Reply #18: Ohmigod, a politician playing politics! [View All]

Quick everyone! I got the feathers, you get the tar and the rail! We'll show those fucking politicians not to play politics, by golly.

Please remember folks, that everything said between now and, oh, I'd say MLK Day, is going to be pretty meaningless. Nobody's paying much attention, and about 60% of the electorate is more focused on buying a Home Depot gift card than worrying about who's "triangulating" or who's trying to appeal to the "center."

I agree that pandering to the roughly 17% of the population who thinks that more troops is the answer in Iraq (or as I call it, trying to get out of a clusterfuck by clustering more and fucking harder) is stupid. But the announcements and the declarations right now are just marking time and filling a void, eagerly exploited by the media who have to report on something that isn't all that depressing death and destruction in Iraq. Wait until everyone gets together in Washington, goes through the formality of being sworn in, and Congress actually reconvenes.