thinkprogress.org — This morning on CNN, Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) — one of 11 Republican members to have recently visited the White House and plead with President Bush to change course in Iraq — described the meeting as “unvarnished, about as frank and honest as I have ever been to at the White House.”
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rollfizzlebeefMay 10, 2007
Heh, "sobered".I love how LaHood was talking about candor, yet still blaming the media and the administration for not "getting the story out" about Iraq.
fikustreeMay 10, 2007
He probably doesn't even know that everyone but his neocon buddies think Iraq is going terrible. He doesn't read the news and only talks to his advisers.
Closed AccountMay 11, 2007
Terrorist attacks in Iraq have increased 91% from 2006, so perhaps the word is getting out. Just not to the right people.
Closed AccountMay 11, 2007
Bush, can, and will, say anything to further his agenda. He always has - from demanding a timetable and threatening to cut funding during the Kosovo war (“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”; “I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”) to claiming Saddam was developing nukes ("a report came out of the Atomic - the IAEA - that they were six months away from developing a weapon" [there is no and never was any such report /JYD]) .Now he knows the war is unpopular, so he'll say feign agreement with that.Bush's word doesn't mean s**t because, as the saying goes, he's got the good lord telling him how to f**k you on he deal. With Bush, all that matters is his actions - and I don't see any actions suggesting a change of heart.