Robert Parry issues a prediction for Tuesday night

i completely agree... nothing in the history of the bush administration gives any indication whatsoever of a willingness for honest give and take with anyone... they're right, they're ALWAYS right, and woe betide anyone who gets in their way...

The Rove speech put down a marker for any U.S. political figure who dares criticize aspects of Bush’s war policies. Dissenters will be accused of endangering American troops – as sure a way as can be imagined to throttle a public debate.

If there was any doubt about whether Rove was speaking for Bush, White House spokesmen and Republican leaders pointedly defended Rove’s remarks.

What was lost in the political brouhaha, however, was that the White House was signaling its strategy for firming up softening public support for the Iraq War: demonize those who dissent, again.

"put down a marker" conjures up visions of a dog peeing on a fire hydrant... i guess that's not too bad a metaphor now is it...? when it came out yesterday that bush would be making a televised speech on iraq tuesday night, i regretted that i would be on an airplane while it was being aired... sanity prevailed, however, when i remembered that i've never, ever watched a bush speech either live or all the way through... my stomach simply cannot tolerate it... things work out the way they're supposed to, i guess...

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