To begin with, I'd like to admit that I am a liberal. I can hear some of you gasp. That word has been stolen from Democrats and redefined by radical right wing Republicans to be an ugly, almost profane word.
Much to everyone's surprise, congressional Democrats are actually stealing President Bush's thunder before he gives his speech tonight.
Even if Maliki did everything Bush wanted him to, his plan is still going to fail, because it relies heavily on the Iraqi Army to pacify Baghdad. And the Iraqi Army is a joke.
Democrats should add a privacy amendment to the United States Constitution: ""The people have an unalienable right to privacy in their persons, homes, property and data."
Yossarian tried one last-ditch effort. "But surely the press will point out to the president that failure is always an option, and that his plan is crazy?"
The gnomes in Sacramento voted to move the California primary last year, with virtually no public debate and very little media attention. Now they're tinkering with it again.
In other words, Bush said, 'Democrat' wasn't a slur, I'm from Texas and don't know English.
While there are strident voices on the left crying for immediate troop withdrawal, they need to realize that this is going to be a long, hard slog.
