Bush says we want stability, Condi says we already tried it - doesn't work

[splat@14]

When you have so much crap spinning at any givin time, its no wonder they can't keep their stories straight. It would be funny if it didn't cost lives.
Splat


"The first reaction, of course, of Hezbollah and its supporters is, declare victory. I guess I would have done the same thing if I were them. But sometimes it takes people a while to come to the sober realization of what forces create stability and which don't. Hezbollah is a force of instability."
George W. Bush
Remarks to the Press
August 18, 2006


"For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region here in the Middle East -- and we achieved neither. Now, we are taking a different course."
Condoleezza Rice
Speech at the American University of Cairo
June 20, 2005

So instability is good, but Hizbullah is a force for instability, which is bad. But Hizbullah lost the war, which is good, so it can't be a force for instability any more, which could be bad or good, depending on what day of the week it is and whether or not Shrub has been hitting the sauce again.

So I guess it's a win/win situation.




The bottom line, which an odd member of the punditburo might even reach one of these days, is that this is an administration that no longer makes any sense at all -- not even on the most formal, semiotic level.
Whiskey Bar
http://billmon.org/archives/002686.html
August 15, 2006

http://billmon.org/

[WCGreen]

1. Why do you hate the baby Jesus.....

[splat@14]

2. ?

[WCGreen]

3. Just a bad attempt at humor

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Or a stunning insight!

:shrug:

[Zero Division]

4. Billmon is a daily must-read in the left blogosphere

Kick for one of the best and brightest!

[bluedeminredstate]

6. It looks like they cleaned up his choice of words

I saw this quote in another story: "But sometimes it takes people a while to come to the sober realization of what forces create stability and which don't.


When I read it it went like this: "But sometimes it takes people a while to come to the sober realization of what forces create stability and what don't.
That statement sounds kind of like he could pop an "ain't" out any second. I read it several times to make sure he didn't pull a complete grammatical breakdown. It's technically OK if you read it the way he meant it, but it's unclear as written. Of course our press couldn't let him appear stupid, so once again they cleaned up his comments for Dear Leader.

I can't even get into how wrong this is because I get so pissed off that the media are allowing the facade to continue, leaving the public unaware of how challenged and limited this man really is. Ya think tt might have made a difference in 2004 if the people knew the country was being represented by a Macaca?

:mad:

[bananarepublican]

7. The instability in Iraq is working like a charm!

Can someone advise me as to how I can go on a full-on rant about the right-wing-freak-show running the country without getting tombstoned!