Any word if any Malkin operatives have caught John Kerry being shunned by the troops yet? That the troops hate Kerry is the real story here.

What's with the AP? Why are they the "enemy d'jour? What do they get by pumping up Bush's image? or is there just some right-wingers in management trying to change Bush's public appearance?

The AP is like an umpire after being chewed out for a bad call. He'll be cautious, but just for a few innings. The AP didn't really make any bad calls, but it will tread lightly for a few innings, then get back to real reporting.

T me, it's frightening when the core competency goes. The Bush people have never seemed to know what's going on in Iraq, but they've been very effective in manipulating public opinion. Now they've apparently lost even that -- the "surge" is obviously too little, too late, and it may end up being as few as 9,000 troops.

In Iraq during the last week thay've succeeded in angering every single faction, even the Kurds (unless the rumor that they've bought off Moqtada is true, that is).

And they seem to be trying to rescue the situation with an escalation to toher countries. They're obviously just flailing around. No one is left in the administration but Bush partisans.

I really think that we're in late-Nixon territory now, with the difference that Nixon had some staffers with a bit of credibility and good sense, whereas I don't think that Bush does.

On top of everything else, I think that people tend to underestimate how bad it could get. Losing Iraq isn't the worst that could happen.

As a prior serviceman, I know the little talks give before politicans arrive... These troops know what is going on... they know they are being used politically...

This President has never understood that he is the President of the United States and not the leader of the Republican party. He, also, has never understood that the Commander-in-Chief is not a political position in which he can bolster his political position.

His credibility is shot.

legalized, i guess you do not really read m.m.'s website. she has apologized twice for the picture and her words about kerry. evidently kerry was having a confidential interview with reporters. the photo was shot at an angle where the reporters were not clearly seen. just another right wing neo con example of dishonesty. when your kids are killed either here from terrorists or in the war with all the middle east, remember you had a hand in it by not really questioning what is put under your nose. you are like a football fan who goes rah rah with the cheerleader, believing your team is going to win, even when all the games your team has played, have lost, and some very badly. too bad the rest of us have to suffer for your "blindness". bush is a loser, he has been a loser all his life. he has not succeeded at anything without daddy and friends bailing him out.

The AP and "real reporting" should never be used in the same sentence. There's biased reporting, and then there's dumb, lazy reporting that manages to get nearly every fact in the first three paragraphs of a story wrong 80% of the time.

That's pretty much the AP's standard. Try paying attention to their stories about subjects you're closely familiar with, first-hand. It's just atrocious, far more often than not.

"I really think that we're in late-Nixon territory now, with the difference that Nixon had some staffers with a bit of credibility and good sense, whereas I don't think that Bush does."

Not true, sir. Bush is rapidly on-boarding those very same Nixon staffers into his own administration!!!

I can hear it now: "If you're seen talking with any members of the media, you'll be on a plane to Baghdad so fast it'll make your ears pop."

They're obviously just flailing around. No one is left in the administration but Bush partisans.

I really think that we're in late-Nixon territory now, with the difference that Nixon had some staffers with a bit of credibility and good sense, whereas I don't think that Bush does.

On top of everything else, I think that people tend to underestimate how bad it could get. Losing Iraq isn't the worst that could happen.

Posted by: John Emerson
Date: January 12, 2007 09:58 AM

John - not necessarily, if you look at things from a certain perspective. Josh discusses one of those perspectives here:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html

After reading this article, you may discover that all this nonsense actually makes sense and is following a little-known but well-defined plan. Scary as hell.

BTW - the security code for this post: "screw" !!!!!!!!!!

You could tell the difference just by looking at the photo the Times ran yesterday. Bush looking strained, the soldiers looking somber or even slightly annoyed.

AP = America's Pravda. All readers should be wary and take anything reported by AP with a huge grain of salt.

Crandell:

"Moloch" (a god who welcomes child sacrifice) shares the same Hebrew root as "melech" (king). Since ancient Hebrew was written without vowel markers, the two words looked the same in print until later scholars started marking the vowels.

There are places in the scriptures where it is very difficult to tell whether the writer meant to say "king" or "god who slaughters children."

Were those writers still writing, they may have trouble making the distinction even now. "Sacrifice" indeed.

Actually, AP's reporting of Bush's vist to Ft. Benning was not only accurate -- from their vantage point -- but inspiring.

The AP reporter sent to cover Bush's stage-mamaged event actually saw W.'s spiel on the closed circuit feed to Ft. Benning's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly known as the School of the Americas). There, officer trainees from Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia unabashedly cheered the President almost non-stop with virtual renditions of "Ole...Ole...Ole" and "G-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-A-L" at key points of Mr. Bush's speech. They were also allowed to talk to reporters -- in Spanish -- before and after the speech. That is, as long as the press members were from Radio Marti.

Hopefully, this will clear up any misunderstandings Bush's appearance may have caused.

It should be noted that none of the current class of officers is going on a tour in Iraq any time soon. Instead, they will be doing internships at Gitmo to complete their course.

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