October 13, 2005

Was There Any Part of This That Was Not a Lie?

Not a great surprise, but President W's spontaneous and unrehearsed talk with soldiers in Iraq was neither.

I especially like the bit where he tells them of the 'tremendous' support they have at home, despite polls showing 60% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the Iraq situation.

When in danger, when in doubt, blow smoke, and say the fire's out.

3 Comments:

Blogger JAB said...

Man, I hate that guy. The only interuption in the indifferent deceit is the refreshing sting of incompetence.

Is it better or worse that it seems to be a sea of self-deception as well?

October 13, 2005 at 8:47 PM  
Blogger The Sum of All Monkeys said...

I was doing the old "compare and contrast" with today (Iraq) vs. yesterday (Vietnam) and I did manage to extract one bit of bright news:

At least this time around folks have a great deal of sympathy for the American soldiers fighting the war.

Nice to see our society evolving, if not as much as I'd like it to.

October 13, 2005 at 10:35 PM  
Blogger VMM said...

I do appreciate that the soldiers they selected (at random, no doubt) represented the great diversity of the U.S. Army: one woman, one black man, and eight white guys.

(It reminds me of a line from a David Cross routine: "I opposed the war from the beginning, but I support our white troops.")

October 14, 2005 at 10:16 AM  

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