Spitzer's Sex Life Is Weapon of Mass Distraction for Bunch of Bad News for Bush

[claire_m]

Spitzer's Sex Life Is Weapon of Mass Distraction for Bunch of Bad News for Bush On Monday, we learned: The Iraq war will top 3 trillion dollars; a former Pentagon official has written a book attacking the CIA and other US officials over the US-led Iraq war; 5 US soldiers were killed in a Baghdad blast; an Iraqi tribal leader - the head of an 'Awakening Council' - and three others were killed in a Diyala province suicide bombing; CIA torture will continue, per Bush decree; the House Judiciary Committee has filed suit to force two White House officials to provide information about the firing of U.S. attorneys; more trouble for Carlyle group has surfaced; oil has soared to $108 per barrel; gas prices have reached a new record; a lawsuit has been filed claiming that the Fish and Wildlife Service is now in breach of its own mandate; an AP investigation has revealed that a vast array of pharmaceuticals are in the US water supply. Oh. Last but not least: The Dow and Nasdaq are down hundreds of points, again. But, here is the mainstream media's headline: Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring.

[Andrea]

1. K & R for perspective!

Keep your eye on the ball.

[Quakerfriend]

2. Yup. I wonder about the timing of this whole thing coming out.

The GOP has been hating Spitzer for a long time- especially after he told the truth about the economy ~ two weeks ago, and really sounded the alarm bells.:shrug:

[claire_m]

4. Yup. 5 US soldiers were killed in Iraq - the GOP-run media was...

...certainly not going to let that item remain in the news cycles.
Claire

[Kurovski]

3. K&R.

Even though just about every day is bad news for Bush, and even worse news for us.

[claire_m]

5. Oh, they just cut to the chase on MSNBC:

A pundit on Hardball's 'Hillary Hate' hour just stated, 'This is bad news for Hillary.'
LOL, I saw that one marching down Broadway, from a mile away.
Claire

[marions ghost]

6. I'm sure of it

that's what makes it such :banghead: stupid behavior.

[corkhead]

7. The Iraq war will top 3 trillion dollars... is that 2003 dollars or 2008 dollars?

the way things are going for the once all mighty dollar, it is going to cost 3 trillion dollars to buy a loaf of bread.

[claire_m]

8. You're right on the bread costs.

Bush is taking care of agribusiness as they (and all the other corpora-terrorists) have taken care of him for 8 years.
Claire

[Rex]

9. Could only watch about 5 minutes...had to turn it off.

Watching Rummy lie on Newshour was all I could stomach. We have so much BLOOD on our hands thanks to Rummy and his asshole paymasters. :(

[claire_m]

10. Apparently, 8 soldiers killed in Iraq on Monday.

More bad news that is buried under the Spitzer scandal.
Claire