During an interview with the Dear Leader before the Super Bowl on Sunday, Matt Lauer asked the chosen one if he would guarantee that many of the troops (conveniently provided as a prop on the split screen) would be home for the next Super Bowl. “Yes” said the chosen one. Then the Dear Leader added, “We support the troops. That’s why we’re getting them out of Iraq and sending them to Afghanistan.”
This is wrong on several levels. Most important though is that sporting events are distractions, a chance to forget about politics. Aside from throwing out the first pitch or announcing “Gentlemen start your engines” most people don’t want to hear from anyone of either party. But there he was, our Dear Leader kicked back fresh from an arugula salad and a bottle of Perrier after looking for another tax cheat to fill the position of Undersecretary of Administration Tax Cheats fielding one soft pitch after another for what seemed hours. The best part was when the sound went out.
But when one considers that the weekend's elections in Iraq were a huge success, I suspect even a Democrat could move a “substantial number” of US troops from Iraq. I’m not sure given the current path Iraq is on at this point it necessarily requires a Messiah to redeploy a brigade or two to Afghanistan. Any troops coming out of Iraq in victory this year or next are a result of George Bush’s courage and leadership NOT the happenstance of having elected an idiot who would have quit the war two years ago in defeat.
Oh and there was this gem. Now that he's in office and seeing intelligence reports, he can tell Americans that "we've got real threats and we've got to remain vigilant." Holy $h*t! We’ve got real threats? Who knew? I thought Bush was just making that crap up so he could wire tap my phone.
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