Catch 22, Iraqi style:

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Wednesday August 22, 2007 · 12:58 PM PDT

2007/08/22 · 12:58

The situation as it presently seems to play out is that Bush is pushing 'the surge' to give the Iraqi government the 'breathing space' necessary to make the big political agreements that will end the partisan fighting and turn to a unity solution for Iraq.

The deal the White House has been pushing for the last several months has been: give the 'surge' a chance to succeed. Give the Iraqis more time to work stuff out. Give more second chances out, and make sure we are behind vic-tor-ee.

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 10:27 AM PDT

2007/08/14 · 10:27

Years ago, I discovered that when someone is accusing you of a lot of mopery and dopery that really doesn't fit you at all, nine times out of ten, it's because that particular form of nastiness that you're being painted with is their preferred form of mis-behaviour in circumstances, and that - well, that's the way they behave, so you must be doing the same sort of thing. Of course, they're clever and can hide it, but you're a dope. And in their way.

I think of all the slogans that Bush threw up or stole from people in the 2000 election, such as "uniter not a divider" and "compassionate conservative", when he was neither. Sure sounded good, though, didn't it?

Karl Rove's 'genius' was in doing stuff like that.

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Tuesday August 07, 2007 · 10:50 AM PDT

2007/08/07 · 10:50

After watching Hillary in various debates, and especially at the presidential candidates’ forum and whatnot at Yearly Kos, and remembering her past record, a few conclusions come to mind.

First, I can't see the netroots trying to oppose her for the nomination, but I don't know that they'd be able to muster any sort of enthusiasm for her for the general election.

Second, estimates of her primary strength are more for people who want the quick headlines, and are not a real indicator on how she'd fare in the general election.

Third, anyone who believes in the dream ticket of Clinton/Obama or Clinton/Edwards is not connected to the way she thinks.

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Catch 22, Iraqi style:

A dividerer, not a uniter.

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