Suddenly the Bombs are Coming from All Directions..

[ItsMyParty]

Been watching CNN all morning (MSNBC is doing Olympics). At first I was wild that they are not reporting this O'Neill-Nixon tape situation. Everything seemed low keyed. Then it was like everything hit at once. Wolfe Blitzer was having some glue come off.

The things that have hit, coming together today were: 1) Kerry calling for Rumsfeld's resignation (show clips of today's speech); 2) the prison abuse report put out yesterday; 3) the Fay report due out any moment; 4) the resignation of Ginsberg(sp?) and it's increasing implications that Bush/Cheney are lying sacks of shit; 5) Max Cleland and other vet on their way to Crawford with the letter signed by a number of Congressional vets (show contents of letter and it's great how it calls on him as Commander and Chief to not allow vets to do this to each other); 6) Cheney opening his mouth and letting out the word "gay" (his support or whatever one would call it of gays---the mere word sends the lunatic base into fits; thus discussions of whether splits are opening in the repub party as moderates are sick of the loonies).

In other words, this wasn't a good day for Bush and there is some sense (can sort of sniff it on the air) that things are changing. Nobody is listening to George's plans for the next 4 years (didn't do shit for anyone the first 4, so why listen). Iraq is again making headlines because Najaf is going to blow up this whole situation over there since no one is going to believe that the Iraqi military all by it's lonesome self will be storming the mosque, etc.

Kerry is getting some press for things other than 'Nam and I don't think the administration expected that they might be going into their grand convention with some hell breaking lose on their heels. Keep pressing Kerry...every, every day keep pressing them. Suddenly the control freaks are losing control of numerous areas all at the same time.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Great way to head into the Repug Convention

they have lost control of the agenda.

Their love fest is going to be more like a funeral.

[geek tragedy]

2. A runaway train heading into the station.

Look for the nation to collectively vomit when they try to bash Kerry for anything having to do with Vietnam at the convention. Or questioning his patriotism.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. I agree. They are losing it.

[Inland]

4. Bush wanted a buildup of floating issues and good news for the DNC

and instead he is caught in the blowback of his own despicable, weak, selfish tactics. Tough.

[geek tragedy]

5. Don't forget Iraq.

The end game is approaching in Najaf. Very 1968.

[Inland]

7. Who would have thought Najaf would have drug out this long?

Will the DNC have daily reports of us haggling with Sadr and taking casualties, or us blowing up the shrine? Every day's headline is an antiBush ad.

[Lefty Pragmatist]

6. Yep, they've got their nuts in a tight sling.

The RNC needs to be about Bush, but everything about Bush is a negative. What are they gonna do, three cheers for the Patriot Act and NCLB? I don't think so...

The strategy so far has been to keep the spotlight on Kerry and off of Bush and his many mistakes and schemes. How they are going to keep doing that through *their own guy's convention* is a big problem.

Najaf is either going to be a festering sore, knocking percentage points off Bush on terrorism every weak, or a horrendous massacre, and the place is crawling with independent, foreign press now, so even Rummie's bully boys won't be able to completely suppress the bad news.

The econ indicators have been slowing down again, so all those press releases of a hot economy will look as foolish as the "Mission Accomplished" banner.

Bush can't even wrap himself in the Olympic flag. Nobody's watching, and the Iraqi soccer team told him to sod off.

They need a positive story coming out of somewhere. Fear mongering is just shaking the present administration's credibility and driving more people to Kerry.

[yellowcanine]

8. Ouch! Very painful mind picture. Glad you didn't say "nuts in a vice"

Heh.