Bush: "Like a cat on its ninth life"

[Bluebear]

As an aside, get a load of how Landrieu thinks "victory is achievable". What's her secret?

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Bush making a bid to turn around his flagging presidency
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Published: January 7, 2007



WASHINGTON: The 13 senators did not mince words. Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, told President George W. Bush that sending more troops to Iraq "was a mistake," while Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said he too was opposed.

Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, complained of having "a much harder time convincing my constituents that victory is achievable." Senator Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, said Bush "got an earful and, I think, appropriately so."

The gathering Friday around the oval mahogany conference table in the Cabinet Room of the White House was hardly the scene that Bush envisioned in April when he hired a new chief of staff in a management shake-up intended to set his presidency on a fresh course. In the eight months since, things have grown only bleaker for the president. Democrats are running Congress, Republican support for the war is evaporating and Bush's sagging approval ratings have not budged.

Now, like a cat on its ninth life, Bush has a chance yet again to turn his flagging presidency around. It may be his last.....

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/07/news/prexy.php

[formercia]

1. Mary Landrieu

Crusaderette extraordinaire. A democrat she is not. Ever since Huey Long, Louisiana has been on a down hill political slide.

[MissMarple]

2. She does get elected as a Democrat, and we need her.

Louisiana politics may be a bit arcane, but, hey, Massachusetts has a Mormon Republican governor, and the Dems are encroaching on the Republican west. And then there are the most curious Joe Lieberman and the certifiable Zell Miller. American politics...not pretty, but, most certainly, quite interesting. :)

[Cha]

3. I say bush is

a fucking cadaver.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Looking at Laura, I'd say a word swap is in order. -nt

[Cha]

6. Either

way.

[A Simple Game]

10. The Joker died? n/t

[MissWaverly]

4. Thanks for the post, Bluebear

But I don't think Bush is capable of listening to anything but his gut, we would not
be at this stage if this was not true. After reading Bob Woodward's book, I have
come to the conclusion that there is a permanent disconnect by Bush between his
strategy and the results of its implementation.

[durtee librul]

9. I think he is listening to

the voices in his head.....

[MissWaverly]

11. could be, but I can't believe he will not listen to advice

he is the ultimate loner, it's like having Marshall Dillon in the White House, at
least he could talk to his dad and ask him to recommend some experts.

:-(

[gratuitous]

7. Anyone else thinking Animal House?

At the conclusion, as the Deltas have made a hash out of the big homecoming parade, Hoover, president of the fraternity, asks Dean Wormer if he can see his way clear to giving the Deltas just "one more chance."

Hard to believe that the writer call's the Bush presidence "flagging." Doesn't make sense, though, that in order to turn around his political fortunes, Bush is about to adopt a policy opposed by more than 80% of the electorate and that flies in the face of the advice peing proffered by every Congressional leader and every former general that's quit during his regime.

[nam78_two]

8. Oh yeah the SOTU is coming up isn't it...

Always look forward to hearing Dear Leader's Wise Words :eyes:...