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We
\n are forced to admit that President Bush’s address to the nation on
\n his Iraq disengagement was pretty damn good, at least by his standards.
\n Never a Praetorian orator, he has learned a trick or two over the years,
\n and now manages to keep that annoying smirk off his face at least 90%
\n of the time.<\/p>\n
The elucidation of a 5-step plan to turn the country over to the Iraqis
\n is the kind of simple plot line the public can grasp and hang on to without
\n straining their mental muscles, even if is a fairy tale to rival the
\n Brothers Grimm at their best. And his brave proclamation of his intent
\n to raze the house of horrors torture prison was a stroke of public relations
\n genius, just the kind of symbolic gesture that could get Americans to
\n feel good about shitting on the rest of the world again.<\/p>\n
Style over substance has always been the winning formula in American
\n politics. John Kerry had better upgrade his speech-writing team if the
\n Prez can pull these gems out on a regular basis. Note to John: the Dowbrigade
\n writes a mean speech, and is available…..<\/p>\n
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