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Picture Dubya holding his hands over his ears and singing "lalalalalalalalala" and then him stumping before a hand-picked, loyalty-oath sworn audience telling them that life has never been better in Iraq... the Iraqi PM just told me so himself. Reminds me of the Bush Sr. campaign theme song "Don't worry, be happy".

Growing Pessimism on Iraq (washingtonpost.com):

"I'm not surprised if people in the administration were put on the defensive," said one CIA official, who like many others interviewed would speak only anonymously, either because they don't have official authorization to speak or because they worry about ramifications of criticizing top administration officials. "We weren't trying to make them look bad, we're just trying to give them information. Of course, we're telling them something they don't want to hear."

I'm glad this made the front page of the WaPo... it needs to be the lead story on EVERY TV news broadcast to reach the great unwashed masses and it damned well better be Kerry's repeated mantra during the debate tomorrow night.

Bushco have repeatedly and consistently ignored the "pessimistic" analysis and reporting coming from the CIA, State and Defense departments from the days leading up to the war in Iraq through today with the Green Zone under a near constant daily bombardment of mortar and RPG shells, weekly beheadings and kidnappings and widespread battles (not skirmishes) with a growing insurgency in towns and cities across Iraq and have instead been relying exclusively on the rosy optimism they've been blowing up their respective skirts. "We will be treated as liberators" my ass.

Why the increasing shrillness coming from the CIA, State and Defense departments? Is it because they favor Kerry? I doubt it. It is because they are completely and utterly frustrated that the refusal of the administration to admit that there is a problem, and to address it in the manner in which it needs to be addressed becasue it would politically damage the administration's re-election chances is making the problems with which they must deal worse by the day.

Let us not forget that the preznit was a cheerleader in college. Regardless of how far behind the home team is, the cheerleading squad is always as upbeat as if they were ahead by 30.

Well, the home team is down by 30 and there are only a couple minutes left in the 4th quarter. The coaching staff and the home crowd is screaming that we need to change the game plan and put in a new QB but the head coach is not listening to them, he's listening to the cheerleaders tell him that they are winning. You make the call on Nov 2nd.