TWISTED MISTER

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I've been really busy.
No, really. Shut UP.
Hard to believe, I know.
And this post is not even remotely humorous, unless you find the idea of your intelligence being insulted by the Commander-in-Chief to be funny. Honestly, Sir... yeah, we're just sheep who will still accept verbatim whatever you say. Let's once again change your reasoning and approach to promote a failed agenda. Let's use hack political rhetoric and push-button scare
tactics to attempt to manipulate opinion.

Your credibility is non-existent to me, and it angers me almost beyond words that you treat the American people with such disregard.

Below is a US News & World Report synopsis of yesterday's NEW presidential approach.
It's a cross-section of the overall media response.

There have been 3 times in my lifetime where I have been outraged by the actions of my President and/or his administration ~ Nixon, Clinton & now. And this time just is more frustrating to me because the world seems different, more political, more media-driven (though that's probably not true), and the actions and statements appear to be such blantant attempts at manipulation. More importantly, they seem to be continuing unthwarted.

Please. Just stop this ridiculous and transparent farce. I beg you.


(Off on vacation next week.... will post more after...much funnier, I'm sure)
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POLITICAL BULLETIN - US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
All the Day's Political News From Newspapers, TV, Radio, and Magazines

SUBJECT: TODAY'S POLITICAL NEWS
DATE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007
Washington News

Media Derides Bush Focus On Al Qaeda
To considerable skepticism from the media and Hill Democrats, President Bush yesterday made the case that Al Qaeda In Iraq and the terror network that attacked the US on 9/11 are closely connected. The State, of Columbia, SC, reports that in remarks at a Charleston military base, Bush said both groups "answer to terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden," and they both want "to destroy freedom." The Los Angeles Times notes Bush said it "would be news to Osama bin Laden" if al Qaeda in Iraq was "not part of the organization that attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and is not intent on attacking" the US homeland. The Washington Times calls the speech Bush's "most direct effort to date to connect al Qaeda to the Iraq war," taking "direct aim at Democrats who charge the president has exaggerated the al Qaeda presence in Iraq." The AP says Bush presented his case "in broad strokes," and goes on to assert that despite Bush's argument, "Al Qaeda had no active cells in Iraq when the US invaded in March 2003, and its operation" in Iraq "is much larger now than before the war, US intelligence officers say." UPI runs a similar, brief dispatch on Bush's comments yesterday. MSNBC's Hardball called Bush's speech "one of the most provocative...of his presidency." He spoke "about al Qaeda, the terrorist organization that attacked America on 9/11. Today...Bush said that some group -- the same group, is making its stand not in Pakistan but in Iraq." The Washington Post also casts doubt on Bush's conclusions, noting "Democrats and others" instead believe "al-Qaeda is not running the war" in Iraq, "but is instead benefiting from it." Those same criticisms were echoed yesterday by Democratic lawmakers. Fox News' Special Report reported "top Democrats responded quickly, saying the president was again trying to scare the American people into continuing the war." The New York Times says Democrats "accused Mr. Bush of overstating" the ties between Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Iraq "to provide a basis for continuing the American presence in Iraq." The Los Angeles Times notes Sen. John Kerry called Bush's case "a phony argument," and said that 'the principal threat' in Iraq is not Al Qaeda but a civil war that pits Sunni against Shiite and an Iraqi government that is not joining the fight." The El Paso Times notes Rep. Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, also criticized Bush's remarks, arguing "the US presence in Iraq could backfire when it comes to protecting the homeland against attack, because al Qaeda -- painting coalition troops as 'occupiers of the Holy Land' -- is able to raise money, recruit fighters and train against specific U.S. tactics and equipment." The Charleston Post And Courier (SC) says that "by stressing al-Qaida's burgeoning operation in Iraq, Bush aimed to frame the war in the public's mind as a matter of protecting the United States." Likewise, CNN noted Bush "mentioned al Qaeda 93 times in just 29 minutes, in an attempt to convince the American people US troops must stay in Iraq. The strategy is simple: emphasize al Qaeda's role in the violence, not the fighting between warring Iraqi groups." The CBS Evening News said the President used "a new rationale...clearly shifting from policing sectarian violence to targeting Al Qaeda." Bush "barely mentioned the Sunni-Shiite violence US troops constantly confront, using the phrase 'sectarian strife' just twice in a half-hour speech, explaining why US troops are in Iraq." Similarly, NBC Nightly News reported, "Critics argue the White House overlooks that Al Qaeda only gained a foothold in Iraq because of the US invasion, a point intelligence officials concede." USA Today describes Bush's remarks yesterday as part of an effort to sway public opinion in his direction with an eye on Gen. Petraeus September 14 Iraq report. "For the next seven weeks," says USA Today, "the commander in chief becomes salesman in chief." The New York Times also says the speech "reflected concern at the White House over criticism that he is focusing on the wrong terrorist threat."