Playing Politics

Given the up-is-down political reality these days, perhaps it's not all that surprising to see Shrub accuse Democrats of 'playing politics' in regards to Iraq:

President George W. Bush denounced some critics of the Iraq war as irresponsible on Tuesday and called for an election-year debate that "brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries."

In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bush made clear he was girding for battle with Democrats in the run-up to the mid-term congressional election in November, when he will try to keep the U.S. Congress in the hands of his Republican Party.

"There is a difference between responsible and irresponsible debate and it's even more important to conduct this debate responsibly when American troops are risking their lives overseas," Bush told the veterans organisation.

What a piece of shit/work. There's not a shred of evidence indicating Shrub War was EVER about anything BUT politics. Duh.

The boy who would be king also stomped on about pledges of $13 billion dollars in reconstruction aid promised--but, to date, not delivered--by other countries. Gee, Dub--maybe they won't pony up because 1) lately, reconstruction of Iraq has been pretty much tabled, even by yourself, and 2) some $9 billion dollars has simply been lost, which, when you think about it, is pretty much the same story of your business life (but on steroids).

Geez. And, come Thursday, he'll be heading to NOLA, where I don't doubt he'll be promising the moon and stars on a silver platter--the press will dutifully report this, and won't bother to follow up when it turns out to be so much bullshit packed around lies, packed around even more bullshit.

Oh, and for the tinfoil crowd, here's an interesting link--looks like the wire is back--or maybe it never left. Well, at least he managed to get some 250 words out without barking out "let me finish" to no one in particular...