Oh no, boys and girls, this ain't gonna fly.
That Dog won't hunt!
Been there, done that, got three tee-shirts.
Seems that it was a Rethug who leaked this to the media. Surprise, Surprise.
Tim Russert covered it with a certain breathlessness that should be reserved for a president actually stepping down, getting shot or impeached and found guilty.
This is great political theatre, but that is all it is. It is, no doubt, designed to make the Goopers seem moral, strong and in command. But how many of these same people have been suppoprting, covering up for and looking the other way for this administration for these past long, seemingly endless years?
Polls came out. The GOP in Congress are smelling something in the air. Their own rotting political corpses , not doubt.
They see the writing on the wall, finally, and they want to survive the Arbusto Administration.
Well, we tried to tell you people this before the first bombs fell on Iraq and you wouldn't listen. Loyalty to this nitwit president and his Vice was more important to you than this nation and its people.
So, you can flounce your over-paid, over-fed butts down Pennsylvania Avenue until the cows come home, but it won't matter.
We won't forget the last 6 years of zero meaningful oversight.
NBC News is reporting that a delegation of House members called on Pres. Bush yesterday in the private residence of the White House to inform him that he has lost all credibility on the war among their constituents. He was advised that he and his spokespersons should stop making claims about progress in Iraq altogether. One of the congressmen told him, “We need candor. We need honesty, Mr. President.”
Couple of things here: The Rethugs leaked this to that "Commie" channel, NBC? Why not Faux News?
These guys told the Murder Monkey that he is, essentially, a known liar and the people in their districts are sick and tired of being lied to, so he needs to leave the lying to the military?
“My district is prepared for defeat.”– GOP rep to Bush
Defeat? What defeat? We went there to find WMD and remove Hussein. There were no WMD and Hussein was done in December 2003. If we have lost, whatever the hell that means, it is because we out-stayed our welcome, if there was any, and I seriously doubt that there was, for a Bush led invasion and occupation. It has been almost 3 1/2 years since Saddam was captured. Still, you Goopers excepted one lie after another about why we were there in the first damn place and refused to do your damned jobs. The GOP is done.
Here’s a rough transcript of the NBC News report:
TIM RUSSERT: All eyes on the Republican Party. How long will they support the president’s position on the Iraq war. Yesterday may have been the defining, pivotal moment. At 2:30 in the afternoon, in the private quarters of the White House, the Solarium Room, 11 Republican congressmen had a private meeting with the president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the chief political advisor, Karl Rove, and White House Press Sec. Tony Snow and others.
Geeze Louise, Russert, how many defining, pivitol moments do these guys get? Lord, Timmy, get a freakin' grip. Nothing has happened yet, except some good political theatre. Wake me, when impeachment hearings begin, will ya?
This delegation was headed by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. It was, in the words of one of the participants, the most unvarnished conversation they’ve ever had with the president. Another member said he has met with three presidents and never been so candid. They told the president, and one said, quote, “My district is prepared for defeat. We need candor. We need honesty, Mr. President.”
Who the hell are these guys? I watch a lot of news, and I have no idea who the hell they are?
Oh, by the way, we could have used some candor and honesty before hundreds of thousands of people died in Iraq, our treasury was emptied and the national debt soared.
Why the hell aren't you people candid with a president, any president, especially one from your own damnable party? What the hell do we pay you for?The president responded, “I don’t want to pass this off to another president. I don’t want to pass this off, particularly, to a Democratic president — underscoring how serious the situation was.
That's the dead give-away, right there, Of course he wants to pass this mess-o-potamia off to the next president, especially a Democratic president.
How do I know that?
It has to do with life patterns. I know he wants to run from this mess the same way I knew Bill Clinton was lying when he said he did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinski.. Life patterns...
[The] Republican congressman went on to say the word about the war and its progress cannot come from the White House or even you, Mr. President. There’s no longer any credibility. It has to come from Gen. Petraeus.
Let The Military Lie. Yeah, that's it. Let Petraeus do the lying. Nobody knows whether he is a Republican or not.
The meeting lasted an hour and fifteen minutes, and was, in the words of one, remarkable for the bluntness and no-holds-barred honesty in the message delivered by all these Republican congressmen.
Yeah, right. Is anyone buying this, even for a moment?
I feel a new reality being shoved down our colective throats: "Bush bad, GOP good." Give us 'til September, then will hang Petraeus out to dry.
Update: Crooks & Liars has video of Keith Olbermann’s report on this story on Countdown.
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