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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Picture of the Day - 2


















"He admitted to being out-smarted by the enemy at several stages of the Iraq war, and spoke glowingly about the sacrifices of the military and of military families."

- NBC - Brian Williams' blog describing the "anchors meeting" with Bush.

(The soldiers' "sacrifices" being all the more noble as they came as a result of their leader being "outsmarted" at several stages. - mike)

(President Bush walks towards his limousine after morning services at St. John's Church in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak))

6 Comments:

  • outsmarted by men living in caves. U-S-A - We're #1!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:36 PM  

  • This administration has nevere understood the contours of the battlefield.

    It's like fighting a war with just a guess at the map.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:32 PM  

  • This administration understands on thing: how to manipulate the political phyche of the American electorate. Outside that one tiny playpen, they seem dangerously oblivious.

    The fact that president has been continually outwitted makes our soldier's sacrifice all the more tragic, not more noble.

    By Blogger -epm, at 6:05 AM  

  • I'm assuming you understood that that little italiced bit was sarcasm, right?

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 7:07 AM  

  • Actually (and sadly), I wasn't 100% sure. Nonetheless, what we call sarcasm, the right wing actually promotes as talking points.

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:35 AM  

  • Glad I pointed it out then.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:00 AM  

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