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posted by Vynce at 8:13 PM

Rice sums up the problem with Bush:

I don't think the president ever takes any of his options off the table concerning anything to do with military force

No, he doesn't, does he? She specifically doesn't rule out our occupation lasting another decade, or expanding our empire to include Iran and Syria. Of course, I don't think we will be in all three countries for the next ten years, but that's mostly because I expect the Democrats to do a little winning over the next 37 months.

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Meanwhile, Bill O'Reilly is complaining that people don't like him.

I don't need the approval of the press, but I just wish they'd stop the viciousness. It's reached a level of almost comical proportions and it does affect people around me and they do get upset.

On the other hand, Bill, you are professionally hateful; perhaps turnabout is fair play.

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This quote from a "well-placed source" basically needs no introduction:

Bush did not feel misled so much by Karl and others as believing that they handled it in a ham-handed and bush-league way

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And in better news, did anyone notice that the US is leading the world again? Germany, Liberia, and New Zealand all took our lead in not making up their minds; Iraq seems to have followed Afghanistan into Election Fraud. (What else do these two nations have in common?)

Well, you know what they say about Immitation and Flattery. . .

But I believe flattering a bully is just called testimony under duress.

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Finally, there's a warrant out for DeLay's arrest. So the news isn't all bad.