Sadly, No!

When I woke up this morning, there was a strange and persistent thought pre-loaded in my head, maybe from a dream but maybe not.

Later, I read this, by Tristero, over at Digby’s place, and re-read this, by Glenn Greenwald.

I just want to throw this into the general discourse, without, at this point, examining it very closely or crafting any arguments for or against it. It’s only a thought right now.

It’s that George W. Bush may have no intention of leaving the White House in early 2009, when his term expires.

Apocalypse Now Redux:

Henry Kissinger has been advising President Bush and Vice President Cheney about
Iraq, telling them that “victory is the only meaningful exit strategy,” author and journalist Bob Woodward said.

The Washington Post editor’s third book on the Bush administration, “State of Denial,” comes out next week.

He said Kissinger, who served in the Nixon and Ford administrations, has been telling Bush and Cheney that “in Iraq, he declared very simply, ‘Victory is the only meaningful exit strategy.'”

“This is so fascinating. Kissinger’s fighting the Vietnam War again because, in his view, the problem in Vietnam was we lost our will.”

The sound you just heard was Christopher Hitchens flying headfirst into his own liquor cabinet.

Dr. Death: Diggin’ for victory — again.

Hinderaker is doing that creepy beauty-contest thing again.

September 27, 2006
Miss World: The Climax Approaches

Heh. Just close the door in the meantime, eh Hindy?

Sigh (via Atrios):

Lott went on to say he has difficulty understanding the motivations behind the violence in Iraq.

“It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with these people,” he said. “Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israeli’s and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.”

Trent Lott: he’s like a racist hippie from hell.

Thanks to the 65 losers and cowards who voted to give the stupidest president in American history still more unchecked power. History will not look kindly upon you.

Retardo-san adds: Take names. Next time these so-called Democrats run for office, throw everything you have to their opponents in the primary. Memory and ruthlessness is all we have; I suggest we use them. I hope Kos has these losers’ names on his shitlist. If he doesn’t, he should have. These assholes have flushed not only the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Constitution down the toilet, but also common law. No true conservative much less leftist could support Bush’s power-grab in good conscience. These people are fascists and fascist fellow-travellers.

Now available in our variable and contingent store:

[And now, I do believe that there are a bunch of Day By Day remixes to finish…]

After all the gnashing of teeth and bejiggering of Photoshop, apparently Atrios really looks like that.

Above: Amanda Congdon at home with Atrios.

We keep telling people not to chew that gum at the Wonka factory, but does anyone listen to us? No, no they generally don’t.

Glenn Reynolds: “It tastes like blueberry!”

Looks like the road to the Presidency has a couple-a ol’ bridges warshed out.

From Salon:

On Sunday, Salon reported that Ken Shelton, a former [college football] teammate of Allen’s who works as a radiologist in North Carolina, claimed that Allen asked after a hunting trip for directions to a neighborhood populated by black residents. Shelton said Allen then drove him and another teammate, Billy Lanahan, to the area and put the severed head of a deer they had killed into a mailbox.

George Beam, a nuclear engineering company manager who lives outside Lynchburg, Va., now says he can confirm parts of that story. Beam, who played football with Allen, said he remembers Lanahan, who is now deceased, describing the hunting trip with Allen and Shelton.

“We were sitting around drinking beer,” Beam said in an interview Wednesday morning, recalling the conversation with Lanahan. “Billy said, ‘George and Kenny and I went hunting, and we decided at some time to cut off this deer head and stick it in a mailbox.'”

The George Allen Election 500 — some say it isn’t real racing because he only makes right turns, but you get more flaming wrecks than NASCAR.

So the Washington Post has an article up this morning called “Iraq Police Academy a ‘Disaster’.”

Yeah, that’s what I thought of at first too. But the actual article is a good deal funnier than the zany adventures of Mahoney, Hightower, Tackleberry and company (though the Iraqis have yet to find anyone who can do “bwah-ha-ha”-worthy sound effects like Michael Winslow could). Anyway, let’s check out the piece:

Heralded Iraq police academy a ‘disaster’

$75 million project so mismanaged that campus poses huge health risks

By Amit R. Paley

BAGHDAD – A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, U.S. investigators have found.

We’re only 30 seconds into this movie and I’m laughin’ already!

AAH-OOOO-GAH!*

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I got the right, I got the right – I got the ticket and the buck stops here.

Shorter Michael Medved: By placing a television in every room, Americans are packing on unnecessary pounds and eliminating communication between family members – as my wife mentions in her best-selling book, The Case Against Divorce.

Shorter Jerry Newberry: The troops in Afghanistan told me they’re sad that you’ve forgotten about them.

Shorter Mike S. Adams: Liberal academics are the most virulent racists of all, and I can prove it with a story about the time I bought crack cocaine.

Shorter Michelle Malkin: Remember that lovely young singer, Charlotte Church? These days she’s an Ecstasy-gobbling, Bush-bashing whore.

Shorter Linda Chavez: Racial profiling would have saved me $200 at the cosmetics counter.

Shorter William Rusher: The United Nations remained relevant until all those ex-colonial nations were permitted to enter through the front door, the same as the rest of us.

Shorter Walter Williams: There’s no problem that can’t be solved if it’s explained in terms of an employer hiring a group of day laborers.

Shorter Brent Bozell III: Bill Clinton was probably just cranky because some Fox staffer hadn’t picked the red M&Ms from the bowl in his dressing room, as he demanded. Also, he is laughing at you.

Shorter Ben Shapiro: Was Bill Clinton’s outburst staged, or an example of his unhinged mania? It’s hard to say, but the truth undoubtedly lies in which answer is most personally outrageous to you. Also, he digs fat chicks and is most likely a rapist.

Shorter Tony Blankley: I’m wondering whether we should topple Pakistan’s government now, or wait until next year.

Shorter Paul Greenburg: The Constitution’s framers could never have imagined how fearful we’d be of our terrorist enemies – which is precisely why they originally intended for us to start over from scratch with a wartime Constitution.

Shorter Terence Jeffrey: Unless you vote Republican this fall, activist judges will allow people to display child pornography during murder trials.

Shorter Kathleen Parker: Bill Clinton has every right to be angry about distortions of his record, but he shouldn’t have wagged his finger at Chris Wallace. Also, he is a liar and a narcissist.

Shorter Jacob Sullum: As a libertarian, I believe the United States should honor higher standards of human rights than Syria.

Shorter John Stossel: Government regulations benefit business more than consumers.

Shorter Austin Bay: Kofi Annan shall remain without credibility until he sends forces to solve the problems in Darfur with still more violence.

Shorter Andrew Tallman: Liberals throughout history have defended the sacred right to express unpopular viewpoints, which is why I would expect them to support the president’s right to enact policies most people disagree with.

Shorter Richard Mgrdechian: Liberals are divisive, godless, thieving, hateful, name-calling jackals, which is why I’m proud to call myself a conservative.

Shorter William F. Buckley: It seems likely that, to deflect attention from her son’s patrician views on other races, George Allen’s mother disclosed her own status as a Jewess.

Shorter Maggie Gallagher: We must formally ratify the defintion of parenthood before it’s decided in the court of public opinion.

Shorter Roger Schlessinger: The best retirement plan is a paid-off mortgage.

Shorter David Keene: John McCain’s campaign finance “reforms” have allowed shadowy left-wing organizations and notorious elitists such as George Soros to fund efforts to topple the government.

Shorter Debra Saunders: Bill Clinton is right to suggest that he could never have gained public support to wage war on terrorists, but he should have had the guts to do it anyway. Also, he believed Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.

Shorter Cal Thomas: When Bill Clinton shook his finger at Chris Wallace, did it remind you of another time he wagged his finger? Also, I believe he intended that as an obscene gesture.

Shorter David Limbaugh: Riddle me this: If treacherous Democrats truly believe that negative world opinion toward the U.S. promotes terrorism, why won’t they quit telling the world about things that might make them hate us?

Shorter Travis G.: I wish Bill Clinton would do more things to piss these guys off.