"It's a remarkable country, izznit?"

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"It's a remarkable country, izznit?"
by Ed Naha | Apr 19 2007 - 9:52am


Surrounded (and camouflaged) by military families this week, our Pretzledent actually had the nads to marvel re: the Iraq fiasco "The families gathered here understand that our troops want to finish the job," before stating, wide-eyed, "It's a remarkable country, izznit?"

Unfortunately for the boob in the bubble, his long-winded photo-op wasn't covered too much by the national media. Thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech. were being slaughtered by a madman while he blathered.

Doncha hate reality?

In a sense, Bush was onto something. It IS a remarkable country. When the President is only slightly less insane than the Veep in terms of gauging the reality on the ground in Iraq, despite the growing awareness of the American people of the inevitable outcome of this deadly misadventure, it IS remarkable indeed.

A "Washington Post"-ABC poll conducted April 12th to the 15th found that 58% of Americans trusted the Democratic Congress to handle Iraq better than bubble boy, who pulled in a hefty 33%. Slightly more than toe jam.

57% thought America could win the war on terriers without winning in Iraq. Bush's approval rating was at 35%. Nancy Pelosi's approval rating was at 53%.

Americans disapproved of Bush's warrior-in-chief stance by a 70% to 29% margin. 66% thought that Iraq was a mistake. 56% thought we should get out now.

In a new Gallup poll, Bush got an all-time low 35% approval rating.

Yet, Bush has been on the stump of late, touting his new Iraqi surge or splurge or splooge as the perfect tonic for victory. Last week, he warned an American Legion group that evil Democrats' wanting to connect funding for the war with an exit strategy would lead to extended tours for American troops. The next day, the Pentagon extended tours of duty from twelve months to fifteen months. Who'da thunk it?

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