Helen Thomas:Bush should cut his (our) losses

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Bush should cut his (our) losses

By HELEN THOMAS
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON -- President Bush has two and a half years in the White House to rescue his legacy from the quagmire of the Iraq war and a dismal record in domestic affairs. Bush is doing what his predecessors have done in similar predicaments: He's trying to pull himself out of the hole by tapping new advisers, such as his announcement Wednesday that Fox News commentator Tony Snow will be the new White House press secretary. Such moves have sometimes helped troubled administrations but they are not usually transforming in a dramatic way.

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Bush is being battered in public opinion polls -- his approval rating is in the low 30s -- and he's being pummeled by Republican cohorts in Congress who fear they may be victims of voter discontent in the November mid-term elections. This has the White House nervous, too, because a Democratic majority in the House or Senate could revive the system of checks and balances that fell into disrepair after Republicans won control of Congress and the presidency. Imagine what we might learn if a Democratic-led House or Senate investigated the super-secretive Bush administration!

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All is not lost for Bush if he were to courageously pull the troops out of Iraq tomorrow. President Gerald R. Ford withdrew U.S. troops from Vietnam. Reagan "redeployed" the Marines from Lebanon. There was no big sense of defeat for those presidents, only a vast feeling of relief in the country.

Call it "cut and run," if you wish. I call it cutting your losses.


more:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/268399_thomas30.html

[Grateful for Hope]

1. She's so wise

Not that I would want to see Bush's popularity increase, but, I sure would like to see the troops pulled out of Iraq.

Thank you for posting this.

[fooj]

2. He SHOULD but he WON'T!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

Rat bastard!

[Dunvegan]

3. Love how Helen slipped in there that Bush's polls are in...

...the LOW THIRTIES.

Well, that's the real number...Rasmussen aside.

[n2doc]

4. she was great at the press roast last night

On e of the only press members who seems to be able to laugh at themselves, rather than being sanctimonious idiots.