November 6, 2003

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Fund-raising, in a fabulous mood
Indolent fraud Smirky McTitleist too busy partying to acknowlege dead servicemen and women.

'The White House is cleverly trying to distance Mr. Bush from the messy problem of flesh-and-blood soldiers with real names dying nearly every day, while linking him to the heroic task of fighting global terror.

'It's better to keep it vague, to talk about the "important cause" and the "brave defenders" of liberty.

'If he gets more explicit, or allows the flag-draped coffins of fallen heroes to be photographed coming home, it will just remind people that the administration said this would be easy, and it's teeth-grindingly hard. And that the administration vowed to get Osama and Saddam and WMD, and hasn't. And that the Bush team that hyped the presence of Al Qaeda in Iraq has now created an Al Qaeda presence in Iraq. And that there was no decent plan for the occupation or for financing one, no plan for rotating or supporting troops stretched too thin to guard ammunition caches or police a fractious society, and no plan for getting out.' - - Maureen Dowd.

Oh, and BTW, George, two more American soldiers were killed in Iraq, the US military said Thursday.


'Terra...uh...freedom-haters...um...9/11....now watch this drive!'

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