I missed the opportunity to take some shots at the Countess of the Cape on the day of her coming out. Hence I missed the chance to wonder why she has been sooo late to the "I fought Iraq, and ... someone won (but there was some chicanery in there somewhere)" theme party that all the Saddam-bad hawks are now lining up to be part of.
The attempt to put Iraq back together again seemed to lose ground last month as well. ... At worst, the mess has deepened. Does anyone believe that the administration has a clear idea of how to rescue the situation? I see few signs of candor or clarity.
Those of us who actually think, saw little evidence of either candor or clarity before the invasion. Good Morning. Hello. I guess according to La Sullivan, it's most definately not Morning in Iraq. No there just wil be some recognition of Mourning in Iraq by the Countess...someday. Maybe.
It's refreshing to see that the whole leopards/spots thing is still true. In one place her Majesty bemoans the whole Brown Water Ratfink affair as something that is just sooo beneath her hero
The low point was obviously the Swift Boat vets, jumping like bait on the end of Karl Rove's line. For a president who never served in Vietnam to get his cronies to lambaste an opponent who actually put his life in danger was, well, breathtakingly bold.
...then several posts later there's this:
In all this, you can almost feel the election swinging Bush's way a little. The swift boat smear was important in jolting the conversation, in changing the dynamic that was pointing to a Bush defeat.
So sadly, but certainly not unexpectedly, there's a big "thumbs up" to the tactics of lie, smear, hide, lie. Well, after cashing all those wing-nut checks in the 90's, how surprised can anyone be?
Interestingly, there's a great throwaway line...
I felt relieved to be absent with leave.
I guess it must be a Chickenhawk thing...loving the AWOL life.
posted by Jo Fish on 08.31.04 at 02:09 AM
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Do you think Sullivan noted the presence of Sister Sheri Dew at the party? Do you think maybe he gets it now? While I don't expect someone to be defined entirely by their sexuality, the GOP has made it clear what it thinks of homosexuals with Sister Dew at the podium. The false impression given by a tolerant Arnold or "gay-friendly" Rudy cannot cut through the discriminatory legislation and Dewy hate-mongers forever or for all. Maybe Sullivan had a nice long vacation and woke up to find the guy in the bed next to him whom he'd admired so much didn't look so great in the morning, and that that morning face was staring to show up in the afternoon, too.
