[lbo-talk] purloined to the letter

[Kelley]

next thing ya know, someone's going to suggest that we can get a good DNA 
sample for Saddam Hussein, not by trying to hunt down the comb he uses to 
apply the Grecian Formula, but by simply scraping the lips of leading 
members of ANSWER or WWP.

pre-emptive squabbling over the spoils of war! what in fuck is the point of 
blaming the left or factions of the left. there are far more important 
things to worry about now, like what are these fsckers going to do next? 
the administration appears not to have been upended by croaks from the frog 
of war--such as the general's revolt--but, rather, we appear to be upended 
by an administration that did learn its lessons, that has learned how to 
manage expectations, neutralize the media, neutralize the antiwar movement, 
manipulate perceptions. these dirtbags already have a plan for running the 
place. well, why should we be surprised? these people hid the truth in 
plain sight.

this is not your father's vietnam.

kelley