For a Democrat, Options in Iraq Could Be Few

If you haven't given up hope already, here's your wake up call.

In their debate Wednesday night in Hanover, N.H., none of the three top Democratic presidential candidates would promise to have the U.S. military out of Iraq by January 2013 -- more than five years from now.

I thought democracy worked. People voted and got what they wanted. But it doesn't work when every candidate is the same except for the attire.

OK, Guliani in a dress doesn't count...

Via WaPo.

Must read IMHO

Do yourself a favor and read something a bit more optimistic than the tripe I serve you.

Via Big Shot Bob in Texas.

Must read IMHO

The headline:

Get Ready For It..The Bad News

By this late date we should know the fix is in when the White House's top factotums fan out on the Sunday morning talk shows singing the same lyrics, often verbatim, from the same hymnal of spin. The pattern was set way back on Sept. 8, 2002, when in simultaneous appearances three cabinet members and the vice president warned darkly of Saddam's aluminum tubes. "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud," said Condi Rice, in a scripted line. The hard sell of the war in Iraq - the hyping of a (fictional) nuclear threat to America - had officially begun.

Yes I realize, I'm just warming up leftovers, but it never hurts to remind US all how often we're offered hope only to catch the administration fucking us again.

You can believe a crack fiend more than you can believe anyone connected to Bush in any capacity. If you think September will bring flowers and candy, you're a fucking idiot.

The pic above is a flower and candy cake. Custom made actually. But this is what we'll see in September:




Sometimes its a PITA to be a cynic.

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