Truth takes many strange forms

A clip from Joe Conason's New York Observer  piece, Republican Senators Tell Unpleasant Truths - http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp

So if you don’t want to hear a Democrat say that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating dangerously, listen to a Republican Senator instead. "The worst thing we can do is hold ourselves hostage to some grand illusion we’re winning," said Chuck Hagel, a Republican from Nebraska. "Right now, we are not winning. Things are getting worse …. The fact is, we’re in deep trouble in Iraq."

If you don’t want to hear a Democrat tell how the Bush administration botched the mission that is further from being accomplished today than a year ago, listen to another Republican Senator. "We made serious mistakes right after the initial successes by not having enough troops there on the ground, by allowing the looting, by not securing the borders," said Arizona’s John McCain, still a fervent supporter of the war. "There were a number of things that we did. Most of it can be traced back to not having sufficient numbers of troops there."

If you don’t want to hear a Democrat criticize the President and his associates for their delusional approach to Iraq, listen to a very senior Republican Senator.

"Our committee heard blindly optimistic people from the administration prior to the war and people outside the administration—what I call the ‘dancing in the street’ crowd—that we just simply will be greeted with open arms," said Richard Lugar of Indiana, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "The nonsense of all that is apparent. The lack of planning is apparent."

Looks like the Doubleduh-Cheney Gang is taking increasing heat from its own elephant. Will the elephant stumble, fall, and die because of its own disease, rather than from a bullet from the elephant gun? Stay tuned.

A tip o' the hat to XXBlog - http://www.xxblog.com/  and The-Goddess - http://the-goddess.org/blog/2004/09/republican-senators-tell-unpleasant.html   for the pointer.

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Be at peace