It’s time to give Karl Rove his Oompa Loompa Song.
As for the MSM lads and their newfound sacks, my guess is: It’s the jailing. They’re starting to realize that unless they defend their jobs, they are only so much luncheon meat. That, and the British press getting all the scoops, and showing them up by being strong and unfazed by terror.
And maybe a touch of concern for America. The investigation on that last point is still ongoing…
Q Scott, can we get a clear “yes” or “no” answer on whether the President agrees on the Vice President’s assessment that the insurgency is in “its last throes?” Is it a “yes” or “no”?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think I already answered this question the last couple of days.
Q Is it “yes” or is it “no”?
MR. McCLELLAN: And I’ve talked about it the last couple of days. If you look — if you look at the terrorists and the regime elements that are seeking to derail the transition to democracy, they are in a desperate mode, and here’s why. Let me walk you through this.
First of all, I think, to begin with, you ought to go back and look back at the full context of the Vice President’s remarks, where he talked about the progress we’re making to go after and capture al Qaeda elements that are inside Iraq — like Zarqawi lieutenants. Just last week, we captured one of his top lieutenants, a very dangerous man who is responsible for the killing of a lot of innocent civilians inside Iraq…
So I think you have to look at the facts on the ground. And the facts on the ground show that the Iraqi people are making important progress on the political front to build a free and democratic future. The vision of the terrorists is one of chaos and destruction. They really have no vision. Their only alternative is chaos and destruction and the killing of innocent civilians.
And that’s what I talked about yesterday. They, every step of the way, have not been able to stop the progress that the Iraqi people are making on the political front. And they are being defeated and they will be defeated.
Q So that’s a “yes”?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, I said that. I said that the other day.
–White House press briefing transcript, June 21, 2005.
Editor & Publisher
(More updates on Yamara and our unofficial webcomics poll taken at MoCCA, soon– been a helacious couple of weeks–)
“I took it as spiritual warfare. I grinned when the fire come off the pole. …Thanks for the affirmation, Satan.”
–Marcia Thompson Eldreth
Describing her inspiration to
create a new ‘Christian’ American flag
June 8, 2005.
In late April of this year, some diehard devotee of our time travel roleplaying game CºNTINUUM decided the world needed it as reference material, and added it to Wikipedia. [Article here.]
They even got the spelling of the full title correct! Only Chris ever gets that entirely right. Chris added Mike Kaluta’s credit under the cover shot, but (we believe) Wikipedia rules prohibit our adding much to our own listing. Now head on over and tweak away!
And our non-anonymous thanks goes out to the virtually anonymous fan for building the page!
It's the Yamara book! Now on eBay at the inflation-defying price of $9.95 + shipping. 