John McCain read a foreign policy speech yesterday. It is anybody's
guess who wrote it, but reality was MIA. He is still trying to tell us
that his support of the surge is responsible for our progress in Iraq,
and he paints a pretty picture. It goes something like this: "The surge
is working," Iraq is stable, the Iraqi army is ready but, and it is a
big but, if we agree with his assessment of stability in Iraq and urge
Bush to bring the troops home, it is a reckless retreat. I don't get it.
The most humorous coverage came from Keith Olbermann. Who else? In the middle of McCain's speech NBC News interrupted to bring news of an assault on the green zone.
I
have never heard McCain mention the 4.5 million refugees; the
vulnerability of the green zone; the number of civilian deaths. I have
heard him say we should bomb Iran!
Penn is not gone: He
is out, he is an adviser, he is back! The Colombian government fired
him because he hadn't delivered Hillary's support and for a day Hillary
fired him. We now learn, thanks to the NY Times,
that the old Bill Clinton crew supports the free trade agreement with
Colombia. (Why am I suspicious that, absent Barack, Hillary would join
Penn, Wolfson, Joe Lockhart, Bill Danvers, Donna Shalala, Leon Panetta
and Wal-Mart in supporting this trade deal with all the vigor Bill
pushed NAFTA?)
Later today we will post the video of Hightower speaking at the Barrymore.
The surge is working. Yah, sure Johnny.
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