Jimmy Baker: Statesman or Iraq Surrender Monkey?

Now that Jim, or as President Bush calls him Jimmy, Baker has finished his surrender treatise on Iraq, Jimmy has turned from his major passion - losing wars - to waxing eloquently on his other favorite subject, college basketball.

When asked about his philosophy on the season Baker offered this:

"Look, the season is over 50 games long. There is no way to win them all. So why try. Our main effort should be to keep the game close until half time. If we’re winning, fine. If we’re down a couple of points and our big man is in foul trouble, we should negotiate with the other team for extra fouls. I’m sure they will recognize that these negotiations are being conducted from a position of strength and will be reasonable about our request. This is not surrender or weakness, it is realistic. Failing to negotiate extra fouls, we should then begin to pull our team from the floor incrementally. We’ll keep them on the bench so that they can be put back into the game if necessary. But many of the players will be sent to the locker room to begin loading the bus. We might as well get a jump on that. When the game is over we will simply declare victory and go home. So while there is no way to actually win all of the games. There is no way anyone can stop us from saying we won all of the games. And that is what’s important. Not the fact that you quit and get beat like a drum, but rather holding your head high and declaring victory."

This commission is a sham. The fact that the only thing it has going for it is that it’s a bipartisan surrender speaks volumes. Bipartisanship is when Conservatives cave into Liberals. Bipartisanship got us McCain Feingold’s assault on free speech, surrender in Vietnam, the Missouri Compromise, the 3/5ths rule, etc. etc.

Look at the High Commission on Iraq. Anyone ineligible for Social Security? Oh, nearly one. Anyone a professional military man? No. Anyone with history of winning international conflicts? None. Anyone a true conservative? Only 3 of 5 “Republicans” could argue that. Sandra Day O’Connor a Republican? Puleeeeez. Jimmy, let’s just say we won, Baker conservative? No.

The best thing President Bush could do with the High Commission is to thank them & ignore them. What a colossal waste of time and tax money.