Republican Insurgency: Last Throes? (BBA XI)

True, I am a self-avowed "America Hater" (I don't even have a magnetic "ribbon" of any color on the rear of my car) but, among the many events swirling about, I note the following:

  • The Downing-Street Memo story is still remarkably alive
  • The administration's mouths all keep saying that the DSM is not a story
  • Over 500,000 Americans think the DSM is a story
  • Karl Rove announces that America-hating liberals didn't care about the events of 9/11, and want the Iraq war to fail
  • Donald Rumsfeld keeps on with his "Iraqi insurgency in its last throes" lyric (sung to the tune of "Over the Rainbow")
  • The President is taking his war-propaganda show on the road, hoping that none hear the intense lame-duck quacking sound following him about
  • Condi would like to say something intelligent, but can't manage
  • Conyers carries on the DSM investigation
  • Waxman reports on shocking mishandling of funds for "reconstruction of Iraq"
  • "Protect our Flag" amendments are again the summer fashion
  • Republican hyenas seem to be snarling constantly at each other
  • DeLay is keeping a remarkably low profile
  • Gonzales wants to protect us from Internet porn
  • Bolton is getting sulkier, but no one notices
  • Religious fanatics, briefly thrilled and distracted by election resuls that had little to do with actual vote counts, are back to looking for gays to bash
  • …

    • Is it just me, or is it looking like the Republican Insurgency is in its Last Throes?

    [This continues my series of posts concerning the pre-Iraq-war actions of the US administration, aimed at increasing awareness of those activities, as part of the Big Brass Alliance (or ) and it's support of AfterDowningStreet.org. For more information from me, see my first posting on The Downing Street Memo: "Worth Remembering"]

    Posted on June 24, 2005 at 16.14 by jns · Permalink
    In: All, Splenetics

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    1. Written by PoliShifter
      on Friday, 24 June 2005 at 18.04
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      I saw Cheney on TV trying to defend his statement about "the insurgency being in its last throes". He was asked point blank if he still believed this after a top military commander said the insurgency was getting stronger and more organized.

      Cheney said he stood by the statement, that one had to look at the "definition" of throes which means "A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble". In that sense, Cheney feels his statement was a completely accurate desciption of the insurgency.

      Cheney obviously studied at the Karl Rove Institute.

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