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This is a PR President. He can't actually DO anything, so he waits for something to 'come up', like that character in the Dickens novel. No doubt there are various plans in the works, but they aren't his plans. The guy is intellectually defective. He literally can't think, so it's hard to ascribe plans to him. He's just stalling for a better press cycle. They will wheel something out on January 3 to take away the headlines from Nancy Pelosi's assumption of the Speakership. I think that's the start and end of this.
Knut
by Knut Wicksell on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:02:34 AM PDT
Just for the phrase, "stalling for a better press cycle." There is no way I could have said it better myself.
DEAD
ON
TARGET
"Respect for the rights of others is peace." Benito Juarez
by Blue Boy Red State on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:15:30 AM PDT
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If Tim Johnson isn't gone by Jan. 3, then someone else will be.
He needs to control the Senate, at least.
by armadill on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:30:27 AM PDT
it's going to backfire big time. No better press cycle will arise between now and sometime in 2007.
The lesson of that history is that you must not despair, that if you are right, and you persist, things will change. -Howard Zinn
by blueyedace2 on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:50:14 AM PDT
Now he's "Adjusting to Lower Expectations." As Rummy helpfully pointed out in his last memo, if the Administration can lower expectations sufficiently, then we can't lose.
"Mom, did you hurt yourself, or are you yelling at the TV again?
by litigatormom on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 09:00:25 AM PDT
The WH is figuring out the propaganda approach to change perceptions. Like the recent "The President never said 'Stay the course.'"
Only this effort will need to be more significant and require better coordination of everyone playing the same melody on the Wurlitzer.
In a comment last night on this topic, I speculated that Bush's approach to his presidency is similar to his apparent approach to academics--do the least possible to get by. In the current situation, Bush has finally become exposed and can no longer use the Republican Congress to help change the answer sheet so that his answers are always correct.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is the most panicked moment of his presidency and perhaps his life. Perhaps he's even having the classic nightmare of sitting down to a final exam without having done any studying or preparation...except this is no dream for him, it's a reality.
We're in a culture that increasingly holds that science is just another belief. - Alan Alda
by sawgrass727 on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 09:13:45 AM PDT
wide narrow
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