Was it bravery? He stood up in front of the Press Corps and looked like a fool. He didn’t actually say that the War in Iraq was a mistake, but he came close. His "what if" arguments were lame, his admission that 911 and Terrorism had nothing to do with Iraq were surprising. It was a sad show. So why did he do it?
I contend that there is no move in this game that isn’t orchestrated by Karl Rove, and there’s always a reason, a very manipulative reason. Well, last night, I felt like I got a glimpse of the reason. I watched clips of the Press Conference on T.V., on The Daily Show I think. And, for a few minutes, I felt sorry for him. Poor guy. He meant well but things just didn’t work out.
Uh Oh! This morning I woke up and thought maybe that’s why he had a Press Conference in August.
"Look. We aren’t getting anywhere with the ‘we’re making progress’ argument. What we need to do it get you on T.V. admitting that things have gone badly. The midterms are several months off, and we can take our hit now and get it out of the way. Our constituents want to like us, but this war is making it hard. They’ll love humility and good intentions. Sorry, but you’re going to have to play nice to the Snakes on a President in the Press Conference. Trust me. It’ll pay off."
Never count Karl Rove out of the game. Cheney and Rumsfield are in hiding. Bush is eating a little crow. Uh Oh! If he’s got me feeling sorry for Bush, even for a few minutes, I expect his wavering supporters are up to their armpits in it. The War in Iraq was not the result of well-intentioned bumbling. It was a piece of terrible foreign policy, well thought out by the neoconservatives behind Bush. It wasn’t just stupid, it was wrong – wrongly conceived, wrongly executed, and inappropriately prolonged.
So, how can we kick a guy when he’s down. In as many ways as we can think of!
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