BUSH: Miers: “She'll Be Confirmed” “Brownie, You're Doing A Heck Of A Job"

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On Rumsfeld: “He Has My Full Support” - "Dubai ports deal will pass"
Quite obviously this President fails to recognize incompetency.

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1. And don't forget that roses-strewn path thru Baghdad.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. It's like the kiss of death

when Bush has to go out and give the I Stand By My Stooge speech.

If Bush stays true to form, Rummie will be gone is a week or two.

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3. "But no one ever said the NOLA levees could fail!"

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4. Congnitve Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions,
which for the purpose of cognitive dissonance theory can be defined as any element of knowledge,
attitude, emotion, belief or value, as well as a goal, plan, or an interest.

In brief, the theory of cognitive dissonance holds that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to minimize the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive.

Cognitive dissonance is a condition first proposed by the psychologist Leon Festinger in 1956.
An example of cognitive dissonance is the phenomenon known as buyer's remorse, in which a consumer becomes conflicted, after the fact, with the issue of whether or not their decision to make a purchase was, indeed, a wise one.

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5. All these Generals speaking out AFTER they resign or retire

no sh*T!! we know what happened to Chenseki when he spoke out against Rumsfeld regarding the low number of troops to use for Iraq aftermath mop-up! poof!... gone with the wind! So Rummy got his point out to others who speak out, voice their views/opinions against him.

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6. "Doing a heck of a job" has defined this presidency.

There is no one who doesn't know what that refers to and progressive talk shows are keeping it out in front. The neocons are sure doing a heck of a job taking us all to hell in a hand basket.

Now, why do the rank and file Republicans keep supporting them? I think it's because the GOP spin machine has so slimed the Democrats that no one knows who they really are. Hell...many members of the Democratic Party are confused. I talked to a friend who is a state delegate and she was not so happy with one of our candidates for congress because he wasn't specific enough for her to grasp an idea and take it away with her. He is a good candidate, however, right wing media or not, at least the Dems should communicate clearly with their own members.

Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then, tell them what you told them. Quite clearly, quite succinctly. They don't need a ten page position paper.