen the last few days is nothing less than the final verdict on an economic philosophy that has completely failed.' "
The "trickle down" philosophy Bush "41" disdainfully labeled "voodoo economics," was fully embraced by his rebellious son Bush "43".... corporate taxes were decreased and enticements given for shipping jobs overseas, regulatory oversights were relaxed or abolished and Ponzi-frenzied oligarchs were given free reign to pillage the populace. Sub-prime was the new platinum parachute to financial riches.... for the few.
While obscene profits trickled up, the financial strength of the country trickled away.
Now, the Bush administration frantically bails with taxpayer money and borrowed hundreds of billions to keep the economy afloat, while the GOP presidential candidate of the party that foisted these ruinous policies on the country.... the-fundamentals-of-our-economy-are-strong McSame.... has found campaign-season economic religion.
Or so he says.
But, as we have seen these past months, McCain's Straight Talk Express has maxed it's credit and is now running on the fumes of distortion and double-talk.
November!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Lehman Trickles Down and Out
Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy becoming the largest financial firm to fail in the credit crisis.... a crisis fueled by shoddy sub-prime lending practices.... producing "Massive Shifts on Wall Street" (WaPo) .... and a domino effect globally as "World Stock Markets Sink.." on the news. (WaPo)
We now know the reality of the Bush/McSame "trickle down" economy where corporations rule.
It's our savings and stock portfolios that have been trickling down and away as the Bush administration's unregulated house-of-cards economy implodes, while greedy fat cats in investment banks and brokerage houses reap obscene benefits from their risky business practices and then exit unscathed leaving stockholders and taxpayers holding the trickled-away bag.
Paul Krugman in his op-ed in The New York Times calls this trickle-down scam "Financial Russian Roulette."
In our new Russian Roulette economy, the old world of banking in which "institutions housed in big marble buildings accepted deposits and lent the money out to long-term clients, has largely vanished, replaced by what is widely called the 'shadow banking system.'"
The marbled-hall banks now play only a minor role in channeling funds, "most of the business of finance is carried out through complex deals arranged by 'nondepository' institutions, institutions like the late lamented Bear Stearns - and Lehman," Krugman explains.
While there were many warning signs.... like housing bankruptcies on a massive scale, and the bailout of investment bank Bear Stearns six months ago.... still the Bush administration didn't respond by putting in place a mechanism for orderly liquidation of troubled banks, or at the very least regulation of the shadow banking system. "If institutions need to be rescued like banks, they should be regulated like banks," Krugman reasons.
Instead, The Denier and McSame just keep double-talking, "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." After all, McSame wants the White House and The Denier wants his legacy... so don't expect any economic straight talk about the real effects of their corporate-loving trickle-down debacle.
November.
We now know the reality of the Bush/McSame "trickle down" economy where corporations rule.
It's our savings and stock portfolios that have been trickling down and away as the Bush administration's unregulated house-of-cards economy implodes, while greedy fat cats in investment banks and brokerage houses reap obscene benefits from their risky business practices and then exit unscathed leaving stockholders and taxpayers holding the trickled-away bag.
Paul Krugman in his op-ed in The New York Times calls this trickle-down scam "Financial Russian Roulette."
In our new Russian Roulette economy, the old world of banking in which "institutions housed in big marble buildings accepted deposits and lent the money out to long-term clients, has largely vanished, replaced by what is widely called the 'shadow banking system.'"
The marbled-hall banks now play only a minor role in channeling funds, "most of the business of finance is carried out through complex deals arranged by 'nondepository' institutions, institutions like the late lamented Bear Stearns - and Lehman," Krugman explains.
While there were many warning signs.... like housing bankruptcies on a massive scale, and the bailout of investment bank Bear Stearns six months ago.... still the Bush administration didn't respond by putting in place a mechanism for orderly liquidation of troubled banks, or at the very least regulation of the shadow banking system. "If institutions need to be rescued like banks, they should be regulated like banks," Krugman reasons.
Instead, The Denier and McSame just keep double-talking, "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." After all, McSame wants the White House and The Denier wants his legacy... so don't expect any economic straight talk about the real effects of their corporate-loving trickle-down debacle.
November.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Bush Gets No Respect
As George W. Bush's ratings drop, and the Iraq war becomes increasingly unpopular for the majority of Americans, he did what he does best.... "give another chest-thumping victory speech."
As Dana Milbank points out in, "Commander in Speech," (WaPo) Bush rolled out his latest version of "Mission Accomplished" before a White House-assembled audience of a few hundred officers from the National Defense University at Ft. McNair.... to almost thundering silence.
"Bush got to his payoff line -- 'the Joint Chiefs of Staff have recommended that we move forward with additional force reductions, and I agree' -- but only one guy near the back of the room clapped. He stopped quickly when he realized nobody was joining him."
Bush's nodding acquaintance with the truth has caught up with him. The officers assembled knew that seven years after 9/11, and over five years after the invasion of the wrong country, a shift of some troops from Iraq to the real al-Qaeda hotbed in Afghanistan next February is disastrously overdue.
They knew as Bush presented the move as a product of the surge's success saying, "As al-Qaeda faces increased pressure in Iraq, the terrorists are stepping up their efforts on the front where this struggle first began," that in reality, the growing violence in Afghanistan came about largely because the United States was distracted in Iraq.
The stony audience knew that when their Commander in Speech was thanking the Coalition of the Willing for sending more than 140,000 troops to Iraq that there were, as Milbank notes, "only 7,330 foreign troops helping U.S. forces in Iraq; the number of troops apparently dropped so low this week that, for the first time, the State Department omitted the tally entirely in its weekly Iraq status report."
As Milbank points out, "There was a time, not long ago, when such a major presidential speech would draw 15 television cameras; yesterday there appeared to be only four, including Japan's NHK.
"The hosts set aside 24 seats for reporters, but there appeared to be only three reporters in the press section. Only two members of Congress -- both backbench House Republicans -- showed up for the talk.
"And Marine Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, the university president, was comically brief in her introduction. She opened by saying she was 'honored to welcome our commander in chief,' then immediately closed by adding 'without any further ado, the president of the United States.'
" 'Thank you, General, for your kind and short introduction,' Bush replied."
The Decider has become the Rodney Dangerfield of presidents.... he gets no respect.
Deservedly so.
As Bush exits stage left in a few months, we can only hope that John McSame doesn't enter stage right to reinforce and continue Bush's failed policies. After all it was Barack Obama who years ago called for a shift in focus to Afghanistan and the terrorist strongholds in Pakistan.
November.
As Dana Milbank points out in, "Commander in Speech," (WaPo) Bush rolled out his latest version of "Mission Accomplished" before a White House-assembled audience of a few hundred officers from the National Defense University at Ft. McNair.... to almost thundering silence.
"Bush got to his payoff line -- 'the Joint Chiefs of Staff have recommended that we move forward with additional force reductions, and I agree' -- but only one guy near the back of the room clapped. He stopped quickly when he realized nobody was joining him."
Bush's nodding acquaintance with the truth has caught up with him. The officers assembled knew that seven years after 9/11, and over five years after the invasion of the wrong country, a shift of some troops from Iraq to the real al-Qaeda hotbed in Afghanistan next February is disastrously overdue.
They knew as Bush presented the move as a product of the surge's success saying, "As al-Qaeda faces increased pressure in Iraq, the terrorists are stepping up their efforts on the front where this struggle first began," that in reality, the growing violence in Afghanistan came about largely because the United States was distracted in Iraq.
The stony audience knew that when their Commander in Speech was thanking the Coalition of the Willing for sending more than 140,000 troops to Iraq that there were, as Milbank notes, "only 7,330 foreign troops helping U.S. forces in Iraq; the number of troops apparently dropped so low this week that, for the first time, the State Department omitted the tally entirely in its weekly Iraq status report."
As Milbank points out, "There was a time, not long ago, when such a major presidential speech would draw 15 television cameras; yesterday there appeared to be only four, including Japan's NHK.
"The hosts set aside 24 seats for reporters, but there appeared to be only three reporters in the press section. Only two members of Congress -- both backbench House Republicans -- showed up for the talk.
"And Marine Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, the university president, was comically brief in her introduction. She opened by saying she was 'honored to welcome our commander in chief,' then immediately closed by adding 'without any further ado, the president of the United States.'
" 'Thank you, General, for your kind and short introduction,' Bush replied."
The Decider has become the Rodney Dangerfield of presidents.... he gets no respect.
Deservedly so.
As Bush exits stage left in a few months, we can only hope that John McSame doesn't enter stage right to reinforce and continue Bush's failed policies. After all it was Barack Obama who years ago called for a shift in focus to Afghanistan and the terrorist strongholds in Pakistan.
November.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
The McBush Borrow-and-Spend Mess
John McCain, admits he doesn't know much about the economy, nevertheless he has modeled his economic policies after the Bush administration's, even regurgitating their mantra that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong."
McSame's chief economic policy advisor even accused the besieged electorate of being "a nation of whiners."
As for The Decider's eight years of "trickle down" borrow-and-spend economic policy.... well, it's a fine mess you've gotten us into, Georgie.
The latest tally for the Bush administration's reckless spree... "Federal Deficit Estimated at Near-Record $407B" for the fiscal year ending this month.(WaPo)
Now, don't confuse this with the national debt... oh no. That's MUCH larger. The deficit is just the shortfall between the budget-year monies coming in and going out.
Congressional budget analysts report that this deficit is more than double that of last year's $161 billion, ..."the next president will take office facing a projected deficit of $438 billion... the largest in dollar terms in American history."
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Ken Conrad (D-ND) said: "The next president will be inheriting a budget and economic outlook that is far worse than most people realize." The burgeoning deficit "means more borrowing from China, more borrowing from Japan and more borrowing from oil exporters like Saudi Arabia."
John McCain proposes doing more of the same, but on an even more-grandiose scale.... as Barack Obama points out, McCain "wants us to think he represents change, but he wants to spend $3.4 trillion more than President Bush on tax cuts, most of which will go to the wealthiest corporations and big oil companies and leave more than 100 million middle-class families without a dime of tax relief."
This preposterous economic situation would seem a far-fetched Laurel and Hardy slapstick farce.... sadly, it's a worsening financial reality propelling the nation into a fiscal black hole.
What the country doesn't need is an economically-clueless McCain, with sidekick moose-slayer Sarah.... who ran the debt of a 6,000 population Alaska town from zero to $22 million during her mayoralty.... calling the shots next January.
November.
McSame's chief economic policy advisor even accused the besieged electorate of being "a nation of whiners."
As for The Decider's eight years of "trickle down" borrow-and-spend economic policy.... well, it's a fine mess you've gotten us into, Georgie.
The latest tally for the Bush administration's reckless spree... "Federal Deficit Estimated at Near-Record $407B" for the fiscal year ending this month.(WaPo)
Now, don't confuse this with the national debt... oh no. That's MUCH larger. The deficit is just the shortfall between the budget-year monies coming in and going out.
Congressional budget analysts report that this deficit is more than double that of last year's $161 billion, ..."the next president will take office facing a projected deficit of $438 billion... the largest in dollar terms in American history."
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Ken Conrad (D-ND) said: "The next president will be inheriting a budget and economic outlook that is far worse than most people realize." The burgeoning deficit "means more borrowing from China, more borrowing from Japan and more borrowing from oil exporters like Saudi Arabia."
John McCain proposes doing more of the same, but on an even more-grandiose scale.... as Barack Obama points out, McCain "wants us to think he represents change, but he wants to spend $3.4 trillion more than President Bush on tax cuts, most of which will go to the wealthiest corporations and big oil companies and leave more than 100 million middle-class families without a dime of tax relief."
This preposterous economic situation would seem a far-fetched Laurel and Hardy slapstick farce.... sadly, it's a worsening financial reality propelling the nation into a fiscal black hole.
What the country doesn't need is an economically-clueless McCain, with sidekick moose-slayer Sarah.... who ran the debt of a 6,000 population Alaska town from zero to $22 million during her mayoralty.... calling the shots next January.
November.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Importance of "Important"
As Roger Cohen points out in "Bush Does Europe Incognito" (NYTimes).... "An American president is in Europe and nobody cares. That's a moment."
And, the result of president Bush's "chip-on-the-shoulder" temperament..... "he has proved mean, vindictive, surly, controlling and impatient, as befits his guns-at-the-ready gait".... the arrogance of self-importance.
The Decider's farewell limp around Europe reflects the "damage a flawed temperament has done to trans-Atlantic ties. Europeans got tired of being scowled at."
Indeed. And it probably didn't help that the resistance of Germany and France to the invasion of Iraq resulted in then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld referring to them as "Old Europe."
Old and wise.
Cohen hopes for "some fresh thinking, but above all a fresh spirit, a fresh temperament."
He's obviously not referring to John McCain whose jaded rhetoric and hair-trigger temper promises more of the same.... after all when asked on the Today show yesterday if he knew when American troops could start to return home, McCain responded.... "No, but that's not too important. What's important is the casualties in Iraq." (Huffington)
That about sums up the Bush/McCain world view, bringing our troops home from a deadly occupation that is sucking the national treasury dry, gutting our military, and isolating us from the world community.... while not making us safer..... is "not too important."
Not too important?
And, the result of president Bush's "chip-on-the-shoulder" temperament..... "he has proved mean, vindictive, surly, controlling and impatient, as befits his guns-at-the-ready gait".... the arrogance of self-importance.
The Decider's farewell limp around Europe reflects the "damage a flawed temperament has done to trans-Atlantic ties. Europeans got tired of being scowled at."
Indeed. And it probably didn't help that the resistance of Germany and France to the invasion of Iraq resulted in then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld referring to them as "Old Europe."
Old and wise.
Cohen hopes for "some fresh thinking, but above all a fresh spirit, a fresh temperament."
He's obviously not referring to John McCain whose jaded rhetoric and hair-trigger temper promises more of the same.... after all when asked on the Today show yesterday if he knew when American troops could start to return home, McCain responded.... "No, but that's not too important. What's important is the casualties in Iraq." (Huffington)
That about sums up the Bush/McCain world view, bringing our troops home from a deadly occupation that is sucking the national treasury dry, gutting our military, and isolating us from the world community.... while not making us safer..... is "not too important."
Not too important?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Bush's Legacy is a "Mess"
Nothing seems to be working for The Decider.... not clutching onto the hem of popular Pope Benedict XVI, nor holding a podium-lolling Texas-cowboy press conference with Gordon Brown, the premier of staunch ally Britain. For Bubble Boy, it's just "One Thing After Another." (Froomkin-WaPo)
Regardless of these pandering PR attempts, today public opinion experts seem to agree.... Bush "has made a mess of things."
A poll conducted by the Pentagon's top military educational institute shows the public is "profoundly" unhappy about the economy and continued U.S. involvement in Iraq, calling the war a "major debacle" whose outcome "is in doubt."
And, a government audit concludes that the Bush administration lacks a comprehensive plan to combat terrorism in the part of Pakistan where Public Enemy #1 al-Qaeda is regenerating its ability to attack the U.S. (Note to John McSame and Darth Cheney.... al-Qaeda is in Pakistan, not Iraq, nor Iran.)
Just what was Boy George's view of such a dire Iraq assessment.... "So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory - and success."
Well.... that clears things up. Don't you feel safer now?
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