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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
I watched both face-offs off my DVR last night. I didn't particularly enjoy either. I wondered though (and my goodness, this is not an intelligence accusation, before anyone jumps at my throat) what percentage of Bill O' Reilly's viewers "got" it. With all the Stewart-bashing that Colbert did on the show, and thinking about how many Factor viewers had ever seen it, there was likely a good percentage of his viewership that didn't even understand that it was a spoof and that Colbert was basically making fun of O'Reilly the whole time. It became a heck of a lot funnier when you thought about it that way
I agree 100%. It gets frustrating when Bush and others point out that the Dems don't have a plan. No kidding they don't, because there is NO plan that is going to "fix" Iraq the way Americans understand the words 'fix' and 'victory.' It has been so bumbled that there is no way out that is going to work. So while he escalates the situation and nobody agrees, he is able to pass most of the blame because he can point out that nobody else is offering any other plans. Well, besides troop withdrawal, but that just scores him more points because he can use the phrase "cut and run" again, which nobody likes to hear. If it weren't so royally f-ed up to begin with, there might still be a plan that would work.
I worry, like many others about the fact that it may just bea case of maintaining the status quo for two years until it can be passed onto someone else. The good thing is that the American public is too smart to think that the next President is at fault for inheriting the mess he made.
Though, being called a child prodigy (tongue in cheek or not) by Tim, is going in my profile as of right now  |
Brian,
Very astute!
Billo had no clue that he was being insulted, sad to say. Can we say "clueless"?
On Dubby, have you noticed the word changes too?
"Stay the course" went to "I'm responsible for mistakes" (implied...that others have made).
"Victory" went to "success" to "failure now or later".
"Surge" changed to "augmentation".
At least the decider is doing what he said he'd do, "listen".
My guess he has them on "ignore" too.
And since he's been comparing himself to Truman lately, where the heck does the buck really stop?
Watch out Tony Snow!