A WaPo page A14 story with a shitty headline that should have been A01

the headline SHOULD read:

PRESIDENT IGNORES ELECTION RESULTS, POLLS, CONGRESS, AND THE WILL OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

but, instead, it reads:

On the War, Determined to Go His Own Way

By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A14

Ever since Republicans were routed last month in what was widely seen as a repudiation of his Iraq strategy, President Bush has been busily listing how his policies there will not be changing.

There will be no timetable for removing American troops, no high-level dialogue with Iran and Syria, and no slackening of support for the widely criticized government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Meanwhile, White House aides are reported to be pushing a major "surge" of troops to Baghdad while preparing a fresh infusion of tens of billions of dollars for the war effort.

Yesterday, in an interview with The Washington Post, while acknowledging that the United States is not winning in Iraq, Bush bluntly dismissed the suggestion that the midterm elections meant voters want to bring the mission in that country to closure. He said he interpreted the election results "as people not satisfied with the progress" in Iraq.

"A lot of people understand that if we leave Iraq, there will be dire consequences," Bush said in the Oval Office. "They expect this administration to listen with people, to work with Democrats, to work with the military, to work with the Iraqis to put a plan in place that achieves the objective. There's not a lot of people saying, 'Get out now.' Most Americans are saying, 'We want to achieve the objective.' "

The comments were another strong indication of the president's determination to chart his own way forward on Iraq, no matter the election results nor any amount of free advice from senior statesmen of past administrations.

to say that the president is determined "to chart 'his own way forward'" is such a f*****g, disingenuous cop-out... the man is monomaniacal, megalomaniacal, delusional, and completely out of control... he and his criminal compadres simply cannot be allowed to remain in office... it's been serious shit all along, but we're in the endgame now...

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