as think progress notes? how about, as i noted? i rock!!! (see nuisance comment above)

Even though it was a bizarre expression it struck me as so inappropriate that he half laughed as he said we'll succeed or we won't succeed. I have heard no one mention it but I think he looked deranged. Has there ever been a president with such odd facial expressions when he is speaking publicly??

"We are in Iraq today because our goal has always been more than the removal of a brutal dictator," Bush said in 2005. "It is to leave a free and democratic Iraq in its place."

In his speech announcing the commencement of the Iraq War, Bush said:

"Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder."

He told us the goal of the war was to protect us from weapons of mass destruction aimed at our heads by Saddam Hussein.

Never were any WMDs, no more Saddam Hussein, no reason to be there according to his originally stated goal.

He must be drinking, or the weight of his many years of presenting illogic as logic have finally knotted up the synapses of his tiny shark-like brain

It also appears in Bullshit if you dont watch

of Bushits Bullswhit.

These guys spin everything so that up becomes down and black becomes white, etc. I've long maintained that they just need to start declaring that they've won and then they could get out of it. Looks like the process is under way.

this sounds kind of like when john kerry said we should try to get terrorism to the point were its a "nuisance". sounds like bush is saying the same thing about iraq, i.e., that there's an acceptable level of violence. of course, when kerry made his comments, everyone on the right, bush included, went ape****.

If George Bush's definition of success is "sectarian violence down," then success is guaranteed. Eventually sectarian violence will come down. Either the warring sects will eventually kill so many people that there will be no one left to kill, or one sect will prevail and sieze control, and impose some form of brutal, dictatorial Saddam-esque or Iran-esque (take your pick) form of rule which at least provides some measure of security and violence reduction (except, of course, for the violence meted out by the prevailing sect on the losers and dissenters).

What a grand and glorious success this will be! Of course, it may take many years, and certainly will involve many thousands of Iraqi deaths before this "success" is achieved.

And, of course, this "success" is likely to occur whether or not American troops continue their occupation of Iraq. In fact, one can easily argue that this kind of "success" can be achieved much faster if American troops withdraw than if they stay.

Farnsworth is dead-on. This is getting awfully damn close to "Declare Victory and Leave."

What do our rat bastard President and Vice President care how much violence occurs, how many more people die and suffer for their war? They don't call it a failed war because the Bush and Cheney families, their cronies and investors (I mean 'campaign contributors') are all getting very wealthy off this war. For them it's a great deal!

I just heard that an estimated 40-45 cents out of every war dollar is going to contractors like KBR (Halliburton) and BlackWater. The Carlyle Group in which the Bush Family along with Saudi and Kuwaiti royalty are investors, show their profits are waaaaay up. Why should they want to end the war and their cash cow?

For these people the war has been a remarkable success.

Unfortunately the lowly soldier in the field and thousands of Iraqis struggling to survive can't say the same thing.

Leading candidates are currently:

1. A half-dozen chimpanzees, seated in front of word processors, are allowed to bang away on their keyboards. Given enough time, at least one of them comes up with a semi-coherent script for their Chimp-in-Chief. (The head human speechwriter merely edits that script to remove any words with more than three syllables.)

2. A couple hundred random words are tossed into a paper bag, which is then shaken to ensure thorough mixing. The head speech writer (might even be one of those six chimps) reaches in repeatedly, grabbing a handful each time. These words are then transcribed and handed to our fearless leader to recite (poorly) to the adoring masses.

gun deaths in the US each year? Like, say, 3,000 or so? Is that the "bench mark" this cretin is looking for? Or is it something more like the thousands or more who die in auto crashes? How about cancer or heart disease ? That would be hundreds of thousands. Perhaps the Iraqi people could manage to rule within that statistic.

Bush will undoubtedly create multiple excuses because he wants a perpetual war. One that he and his ilk can use as a fear motivator to keep themselves in power ad nauseam.

For once, I have to admit he's right. (Although this might just be just a Yogi Berra plagiarism.)

"Success is not no violence... But success is a level of violence where the people feel comfortable about living their daily lives. And that's what we're trying to achieve."

Sounds like we had success before he carried out his his wacky plan to bring failure to Iraq.

...someone will yell, "You suck!" during an uncomfortable silence in one of his speeches. Its just a matter of time.

It will be interesting to see how many contortions his supporters and media mouthpieces have to twist themselves into to explain, rationalize and defend his ever more idiotic and senceless statements. This one has to be close to the tipping point where he finds himself alone.

I've said it so often: The asshole was pelted with eggs on the way in, and he'll be pelted with eggs on the way out.