Who wants the blame when Iraq and Afghanistan fall apart? Surprisingly, nobody.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?
Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.
You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?
Technically true, but collectively nonsense
Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.
Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.
Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.
They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.
It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.
The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.
Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!
Democracy cannot function without a free press.
These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.
A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.
Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.
Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.
This fight is for everything.
Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.
“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.
I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.
If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.
Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.
Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.
When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.
Faux News
I nominate Darrell. He has all the answers to everything. Especially on how to win in Iraq.
Mission Accomplished.
Can’t wait to see Darrell in his flight suit.
VidaLoca
So, Kagan is pushing for the surge back in December with the knowledge that “we don’t have a single individual back here who is really capable of coordinating the effort” (this can’t really be new material, can it?) in the face of a viable alternative. Now, he’s conceding it’s a cock-up — and suggesting that the solution is to bring in someone who can better arrange the deck chairs.
It couldn’t be that your whole fecking idea was a crock of shit, could it Mr. Kagan?
chefrad
Word has it they’ve been searching under every bar stool in Pentagon City looking for some guy willing to lose a war but gain a star. Soon it’ll be offered to the epauletted doorman at the Four Seasons at 28th and Penn.
Or, if Dick Cheney is in charge of the search, he will select himself. Now if THAT doesn’t make you woof your scones & marmelade!
Devil's Advocate
I thought we already had a War Czar? His name is Gates and he is the Secreatry of Defense.
The WH is desperately looking for a scapegoat. They know that Iraq is an unwinnable mess.
Dave in ME
Doesn’t matter who wants it, Americans of all persuasions know this is a Republican clusterfuck through and through. This makes it all the more entertaining watching Bush have his temper tantrum about time lines. The more he flails about the more esteem Americans have for Democrats holding the line on his idiocy.
You think last November’s elections were bad for Republicans? Just wait for ’08 for a true watershed blowout.
Myrtle Parker
How about we blame:
1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Secretary Gates
4. Petraeus
5. McCain
6. Lieberman
8. Rumsfeld
9. Rice
10. War mongers in general
Thoughts?
Punchy
Read that link, read the comments, and was struck by what one person said (I’m parapharasing):
Basically, the WH demanded we all give Petreaus (sp?) a few months to get this to work. Well, those months are dwindling, and now they need a new Really New And Important War Person that we “MUST” give “time to work”.
In other words, the WH wants to dangle a new toy in front of Americans and DEMAND that we play with that for a few more months before insisting on troop removal. And when this fails in a few months, they’ll then go and install a new commander, and “demand” we give him “time to work”. And when he fails, out comes another “czar” person.
Lather, rinse, repeat. For 22 months.
croatoan
My Pet Scapegoat
Fruitbat Jones
It’s telling that NONE of the military guys (read: those who know) want any part of this patsy appointment. They’ll end up forced to give this to a cronyistic civy, who’ll know not a damn thing about the military expect how to abuse it and use it for political gain.
VidaLoca
Wonder if Rumsfeld would take it?
Chad N. Freude
Your faith in the collective memory is greater than mine. When it comes out that Imus is the father of Larry Birkhead and our collective attention is diverted, the war will become unimportant and the Republicans will surge in the polls.
Lee
I thought we already had a person like this.
I think his title is called The Command in Chief.
So…Bush is looking for someone to take over his job? Did he finally realize he is over his head?
Blue Neponset
I would nominate Bill Clinton. The Repubs will blame him anyway so it will save a lot of time and effort creating talking points.
Rome Again
Stop this train, I want to get off!
Rome Again
Fixed!
Chad N. Freude
Not at all. He needs someone to be responsible for his decisions.
Rome Again
Spits coffee.
Rome Again
Touche`
Jake
POTD before Noon.
I nominate Dick “Duck!” Cheney for the post. I’ve been reading that lots of DoJ folks are pulling double duty and he doesn’t seem to be doing much as Veep these days. In addition he gets on well with tKing Abdullah, can sniff out an A-Q operative at 5,000 miles and will be close to his buddies from Haliburton when they move to their new digs.
Krista
Nicely done!
les
Georgie just needs to sweeten the pot–put the new War Czar (!!!!) in charge of all the wars–the War on Indefinite Concepts Related to Bad Acts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Drugs, the War on Science, the War on Poor People, the War on Governmental Competence–what else we warrin’ on at the moment? Who could turn that down? And then GB could dedicate himself to the War on Brush.
Fledermaus
Well they don’t call him the CEO president for nothing.
Keith
Punchy’s right-on with the “give the new guy time to work” bullshit we keep getting fed. Give the Almighty Petraus time to see if The Plan will work, and when it doesn’t, blame the naysayers for making him fail by talking, then find the next-most-senior general to install with a new plan and insist on 6 months of opposition (on permutation of “The Enemy”) silence.
Chad N. Freude
Once upon a time, we had a Secretary of War. After WW II this was considered too aggressive for America’s position as a guarantor of peace, and the title was changed to Secretary of Defense. All Bush has to do is change the title back. Problem solved.
mrmobi
Seconded. All of our problems relate to the Clenis and the Clagina.
ThymeZone
The New Plan for Victory is working AFAIC.
It’s already claimed the presidential hopes of the godawful John McCain, may yet get those of the terrifying Hildabeast, and thereby save America.
Unintended consequences …. gotta love ’em.
I am looking forward to President Barack Obama, how about you? And we can thank the Serge … I mean, Surge.
mrmobi
That is what they call him.
Mr. McFlightsuit has never, ever, run a successful business that didn’t require his father, or some of his father’s friends, to bail junior out.
I sympathize with him completely, he had cocaine to snort and bourbon to drink. Why should he hurt his beautiful mind with things like failure?
This is just the latest, and worst, in a long string of failures.
This one, he (and his party) gets to own.
mrmobi
It’s a long race, and lots of strange shit tends to happen, but yeah, I’m glad my Senator is in the race. I admire him a great deal.
He continues to draw the biggest crowds of any candidate. People are hungry for real leadership, and sick of leadership by hissy-fit. I wish him the best, and support him.
jake
And the s[h]eer suckers.