NPR this morning: the shiny object for the media starting in Sept IS:

[Richardo]

...Saddam's trial.

Remember that guy?

This is RoveCo's wet dream...NOTHING, that is, NOTHING against Bush and his machine will be allowed on the air while the monster and all his atrocities are revealed for... how long? Think they can draw it out to election 2006? I do.

And all those panywaist liberals who doubted the great leader? Traitors. Trust THEM with national security? Ha!

Never mind the dead soldiers, $300 billion flushed down the shitter, car bombs in the US and UK, hatred for the US all over the world... getting rid of Saddam was WORTH IT! Just LISTEN!! :sarcasm:

(Posted in GD:P also, but... why not here?)

[Sanity Claws]

1. A real trial would cause secrets to come out

How Poppy Bush misled Saddam into invading Kuwait
How Rumsfeld and the Reagan admin sold Saddam all kinds of weapons
Public airing of this stuff could hurt this admin. Most people have remained woefully ignorant of the background in this matter.

[Richardo]

2. But! The rape rooms! Torture! Gassing his own people!

Look! Shiny objects!

[Sanity Claws]

3. Yes, could be a distraction

It could also show to the public at large that they were taken, that the whole war was a set up by Baby Bush to emulate Poppy Bush and be a "war president." Let's see how this thing spins out. My fingers are still crossed.

[Initech]

4. It'll be really interesting to see how the GOP ass-kissers spin this one..