Condi Said it, Not Me

Officials would be "brain-dead" if they did't recognize their errors. "I know we've made tactical errors, thousands of them I'm sure."

Condi Rice's answer in response to question if the administration had learned from its "mistakes over the past three years."

No Condi, it was 80% Want US Out, Not In

Most Iraqis want to keep coalition forces [in Iraq]

Condi Rice on Meet the Press 3/26/06

I'm With Ya Molly

I do like the idea of supporting democracy, however, and think we should try it -- especially here in the U.S. of A.

Molly Ivins, March 2006

Rumsfeld - Crazy for Feeling That Way?

[Leaving Iraq now] would be the modern equivalent of handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis.

Donald Rumsfeld, op ed piece, on 3rd anniversary of Iraqi War.

Rebuttals by a pair far of right-wing homeboys:

Henry Kissinger: There was "no significant resistance movement" in Germany after WWII (uh, duh, Donnie. )

Zbigniew Brzezinski: the comparison is just "absolutely crazy"

Uh . . . . Duh?

The vast majority of Iraqis have shown that they want their country to remain whole and free of ethnic conflict

Secy of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, March 2006

Donnie gets points for the most obvious fact of the month. Perhaps next month he'll share with us the fact that most people don't like being lied to by their government.

Or maybe not.

Realism: One Point of View Supported by Narrow Group of Syncopants

The administration we have today is not the administration that came into office. It's no longer a [neoconservative] government, it's a realistic government.

Jon Wolfsthal, defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

But We Are in Favor of Forcing Women to Stay Pregnant

If you hand out contraception to single women, we're saying promiscuity is OK as a state, and I am not in support of that.

Republican Missouri Representative Susan Phillips, in a debate over public funding for birth control.

Maybe He Was Dropped on His Head as a Child?

Because we've been willing to act on our convictions, we live in a better world today. . . . and every action we take in support of it makes this world better and safer for our children.

Dick Cheney, March 7, 2006, Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference

There has got to be an explanation out there somewhere for how someone with Cheney's view of the world ever made it to the Vice-President's office. But where's the explanation for how Cheney's mind sees the world?

Life's Simpler if You Ignore Reality

For that reason, our strategy for victory in the war on terror has a fifth and crucial element: Across the broader Middle East, we will work to replace hatred and resentment with democracy and hope.

Dick Cheney, March 7, 2006, Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference

I'm not an expert in foreign policy, but it sure seems to me that the Bush administration has done a far better job of spreading hatred and resentment than democracy and hope.

Proof That Cheney's Been Drinking Heavily

Our strategy in Iraq is clear.

Dick Cheney, March 7, 2006, Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference

Unless They Live in America

America will help women stand up for their freedom, no matter where they live.

George Bush on International Women's Day, speaking to women's rights. He forgot to add "unless, of course, they live in the US and want an abortion in the wrong area of the country, or a Plan B pill from a pharmacist who doesn't believe in them."

Ok, Who Wants to Tell Bush

I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

George W. Bush in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 3, 2006

Hey George, Pakistan? Not an Arab nation. But you knew that already, right? Think he's suggesting that "they all look alike"? Nah, not our pres.

The Christian Right's New Best Friend.

As long as I serve on the Supreme Court I will keep in mind the trust that has been placed in me. I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet personally at some point in the future. In the meantime my entire family and I hope that you and the Focus on the Family staff know how much we appreciate all that you have done.

Letter from Samuel Alito to Focus on the Family's Dobson, thanking him for all the work they did in getting Alito to the Supreme Court.