Doug Henwood
[Gang of 500 is The Note's nickname for the Washington press corps]
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238>
An establishment media and 4/5 of the Gang of 500 totally against the war and thinking that the President is even more foolish to double down on betting his presidency on Iraq than he was in making the original wager. ___________________________________
"The Bush White House deploying the bad cop (Bush), worse cop (Cheney), and nuclear cops (selected Hill Republicans) to question the judgment, patriotism (yes, Mr. Subliminal), honor, integrity, etc. of the Democrats (after the Democrats thought they could play fast and loose with the facts and call the President a liar)."
Hang on: Bush wasn't - isn't - a liar? I mean, it is a bit thick for the Democrats to be calling GWB a lying warmonger, particularly two and half years after the fact. But, still, facts are facts, aren't they?
In either event these demands for withdrawal, particularly from people like Murtha, are significant. But what is the Administration to do? They CAN'T just leave. That would be a gigantic defeat, far worse than Viet Nam; so they have to stay. But if the Murthas of the nation are demanding that they leave, this makes staying potential political suicide, at least in the short-term. This is political imbecility on an epic scale. The only thing that could save Bush's bacon now is another 9/11-style terrorist attack.