[Preechr]

How would you know, one way or another, whether Patraeus is a "shill?" Lemme guess... it depends on what he says, don't it? I bet THEN you'll make up your mind.

So, reports are "usually" prepared "through whitehouse placed cronies," which have "a pretty solid track record at this point of reports being written as purely political documents?" Painting with a bit broad of a brush there ain'tcha, max?

Administration reports are ALWAYS prepared by "whitehouse placed cronies," if that's what you want to call em. Anything said to Congress in an administration report is going to be filtered through the Administration. It's very simple. I knew this just as well as every Democrat in the House and Senate knew this back when they agreed to it. We all also knew that no matter what this or any other Administration report actually said, your guys would simply moan and holler the same sad song they've been singing since right after they voted for the war.

The simple fact is that good news from Iraq is good news for America and the rest of the civilized world, yet the Democrat Party has placed themselves, with no help at all from anybody else, in the retarded position of needing this to be BAD news. If this report paints a happy picture, that hurts your party. How fucked up is that? Good news for America and the rest of the civilized world is BAD news for you guys.

I can't wait for Nancy Pelosi to strap on a bomb vest and run screaming through a crowded mall. You know that's next, right?