Because what happened was a political dispute within his administration about propaganda, which is the only thing that matters at all in the Bush White House.

People outside the beltway make a grave mistake in thinking that it’s not important or that they don’t care about it, just because it’s not true.

They actually care MORE!

Bush doesn’t want anyone to get the idea that the troops are coming home, because then it becomes accepted that he will do it. Then, when he disappoints it’s a replay of the firing of Rumsfeld and the Baker Commission report, prior to the surge. There was endless speculation that he would accept the commission report including timelines and negotiations with Iran.

When he rejected that advice and instead opted for the escalation, then public pressure started to mount in a serious way against him and for pullout.

He doesn’t want the same thing to happen again.

News to be untrue. I find it has great predictive value.

You asked:
Name one thing the PNAC and the neo-conservatives, who are members, have been right about (excluding the fact that Saddam was a bad man).

OK, I’ll bite. So far, it appears that their neo-con “Plan A” is achieving everything they intended it would! Look at what they have accomplished since Bush took office.

*Invaded Iraq
*Built the biggest Embassy in the world
*Built 4 major air bases for permanent occupation
*Wrote the laws that Iraq is governed by today
*Provided their moneyed backers (Haliburton etc.) with huge benefits
*Have, waiting in the wings the oil companies who will have first dibs on Iraqi oil with no need to account to or share that with the Iraqi people.
*Created a base of operations in the Middle East from which to continue their overthrow of Iran and any other country that does not capitulate to our terms. Goal: complete control of the whole ME.

And over the last 30 years: Nationally:
*Created a political base that prior to 1978 did not exist. The evangelical christian right!
*Created, with billions of dollars, a bunch of think tanks that swamp anything the Progressives have. They churn out speakers and white papers in huge quantities effectively overwhelming the political discussion
*Successfully created a rubber stamp congress (with the help of the DLC and conservative Democrats)
*Created the Patriot Act (the neo-con version of the Rule of Law-Our Constitution be damned!)
*Successfully moved the SCOTUS closer to the neocon orbit and is instituting a major change in the Federal Court system with religious evangelical attorneys
*Brought about the consolidation and control of the Mainstream Media into about 5 major corporations
*Brought the DOJ to its knees and put it under the presidents control
*Installed an anti UN American ambassador, Bolton
*Installed a neo-con, Iraq invasion and occupation architect, as head of the World Bank, Wolfowitz
*Adopted a policy of pre-emptive strike
*Avoided FISA, essentially won the spying on us issue
*Pulled off all the lies about the reasons to invade Iraq

Need I go on with the unending list of things that they have been “right” about? That have actually happened that prove it?

And, now, finally, after 30 years of incompetence and grovelling (the DLC folks and the willfully ignorant Democrats) the voice of the people is beginning being heard. Thanks to the internet as an alternative to the utterly corrupt MSM, we have a chance to right the sinking ship of state before it sinks into a fascist dictatorship.

Look, kasinca, we think they are wrong, they don’t! And they have a lot of successes to show for it. They have spent 30 years developing this “Plan A” which is all inclusive of all the things we rail against today (finally), partially listed above. There is no Plan B! Their goal, Plan A, is empire and control, plain and simple. It is more than just oil and the money the oil giants will make.

Thanks for the heads up on this one!

Without a draft, this is simple math.

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_107907.asp

President Bush, without so much as issuing a press statement, on May 9
signed a directive that granted near dictatorial powers to the office of
the president in the event of a national emergency declared by the
president.

The “National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive,”
with the dual designation of NSPD-51, as a National Security
Presidential Directive, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential
Directive, establishes under the office of president a new National
Continuity Coordinator.

That job, as the document describes, is to make plans for “National
Essential Functions” of all federal, state, local, territorial, and
tribal governments, as well as private sector organizations to continue
functioning under the president’s directives in the event of a national
emergency.

The directive loosely defines “catastrophic emergency” as “any incident,
regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass
casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S.
population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions.”

When the President determines a catastrophic emergency has occurred, the
President can take over all government functions and direct all private
sector activities to ensure we will emerge from the emergency with an
“enduring constitutional government.”

Translated into layman’s terms, when the President determines a national
emergency has occurred, the President can declare to the office of the
presidency powers usually assumed by dictators to direct any and all
government and business activities until the emergency is declared over.

Ironically, the directive sees no contradiction in the assumption of
dictatorial powers by the President with the goal of maintaining
constitutional continuity through an emergency.

Go to hell Bill.

I knew Dubya was pissed because he is an untreated alcoholic and his pride and ego will never allow him to admit he was wrong or that he is going a different direction in Iraq. To him, renaming Stay the Course to a Surge is a new direction. It is time to intervene on this drunken AWOL Chimp.

What makes me livid is the sheer stupidity of the Democrats. They had Mr Bush by the round and hairies. He was the one who vetoed funding. Now he can arrange for bringing the troops home. And rest assured, the Rovians will play this part for all they’re worth.

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Just don’t move to Portland. We have enough people now, thanks very much. Seattle has great beer, beautiful scenery and ridiculously high rents. You’re going to love it!

might be a glimmer of realization on his part that he is irrelevant to news gathering and is now simply a squeaky little bullhorn for cheney. If you thought he was capable of self-reflection you might also think he would be pissed about that fact.

but alas, he is an “insider” and thinks everyone else is just jealous that he gets phone calls from the oval office.

it has degraded to a war between factions and that’s just in the “white” house!

if this “war” continues, hope R’s keep sending their kids to die, because no one else will.