Comments on: Pickin’ and Grinnin’ http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2005/08/31/pickin_and_grinnin Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2005/08/31/pickin_and_grinnin/comment-page-1#comment-1116 Matthew Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:35 +0000 /?p=408#comment-1116 Maybe it's the bubble of the Presidency finally catching up to him, but his political instincts seem to be waning. If he'd had a modicum of sense, he'd have met Sheehan when she stepped off that bus for the first time down there in Crawford. Now it's probably too late. If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't be dishing up more of the same old rhetoric about the war, he'd be giving us those tangible criteria you mention. If he had a modicum of sense, he'd realize that people are tired. Damned tired. And it doesn't matter how many times the Bushniks tell us that the economy is better than ever, that Iraq is fast becoming a Democratic Utopia in the peaceful heart of the Middle East, or that gas prices really aren't so high compared to European prices. People still feel like we're going the wrong way. Bush ought to know by now: perception is the key to politics--God knows he practiced that so well in his first term--and what people perceive is that Iraq is descending into chaos, gas prices are outrageous, and the friggin' President has been on vacation the entire month of August! Maybe it’s the bubble of the Presidency finally catching up to him, but his political instincts seem to be waning. If he’d had a modicum of sense, he’d have met Sheehan when she stepped off that bus for the first time down there in Crawford. Now it’s probably too late. If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn’t be dishing up more of the same old rhetoric about the war, he’d be giving us those tangible criteria you mention. If he had a modicum of sense, he’d realize that people are tired. Damned tired. And it doesn’t matter how many times the Bushniks tell us that the economy is better than ever, that Iraq is fast becoming a Democratic Utopia in the peaceful heart of the Middle East, or that gas prices really aren’t so high compared to European prices. People still feel like we’re going the wrong way. Bush ought to know by now: perception is the key to politics–God knows he practiced that so well in his first term–and what people perceive is that Iraq is descending into chaos, gas prices are outrageous, and the friggin’ President has been on vacation the entire month of August!

]]> By: Heather http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2005/08/31/pickin_and_grinnin/comment-page-1#comment-1117 Heather Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:54:28 +0000 /?p=408#comment-1117 But to do this, the president would have to finally stop speaking in metaphors and give numbers, actions, concrete things that somebody, anybody, anywhere who will stop and realize that Bush doesn't hold the key to heaven or has God's ear, would hold him accountable for. But to do this, the president would have to finally stop speaking in metaphors and give numbers, actions, concrete things that somebody, anybody, anywhere who will stop and realize that Bush doesn’t hold the key to heaven or has God’s ear, would hold him accountable for.

]]> By: dlw http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2005/08/31/pickin_and_grinnin/comment-page-1#comment-1118 dlw Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:00:05 +0000 /?p=408#comment-1118 Good stuff! The Bush Doctrine is so inappropriate for a "war" on terrorism and was so obvious a cover for seeking immediate regime change in Iraq as was pushed by Cheney. dlw Good stuff!

The Bush Doctrine is so inappropriate for a “war” on terrorism and was so obvious a cover for seeking immediate regime change in Iraq as was pushed by Cheney.

dlw

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