The good news, and the bad news

[Plaid Adder]

The good news is, Bush's poll numbers are never going back up. They may bounce anemically once in a while, but I think we'll see him bottom out at 30 and never recover.

The bad news is, that's because they got NOTHIN'.

I remember when we first invaded Iraq, and I was listening to the talking heads explain how it was going to work. I was sure they were lying. "We will be welcomed as liberators? That's our PLAN? No way. That can't be. They must have some other plan that they're just not telling us about cause it's too diabolical."

Nope. That was their plan. Their plan was, "We drop the house on Saddam, and then the little Iraqchkins run out and sing 'Ding Dong, the Tyrant's Dead,' and we get presents from the Lullaby League and the Lollipop Guild, and then we click our heels 3 times and we're gone."

Hawks, Republicans, children of all ages, I hate to break it to you, but...the reason things are as they are in Iraq right now is that the President DOES NOT HAVE A STRATEGY FOR IRAQ. Not only that, but HE CANNOT COME UP WITH ONE. Why? Because the fact that the Iraq war happened at all proves that this administration cannot learn. "Hey! I know how to respond to this new and terrifying adversary! Let's invade our old arch-nemesis whose regime had fuck-all to do with 9/11!"

It does not matter how many speeches Bush gives or in front of how many backdrops. There never was a plan, there is no plan, and there will never be a plan. Plenty of wishful thinking, but no plan. They cannot devise a strategy for victory, or even a strategy for withdrawal. There is no original thought left inside that bubble.

Same thing on the economy and on everything else. They are rigidly committed to a set of principles which just do not fucking work, and even though they now no longer like the results, they cannot change the outcome because they literally do not know what else to do.

On the bright side, we may see Bush become the least popular American president EVER. On the less bright side...the people in charge of our country don't have a goddamn clue about how to get us out of any of this.

It's gonna get worse before it gets better. I sure hope it gets a LOT better, cause the worse is gonna be pretty bad.

:scared:

The Plaid Adder

[babylonsister]

1. Spot on, P A. As much as I will enjoy the utter and complete

humiliation of this bunch of goons for their ineptness, this is a terrifying thought and has been and will continue to be ruinous for our country.

[PDJane]

2. the scary part

Is what it is bound to do to the rest of the world while it gets bad for the United States. Add the end of oil to that, and we may be back where the religious right would like us to be; somewhere around the dark ages. It's a very unhappy thought.

[babylonsister]

3. Kickin', cause I can and agree, even more today. nt