Email I just received from a (former?) RW friend:

[Jacobin]

In his memoirs, "A World Transformed," written five years ago, George Bush,
Senior, wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam
Hussein at the end of the Gulf War.


"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and,
in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no
viable "exit strategy" we could see,
violating another of our principles.

Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for
handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq,
thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have
destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we
hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could
conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."

If only his son could read. Then again, he can't speak so read?

This came from a loyal member of the Republican party, a person who contributes money to them and supports their candidates. In the last couple of weeks, he has said he will never vote for Bush* again

I think republicans (as opposed to neo-cons and PNACers and rabid Israel Expansionists) are waking up and smelling the roses. I really really do.

[mmonk]

1. good sign

[Spazito]

2. Wow, that is very encouraging!

I give him credit, too, for e-mailing you with this as it shows he now knows what many were saying about Bush is true.

[ArkDem]

3. Republicans are leaving the party in droves.

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[oasis]

4. Chimpy will lose, but will have tons of money to console him. Rove

wants to maintain the presidency more than he does.

[wryter2000]

5. I've heard this sort of thing

I've heard this sort of thing from at least five people so far. People don't respond to abstracts, but they will respond to dead troops and lost jobs.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

6. My mother got this same e-mail

from a friend of hers whose politics are slightly to the right of Attila the Hun. Obviously I will need some more reassurances before saying Bush oficially has a problem on his hands, but the signs are certainly pointing in that direction.

[Jacobin]

7. Wow. I didn't know where he got it.

Its great that the repukes are circulating this and that its not coming from Dems.

They'll listen to each other a lot better than us.

[Nlighten1]

8. Both of my RW parents say they won't vote for Bush

again. This is a good sign