PNACer Perle on the port thing:

[annabanana]

"The committee almost never met, and when it deliberated it was usually at a fairly low bureaucratic level," Richard Perle said. Perle, who has worked for the Reagan, Clinton and both Bush administrations added, "I think it's a bit of a joke."
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/topstories_story_053102937.html - (buried at the bottom of the article)

Perle is a true believer, is he not? Why would he denigrate the system that the admin is trying to sell as "adequate"?

[Delphinus]

1. There's something really screwy about this whole thing.

Yesterday the boy king comes out and says he didn't really know anything about it ... but watch me veto any opposition! ... and now this. Who's in control?

[aquart]

2. Georgie is a big fat lame duck.

Would the ports deal have hit like a ton of bricks if Dickie hadn't missed his quail? I don't know. But the perception of infallibility, the idea that they could not dissent has disappeared in a week.

The question is, will they unite to fight to retain Congress, or is it every man for himself?

Rule for routing enemy: pursue. Do not give your foe a chance to regroup.

BUSH HAS LOST NATIONAL SECURITY!!!!

I hear duck is delightful with a cherry sauce. And cherries, you know, are healthy.

[H2O Man]

3. A bully exposed ....

the president looked pretty weak trying to deliver the veto threat.

[Swamp Rat]

4. Yeah, wassup Perle?

[canichelouis]

5. Cronys gone wild?

With no adults around, the kids are robbing the candy box.

[Delphinus]

6. I forgot to mention ...

yesterday, my odd chance, I had my radio on and was listening to NPR. Daniel Schorr came on (a long time media guy) and said it was all about them being Arab, trying to stir up xenophobia. I thought, "another one bites the dust". I thought, at one point, he had credibility.